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Sungrow, Jinko and Tongwei among the names to be awarded hundreds of MWs of project capacity.

The PV industry roadmap - and related metrics of technology and bankability - are now being driven by leading module supplier, JinkoSolar, with others seeking to replicate Jinko’s product line options, trying to differentiate in markets that are receptive to low-cost alternatives, or focusing only on rooftop markets where volumes are lower and sales/distribution efforts are more intensive.

Businesses can claim up to US$23,600 if they install solar for self-consumption.

Majority of 1MW project awards now made but minister says both rooftop and large-scale tenders have hit roadblocks.

The advisory group AECEA raises expectations on China's full-year deployment to 38-42GW in the wake of huge feed-in tariff awards.

The Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) arm of independent global private asset management firm Capital Dynamics has formed a joint venture with solar finance and development company Sol Systems.

Chint Solar says many new innovations are so closely linked to predecessors they are instantly ‘bankable’.

Commercial and residential solar-plus-storage customers on Long Island will be eligible for payments of US$250 per kWh of storage installed, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has confirmed.

The largest monocrystalline wafer producer, LONGi Green Energy Technology Co has signed another project investment agreement to build and operate a 5GW PV module assembly plant.

Perovskite solar cell developer, Oxford PV has secured £34 million in new funding for a 200MW heterojunction (HJT) solar cell line from Meyer Burger to start production of perovskite - silicon tandem cells in 2020.