Markets & Finance

The French government has confirmed that its new 400MW PV procurement round will be launched in September.

JinkoSolar has secured US$225 million in fresh investment for its solar projects business and has revised its project forecast up from 400 to 600MW.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has lodged charges against a company that it claims sought to dupe investors into backing a non-existent solar plant joint venture.

The new South African subsidiary of module maker Suntech could include local manufacturing, according to the company.

The Chinese government has issued a standardised power purchase agreement (PPA) for large-scale solar power plants.

Leading PV inverter manufacturer, SMA Solar Technology has announced a further round of restructuring with heavy job losses after drastically lowering its revenue forecast for the year.

Chinese module maker CSUN has signed a deal with UK importer CPH Solar for its Turkish made panels.

Hanergy Solar Group has proposed a name change to better reflect its focus on thin-film PV technologies.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has set preliminary anti-dumping (AD) duties on Taiwanese producers of PV modules and solar cells, the first time Taiwan-based producers have been affected by such proceedings.

Large-scale solar developer, SolarReserve, has signed a supply contract to sell power from a 20MW plant it is building in El Salvador.