UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has told a meeting of investors representing US$22 trillion in assets that they must double their investment in clean energy.
Dutch specialist sun simulator equipment provider Eternal Sun has purchased the PV volume production equipment sun simulator business unit of struggling US-based Spire Corp for US$1.5 million.
France has pledged a €300 million contribution to the International Solar Alliance, the climate change-driven initiative to promote solar, backed by more than 120 countries.
Two Spanish parties have presented non-legislative proposals to repeal some of the most harming aspects of the Royal Decree against self-consumption of solar energy in Spain.
The Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) has reported using half-cut, p-type PERC solar cells in a large-area PV module that achieved a record 20.2 % module efficiency and peak power output of 303.2W.
India’s fifth largest private sector bank YES Bank plans to list a Green Bond of up to US$500 million on The London Stock Exchange by December this year.
German Electro-Mechatronic Systems (GES), a Germany-headquartered company with a background in LED lighting, has signed a deal to manufacture solar PV panels and LED lights in Macedonia.