Monocrystalline wafer producer Comtec Solar Systems Group has said in financial filings that it would report a substantial net loss for the year, due to expected write-down of the assets related to its manufacturing facilities in Malaysia and China.
Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger Technology is to supply its DW 288 Series 3 diamond wire cutting saws to an existing European customer.
China-based PV module manufacturer Wuxi Suntech, a subsidiary of diversified renewables firm, Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE) has said it has achieved multicrystalline Passivated Emitter Rear Contact (PERC) cell efficiencies of 20% in production.
Key Taiwan-based PV manufacturers have reported December, 2016 sales and indicated fourth quarter and full-year sales figures, which were primarily impacted by a slump in demand in the second half of the year.
Utah's sPower surpasses 1GW of operating PV assets, Sunnova expands its solar system ownership programme, PI Berlin takes on a consultancy role for Adenium's Jordan PV projects and ACC partners with VAST China for a rooftop PV power station.
As part of PV Tech’s ongoing analysis of global PV manufacturing capacity expansion announcements, an important aspect remains the ever evolving geographical footprint of the upstream market of dedicated solar cell, module assembly, thin film and c-Si integrated facilities.
San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener has readied new legislation on solar panels, saying that a city ordinance passed in April that required all new construction in the city to include solar panels isn’t enough.
In this week's Movers & Shakers, PV Tech focuses on employment news within German and US energy companies; featuring energy storage, solar cell manufacturing and EPC.
Tesla and Panasonic’s Gigafactory in the Nevada desert has now started making high performance cylindrical battery cells of the type used in its stationary storage and forthcoming Model 3.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has sold two PV power plants in Ontario, Canada to subsidiaries of Concord Green Energy Inc for around US$115 million.
