Shunfeng returns to profit, increases cell shipments by 79.7%
Preliminary financial assessment for fiscal year 2014 reveals impressive turnaround in fortunes for the Chinese clean energy company after difficult 2013.
Hanergy unveils thin-film mobile energy vision
Chinese thin-film company announces details of ambitious global product innovation competition designed to take solar power into previously unexplored realms.
Principal Solar agrees PPA with Duke Energy for 78.5 MW PV plant
The $173 million North Carolina installation will become the largest US solar park east of the Rockies once complete.
UK improves attractiveness of community solar investment
Solar Trade Association updates community commitment as shared-ownership solar farms set to become eligible for inclusion in tax-free savings accounts.
Joint Fraunhofer ISE and NREL report hints at CPV maturation
Higher efficiencies and levelized costs of electricity at levels similar to ordinary PV reported as CPV sector set to grow in 2015.
Trina Solar to supply 42.2 MW of modules to Gestamp project in Honduras
The large-scale solar plant will be located in Honduras’ Choluteca region and will utilize Trina’s PC14-310W modules as well as up to 300 solar trackers.
Quarter of India's next round of bids to go to local producers
Tata Power Solar CEO says government has agreed figure with domestic manufacturers, adds that the 100 GW target may be hit a few years later than planned.
Oil price drop could propel US solar and renewables, finds BNEF report
Despite oil’s price slump having no direct impact on solar, a second-order effect could lead to greater stimulus to the U.S. renewable sector, report finds.
Obama seeks to extend ITC permanently
Presidential bid to extend 30% solar investment tax permanently, prompting SEIA to applaud decision, calling it a ‘major investment in America’s future’.
Apple to open $2bn solar-powered data center
The tech giant will convert a former sapphire plant into its global command facility in Arizona, U.S., which will be powered by a 70 MW solar plant.
