In order to save costs for the public electric system, the Spanish government is set to again cut subsidies for operational PV plants. Feed-in-tariffs could shrink at a rate of 20%.
Hit by falling prices and increased competition, LDK Solar remained deep in red ink in the first three months of the year with a net loss of $187.1 million, $104.3 million in revenue and liabilities totaling $5.3 billion.
The Romanian government has approved legislation that will severely cut PV incentives for investors. Critics say the move could lead to a halt in foreign investment for the country’s solar market.
Chinese solar manufacturer Solargiga has signed a 370 MW module supply deal with Japanese giant Sharp and said the move into other markets had been prompted by the recent EU anti dumping duties decision. The deal makes Solargiga the largest Chinese solar supplier to Sharp.
Chinese manufacturer continues its downstream focus by signing the biggest EPC deal in its corporate history to deliver a 130 MW utility scale plant in Ontario which will feature 440,000 Canadian Solar modules.
Chinese polysilicon manufacturer Daqo New Energy is taking an optimistic approach to the solar trade stand-off and predicting a rise in shipments in the current quarter. Daqo is also forecasting a stabilization in the price of polysilicon.
Mainstream Renewables enters a partnership with investment house Actis again after a successful US$100 million South African deal last year.
Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer JinkoSolar staunched losses whilst increasing shipments and extending its global reach in the first three months of 2013.
German solar manufacturer aleo solar has no update on the search to replace Bosch’s 90.7% stake and expects another loss in 2013.
China Daily predicts EU duties will cost the political bloc 250,000 jobs in its own back yard as Beijing launches investigation into imported EU wines as direct riposte to France’s Hollande.
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