Markets & Finance

After months of negotiations, the Netherlands government has reached an agreement on energy policy reforms.

Goldpoly and the Huabei Expressway company have purchased a 23.8MW rooftop PV plant in Jiangsu Province.

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) in Canada has published draft rules for the next round of its feed-in tariff (FiT) programme, which opens for bids in the autumn.

Solar silicon provider Silicor has announced that it has secured new investment as it looks to expands its manufacturing operations.

Global shipments of inverters fell by 5% in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year, the first drop in seven successive quarters, according to the latest data from IHS.

India’s ministry of new and renewable energy announced the approval of a new solar research and technology institute.

China Sunergy's monocrystalline solar cell reached 20.26%, setting a new record for conversion efficiency

Plans to develop 700MW of desert PV capacity in Punjab, Pakistan, have been approved.

The installed capacity of utility-scale solar power in the USA has passed the 3GW milestone, according to solar project tracking firm Wiki-Solar.

A German government subsidy programme will trigger rapid growth in the solar storage market in 2014, according to research analysts IHS.