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Market research firm IHS remains bullish on the global solar PV market in 2016, forecasting installations to reach 69GW in 2016.

PV manufacturing equipment specialist Amtech Systems said its long-standing CFO, Bradley C. Anderson would be retiring at the end of March, 2016.

The founder of defunct module maker QSolar has broken his silence to defend himself as a legal case against him in Canada escalates.

US energy company Southern Company and utility technology provider PowerSecure International have both approved a definitive merger agreement through which Southern Company will acquire PowerSecure.

Solar cell and module manufacturer Suniva has agreed to a partnership with DMSolar, a leading solar distributor in Mexico.

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.

Flexible CIGS thin-film consumer product producer Ascent Solar Technologies has been de-listed from the NASDAQ, as expected.

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.