Asia & Oceania

Specialist PV manufacturing equipment supplier Amtech Systems said its subsidiary, Tempress Systems has secured new orders totalling around US$22 million, primarily from a major solar cell producer in Asia.

Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has announced the resignation of its chief strategy officer, Arturo Herrero.

China’s government is apparently pressing ahead with plans to trim feed-in tariff rates for on-grid solar from early 2016.

Three separate developers have won 260MW of capacity on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis for a solar park in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Taiwan is increasing the amount of solar PV capacity available under its feed-in tariff programme for 2016 from 270MW to 500MW and boosting the level of FiTs available in various parts of the country.

German manufacturer M10 Industries is to supply two of its ‘Kubus’ stringer tools to Indian module manufacturer Emmvee Photovoltaic Power.

Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE) has announced that it has signed off on a deal to sell 100% equity interest in a wholly-owned subsidiary that owns and maintains nine PV projects in China to Chongqing Future Investment for approximately US$185 million.

Integrated PV module manufacturer Trina Solar will divide its downstream project development business to two separate entities.

Yingli Solar will avoid the ignominy of a de-listing from the New York stock exchange following the announcement of a ten-to-one reverse stock split.

The Government of India is considering supporting polysilicon, ingot and wafer production in India as part of prime minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ programme, that was launched last year.