Indian solar companies who successfully petitioned for an investigation into alleged dumping of modules from China, the US, Taiwan and Malaysia, have called for the inquiry to include Japan and the EU.
The International Finance Corp (IFC), part of the World Bank group, has approved a $49 million loan to Selray Energias to advance the construction of La Huayca II, a 29.1MW solar power plant in the Atacama region of Chile.
The solar energy industry in Spain faces a spate of bankruptcies and job losses following the latest cut to support by the government, a coalition of trade associations in Spain has claimed.
A PV array combining a mix of rooftop and solar shade structures is to be built at the LG Electronics mobile communication facility in San Diego, California. The contract to build it has been awarded to the EPC Xnergy, a subsidiary of renewable energy and energy efficiency management company Blue Earth.
Mainland France has installed more than 3.33GW of solar power capacity according to the country’s grid operator Electricite Reseau Distribution France (ERDF).
A deal that would see Conergy’s sales operations sold and split from its PV module and mounting systems manufacturing operations has been signed between US-based financial investor, Kawa Capital Management, Conergy and the preliminary insolvency administrator of Conergy.
The Chinese government is to introduce from next week provisional anti-dumping duties against solar-grade polysilicon imports from the United States and South Korea.
