Mark Hutchins
Report shows France will triple storage capacity by 2020
A new report from Clean Horizon points to several major developments in the French energy market, which point to the nation becoming Europe’s next big market for storage.
Sky Solar Holdings agrees to sell 23 MW projects in Greece
The Hong Kong based independent power producer today announced that it has entered into share purchase agreements with A.W Aktina Wind to sell all equity interests in 23 MW of solar projects from Sky Solar’s subsidiaries in Greece.
Green certificate scheme to be launched in China
According to Reuters, China will launch trading of certificates for solar and wind power from July 1st 2017, in a bid to reduce government subsidies going to the renewables sector. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced the trading program on Friday.
Siva Power Expands Santa Clara Facility
The U.S. thin film manufacturer has expanded its development center in Santa Clara, California, and acquired production equipment from First Solar and Bloo Solar.
Schmid develops new multi wafer texturing process
The German production manufacturer has announced the development of a new process for the texturing of diamond wire cut multi silicon wafers. Schmid says that it will ship the first systems featuring the new technology in the second quarter of 2017.
Midsummer announce lightweight CIGS modules at 14% efficiency
Swedish production manufacturer Midsummer today announced that its client, an Asian module manufacturer, is producing lightweight flexible modules with CIGS technology with a conversion efficiency of 14%.
Meyer Burger receives CHF 18 million order
The Swiss technology company will provide its MAiA 2.1 technology to two customers in Asia.
Eos Energy Storage & Siemens launch storage partnership
U.S. storage specialist Eos Energy this week announced a partnership with Siemens to integrate, install and service utility-scale energy storage solutions.
Pay to own residential solar reaches 100,000 customers in Uganda
Fenix International, a silicon-valley technology company backed by venture capital, today announced that it has sold its solar financing model to 100,000 residential customers in Uganda.
The pv magazine weekly digest
Another big week for solar, as we are inundated with full year statistics from 2016, and the first of 2017’s major industry trade shows gets underway.
