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Innergex's Phoebe Solar project in western Texas will be one of the largest solar farms in the US, with 250MW capacity split between Shell Energy North America and the merchant market.

Solar power company Enerray and Suntech have signed off on a contract to supply PV modules in Egypt.

Three solar tracking sites in Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California are now producing power.

Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, California, has become home to a 1.5MW tracking solar array.

The Indian Ministry of Commerce has initiated anti-dumping investigations against China, Malaysia, Taiwan and the US, following a complaint from the Solar Manufacturers’ Association (SMA).

The successful deployment of renewable energy, including solar, is critical for America’s future energy supply. Recently, a lease financing mechanism has been one of the most powerful drivers of solar power deployment in the US. Though solar leases have helped grow the industry, the authors contend that they come at an inflated and higher than intended cost to the US taxpayer compared to cash purchases. Further, if these inflated taxpayer costs become politicized, the industry may suffer another setback.

Venture capital investors love to use baseball as a metaphor for their wins and losses. The technique to score a home run puts the hitter at risk of being caught out or missing the ball: swinging for the fences is an all-or-nothing strategy.

Calisolar is making its move to become high-volume low-cost silicon solar wafer producer with plans to build a 16,000MT silicon production facility in Lowndes County, Mississippi at an estimated cost of US$600 million. A pioneer of enhanced UMG-based wafers, Calisolar is bring silicon material production in-house to significantly lower costs and have greater control over material quality. When fully operational, the plant is said to employ 951 full-time workers.

Only hours after PV-Tech reported that Evergreen Solar had said it was in detailed and time-consuming negotiations with holders of its convertible senior secured notes, which had caused the company to delay quarterly SEC filings, the company said it has filed for voluntarily bankruptcy under US Chapter 11. At the same time, Evergreen stated that it has made agreements with certain noteholders with more than 70% the outstanding debt to sell its ‘String Ribbon’ wafer technology business assets. A ‘stalking-horse’ bidding process has been agreed.

Marking the company’s largest module contribution in a single project to date, Evergreen Solar has revealed that it has supplied over 7MW of the total 8MW capacity of a new solar farm in Neustrelitz, Germany. Project developers IBC Solar Invest sited the plant on a 250,000 square metre former Soviet military training base, which required a munitions recovery service to rid the land of any mines.