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Thin-film module manufacturer Solar Frontier claims to have broken the world record for CZTS cell efficiency, reaching 12.6%.

China Wind Power (CWP) has been awarded a CNY490 million (US$80 million) of 15-year long term project loans from the China Development Bank (CDB)

German PV project developer SAG Solarstrom has announced that its credit rating was withdrawn on Friday 6 December.

The number of PV projects set to compete in Brazil’s forthcoming national energy auction has been trimmed from 152 to 88, according to the country’s energy agency, EPE.

President Obama has set all US government agencies a 20% renewable energy generation target by 2020.

Hanwha Chemical, the owner of PV module manufacturer, Hanwha Q CELLS, has made a US$188.5 million cash injection into the company to expand capacity and expand its downstream PV project business.

Tier one Chinese PV manufacturer, ReneSola has reported another quarter of record shipments and revenue that exceeded guidance as its PV module and OEM business continued to increase.

SolarCity is to offer business customers an energy storage unit option using technology from electric car manufacturer Tesla.

Renewable energy will benefit from a “decades long” carbon abatement fund, Australia’s environment minister Greg Hunt has claimed.

Hanwha Solar One has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology to jointly develop, construct, finance and grid-connect PV projects.