Japan’s renewable energy capacity has reached a total of 1.443GW, according to figures released by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), KfW Entwicklungsbank, has signed a €10 million (US$13 million) loan guarantee with Brazil’s Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (CEMIG) for the Solar World Cup 2014 project.
Solectria Renewables has been awarded a contract to deliver its commercial inverters to 1st Light Energy for installation on 10MW worth of rooftop PV projects.
German PV equipment manufacturer SMA Solar Technology (SMA) has equipped a solar-diesel hybrid plant in Thabazimbi, South Africa with PV modules and inverters.
Regional utility firm Stadtwerke Heidelberg and PV project developer Conergy are collaborating to construct a 1.1MW PV array on a landfill site in Feilheck in Heidelberg, Germany.
German PV systems integrator Phoenix Solar has announced plans to build a 4.2MW solar park on a former military site in the district of Jerichower Land in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Overcapacity, weak demand and uncompetitive production have forced around 90% of polysilicon producers in China to suspend production, according to news reports in China.
Shares of Chinese PV companies trading in the US have soared on news that the Chinese government is set to inject an additional RMB7 billion (US$1.1 billion) into subsidies for its PV industry.
UK-based solar wafer producer, PV Crystalox Solar will implement a significant reduction in its workforce, while discontinuing its polysilicon operations in Germany and heavily cut ingot production in the UK and wafer production in Germany.
