Goldman Sachs-backed rooftop solar specialist Asian Clean Capital (ACC) is partnering Chinese metal cladding firm CENTER International Group Company to co-develop a 200MW solar pipeline in China.
Global environmental and industrial analysis firm Vaisala said it was expanding its solar sector operations in India due to demand with plans to double its workforce in the country by the end of 2017.
India has enough tempered solar glass capacity to cater for its own PV manufacturers despite the introduction of anti-dumping duties against certain glass imports from China, according to the Indian firm that originally petitioned for the trade measures.
Indian manufacturer Borosil Glass Works has completed acceptance tests for a major line of 2mm fully-tempered glass, which a company executive claims to be the first such glass produced at this thickness in the world.
As PV Tech recently reported, significantly higher than expected solar PV installations in China is driving global installation forecasts to be revised upwards.
China-based integrated monocrystalline PV manufacturer Solargiga Energy Holdings' sales have rebounded in the first half of 2017, fuelled by demand in China for high-efficiency wafers including N-type wafers for ‘Top Runner’ PV power plant projects.
Indian integrated solar firm Tata Power Solar saw profits after tax more than triple in the 2017 fiscal year, driven mainly by a shift in focus from manufacturing towards providing EPC services.
Solar project developer ReneSola announced Wednesday that it has secured US$18 million in financing from China Kangfu International Leasing — an affiliate of State Power Investment Corporation.
