The World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling in favour of the US on its complaint against India’s localisation rules for solar equipment, does “not affect the future course of action” that India is considering, Tarun Kapoor, joint secretary of India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has told PV Tech.
Brazil’s solar energy sector will create between 60,000 and 90,000 new job opportunities up to 2018, according to the Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (Absolar).
Leading cadmium-telluride (CdTe) thin-film producer First Solar has lowered revenue guidance slightly for 2016, while solar module shipments guidance of 2.9GW to 3.0GW remains unchanged.
Integrated PV module manufacturer REC Solar has reported PV module shipments of 1,159MW for 2015, compared to European headquartered rival, SolarWorld that had reported total ‘product’ shipments, of exactly the same figure.
Leading cadmium-telluride (CdTe) thin-film producer First Solar has set a new world record research cell conversion efficiency of 22.1%, certified at the Newport Corporation's Technology and Applications Center (TAC) PV Lab.
Lichtblick, a retailer of ‘green electricity and green gas’ headquartered in Germany, is looking to take its concept for integrating multiple distributed generation sources into a single network into international markets.
The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is to hold an auction for solar energy in August this year requiring a total investment of more than BRL1 billion (US$253 million), according to the state's government.
The extension of solar investment tax credits (ITC) will support steady growth in US PV deployment, according to a new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
According to a new Fitch Ratings report, fixed-price power purchase agreements and public incentives have proven to help shield renewable energy from pricing risk.
