Europe

The Renewable Energy Company ASA has announced the results of its public share offering for its new division, REC Solar.

The local government of the region of Murcia is taking the Spanish government to the country's constitutional court over its attempts to cull support for solar energy in the country.

Ingeteam’s South Africa subsidiary is to supply 78 of its inverters to the Sishen Solar facility in South Africa.

German inverter manufacturer Solutronic has filed for insolvency in a German district court.

After an extensive evaluation period, Hanwha Q CELLS has qualified for production purposes the use of ACT Aurora Control Technologies inline Decima CD metrology tool.

Japanese thin-film manufacturer Solar Frontier is to introduce its SolarSets range of standardised PV systems to the Italian residential market after agreeing a distribution deal with P.M. Service.

The European Commission has announced a list of 140 electricity projects that will be fast tracked and have access to a funding pot of €5.85 billion (US$7.9 billion).

France is to lend €100 million to South Africa’s national utility Eskom to support the development of solar energy in the country.

China Sunergy has gained TUV Rheinland certification for its factory in Turkey, the company has confirmed.

The French regulatory commission for energy (CRE) has released a response to 396 applications for solar project tenders.