Chinese inverter supplier Sungrow reports that it has grown to become the leading Chinese inverter supplier to the Australian residential market, recording 50 MW of shipments to the small scale segment in 2015. The Australian residential rooftop market registered a robust uptick in May, according to data compiled by Green Energy Markets, with over 62 MW of small-scale solar systems installed.

Solar PV produced one third more electricity than coal in the UK during May. Data compiled by Carbon Brief reveals that solar arrays pumped 1,336 GWh of electricity in the UK’s grid during last month, easily doubling the output of coal, which came in at 893 GWh.

Trina Solar has passed the 1 GW milestone in its supply to India. Trina claims it now enjoys 20% market share in India, which is tipped to double in PV market size in 2016.

After first pushing backs its renewable goals, Saudi Arabia looks to have vastly reduced plans for PV and CSP deployment. Reports coming out of the country today say that the Energy Minister has announced a reduction of its 2040 renewable goals from 50% to 10% of the country’s electricity supply.

The 10th annual SNEC trade show in Shanghai opened its doors one week ago today, attracting huge crowds to the 150,000 square meter complex with around 1,500 exhibitors. The event saw the debut of pv magazine’s Solar Superheroes, who were a major talking point as they roamed the trade show floor performing martial arts routines, which represented their battle against their nemesis Coal.

Meyer Burger’s DW288 Series 3 diamond wire saw, and Eternal Sun’s Climate Chamber and Solar Simulator have been named as the winners of the 2016 Technology Highlights award. The award recognizes excellence in innovation and execution from PV production equipment and materials suppliers with the winners selected by an eight-person international jury of solar industry experts.

Sweden’s Midsummer has announced a repeat order from “an undisclosed multinational corporation” based in Asia for its flexible substrate CIGS deposition production tool, called the DUO. The deal, in the “multi-million” dollar range, was placed after the DUO tooling passed a qualification- testing period, exceeding conversion efficiency targets.

U.S.-headquartered PV and semiconductor production equipment supplier Amtech has registered increased bookings in Q2 2016, although it has incurred a $1.5 million loss the for the quarter. Solar bookings in Q2 came in at $28 million.

The Australian Green party has released a policy that would see distributed battery storage incentivized. The proposed scheme would provide a refundable tax credit of up to AU$5,000 (US$3,690) for households installing a battery system, and allow businesses to accelerate the depreciation of a storage system.

Tesla Energy “posted strong growth” in Q1 2016, the company has announced in its latest update to shareholders. Tesla reports have shipped over 25 MWh of stationary storage products in Q1, to customers across four continents.