Specialist semiconductor and PV equipment supplier Intevac expects to start shipping its largest ever single tool order to a customer in China planning to ramp N-type mono IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact) solar cells and modules, including bifacial modules in the second half of 2017.
Bankrupt German integrated PV module manufacturer SolarWorld AG has announced the resignation of its Management Board, excluding founder and chairman, Dr. Ing. Eh Frank Asbeck.
Leading ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has raised its Potential Induced Degradation (PID) resistance test metrics for its standard 1,000V and its 1,500V solar modules, using an extended IEC62804 standard.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member GCL System Integrated Technology (GCL-SI) has officially started production at its joint venture (JV) solar cell plant with Vina Solar in Vietnam as well as an unmanned module assembly pilot project in China.
The pioneer of floating solar power plants, French company Ciel & Terre (C&T) International has collaborated with Portuguese energy firm EDP (Energias de Portugal) Group to design and build the first floating solar project at an existing hydro-electric power station at a dam located at the mouth of Rabagão river in Montalegre, Portugal.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member GCL System Integrated Technology (GCL-SI) is supplying German-based PV systems supplier IBC Solar with 60MW of solar modules from a newly inaugurated module assembly plant in Vietnam.
Bankrupt integrated PV module manufacturer SolarWorld AG is close to securing a new owner as a group of unidentified investors are to finance continued manufacturing operations at sites in Freiberg and Arnstadt in Germany by mid-August 2017.
Leading 'Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has announced a 30MW supply deal for two solar projects in Virginia to Hecate Energy — a leading developer, owner, and operator of power plants in North America.
China-based PV module manufacturer Jiangsu Zhongli Group has successfully secured three ‘Poverty Alleviation’ projects in Guizhou, China totalling around 165MW after winning bids for EPC work.
