French battery manufacturer Saft has begun high-volume production of its lithium-ion battery to tap into expected growth in Germany’s domestic PV storage market.
Gehrlicher Solar America has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 3MW PV power plant being built at a landfill site near the town of Scituate, Massachusetts.
High Definition Photovoltaic (HDPV) Alliance has published its first standard: the HDPV inverter standard in the hope of halving inverter costs and doubling output power.
Having recently launched its own microinverter, dubbed ‘Micro Replus,’ PV manufacturer, ReneSola said it had obtained certification to sell the product in 7 countries.
Citing changing market conditions and an extended period of consolidation within the solar sector, PV inverter market leader, SMA Solar Technology plans to reduce its headcount further by around 700 full-time positions in Germany by the end of 2014.
Wide bandgap semiconductors based on silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) substrates are set to drive down the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) and boost margins on electricity sold, according to a new report from Lux Research.
PV inverter manufacturer KACO new energy has teamed with US-based Power Pro-Tech Services (PPT) to provide product support services in the US and Caribbean.
Global AC drives manufacturer Vacon has begun the production of its inverters for solar power generation in the company's factory in India, having inaugurated it in 2011.
PV power systems specialist, Bentek Solar claims to have shipped over 100MW of its new 1000VDC Breaker Universal Safety Systems (BUSS) since the product was only launched back in March, 2013.
