Europe

Fraunhofer ISE said it had developed a low-cost rear contact Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact ‘TOPCon’ n-Type solar cell that has achieved a conversion efficiency of 24%.

The settlement of coalition talks over the make-up of the next German government could include changes to renewable energy policies that favour solar power generation.

R&D centre, imec has implemented a laser doping process to its i-PERC solar cell that pushes conversion efficiencies to 20.2%, while claiming lower processing costs that could result in faster commercial adoption.

The EU is to apply a 42.1% anti-dumping duty on Chinese solar glass manufacturers, according to a document published in the organisation's official journal.

PV equipment supplier Spire Corporation said that it had completed the installation of a turn-key module assembly line for an unidentified customer in Eastern Europe.

Voltec Solar has signed an agreement to deliver solar panels with French wind energy company, La Compagnie du Vent, GDF Suez Group.

South Korean manufacturer Hanwha SolarOne has supplied 12.9MW of HSL modules for a several solar parks in Portugal.

Solar companies Conergy and Camborne Energy have announced the sale of a planned 40MW solar farm portfolio to investor Primrose Solar.

Wafer producer PV Crystalox Solar has said it expects shipments to be at the high end of its mid-year guidance of 160-180MW.

ASD Sonnenspeicher, a solar energy storage system made by Automatic Storage Device (ASD) has won a German Renewables Award 2013 in the ‘Innovative Product of the Year’ category.