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Taiwan-based merchant solar cell producer Motech Industries has reported December, 2015 sales reaching a new record high, the fourth consecutive month of record sales.

Struggling PV manufacturer China Sunergy (CSUN) has confirmed the resignation of two of its independent directors.

Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) member Yingli Green Energy has restored its listing compliance with NYSE requirements, as expected after a reverse stock split.

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.

PV manufacturing equipment specialist Singulus is to supply one of its PV cell production lines to an Indian manufacturer.

The PV industry has notched up another year of strong growth in 2015, with more in prospect for 2016. The PV Tech team looks back at the big stories that have defined the past 12 months in solar.

Leading cell technologists from all of the big-six Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) suppliers (Canadian Solar, Hanwha Q-Cells, JA Solar, JinkoSolar, Trina Solar and Yingli Green) have now been confirmed as speakers at PV Tech’s inaugural solar cell conference, PVCellTech, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-17 March 2016.

November was a bumper month for PV capacity expansion announcements, with the big-six Silicon Module Super League players once again in the headlines, writes Mark Osborne.

PV Nano Cell announced its plans to enter the US solar market with its ‘Sicrys’ silver and copper inks. The inks are expected to accelerate the adoption of solar photovoltaics (PV) by reducing the cost of silicon solar cell production, using an efficient process that produces sustainable inks without the use of hazardous wastes, and by increasing solar cell efficiencies at a mass production scale.