Manufacturer Kyocera Solar is planning to lay off staff at its manufacturing plant in San Diego, California, because of weak demand for US-made solar modules.
US manufacturer and developer First Solar has sold its 139MW Campo Verde solar project in California to Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy.
Although financial details were not disclosed, SolarWorld subsidiaries in the US and German have built and sold three PV power plant projects that had a total combined capacity of 46.3MW.
Counterfeit safety markings have been found on modules from Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP), according to independent global certification company Underwriters Laboratory (UL).
China has knocked the US from a shaky top place in global clean energy rankings as worldwide investment declined, according to Pew's Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race?
California's two largest investor-owned utilities added the most new solar power to their systems in 2012 in an annual ranking of electric utilities released today.
Importers of Chinese cells into the US may be evading anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD), according to the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM).
PV installer REC Solar has announced it is now offering turnkey solar solutions for residents on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in partnership with solar company Sunrun.
US solar giant First Solar has purchased the 60MW North Star solar project to be located near Mendota, Fresno County, California, from NorthLight Power. Terms of the transaction remain undisclosed.
