Manufacturing

March 4, 2016
Singapore-based renewable energy developer and investor Equis has commissioned a 132.5MW solar project, which it claims is Southeast Asia’s largest PV plant, in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, the Philippines.
March 2, 2016
Meyer Burger has introduced the DW288 Series 3 diamond wire cutting tool that has been specially designed for use with extremely thin wires.
March 2, 2016
Major PV metallization paste producer Heraeus Photovoltaics has launched a new family of low-temperature Ag-pastes at the PV Expo show being held in Tokyo.
March 2, 2016
Panasonic claims to have set a new module efficiency record of 23.8%, a full percentage point higher than the previous record c-Si record.
March 1, 2016
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar is adding 1GW of solar module capacity per quarter through to the end of the first-half of 2016 to meet the ‘minimum’ expected demand for its products.
March 1, 2016
Japan's PV industry is changing fast. The feed-in tariff has brought about over 30GW of installed capacity, with large-scale solar outnumbering residential by about 10 to one. Ahead of this week's PV Expo in Tokyo, Andy Colthorpe takes a look at some of the issues expected to dominate.
February 29, 2016
Major PV energy provider SunPower has said its recently launched ‘Helix’ Roof product was able to be installed by at least two and a half times faster than competing commercial rooftop systems, after consultancy DNV GL undertook a ‘Mounting System Installation Efficiency Test’ in December 2015.
February 29, 2016
PV manufacturer China Sunergy (CSUN) has been threatened by the NASDAQ that its shares could be de-listed due to non-compliance with the US$1.0 minimum trading price rule.
February 29, 2016
Distressed PV thin-film producer Hanergy Thin Film has finally issued a profit warning and business update that reveals the extent of the dependence on its parent company and its dire financial position.
February 29, 2016
Swiss developer HopSol has selected First Solar modules for a 5MW project in Namibia, south-west Africa.

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