Updated: Subsidaries of China-based polysilicon and PV module manufacturer LDK Solar have been forced into bankruptcy proceedings in China only shortly after the parent company, formerly listed in the US, exited bankruptcy proceedings of its own.
Solar tracker manufacturer NEXTracker has said it is expanding its manufacturing presence in Brazil to capitalise on the expected PV project boom in the Latin American country.
US solar installer Vivint Solar reported both bookings and installations in the third quarter of 2015 below the prior quarter, indicating growth has stalled in the last six months. Major renewable energy provider SunEdison is in the process of acquiring the company.
Flexible CIGS thin-film consumer product producer Ascent Solar Technologies reported lower than expected third quarter sales, while reducing full-year revenue guidance on liquidity constraints in the quarter.
German manufacturer SolarWorld has said delays implementing planned capacity expansions and new production technologies will impact on its 2015 earnings.
Major semiconductor equipment manufacturer Applied Materials is continuing to disengage from the solar equipment market after previously announcing its exit from Precision Wafering Systems (PWS) wire saw business, headquartered in Switzerland and stop development on its ‘Solion’ ion implant product, based in the US.
Updated: Major PV energy provider SunPower is to ramp Cogenra Solar’s module technology to 2GW by 2020 and only a further 800MW of its ‘Maxeon’ solar cell technology at its new facility, Fab 5 that it expects to ramp in early 2019.
