India: CleanMax Solar receives $100m investment from US backer
CleanMax Solar, India’s largest rooftop solar developer, will use the private equity investment to fund growth opportunities outside India.
JA Solar expects minimum disruption from cell fab fire, signs 50 MW supply deal
Fire at the Chinese solar firm’s Yangzhou cell facility raged for a few hours but was contained to old production lines. Production disruption is expected to be minimal. Company also confirms 50 MW module deal in Malaysia.
centrotherm subsidiary picks up sputter tool contract for China CIGS plants
FHR Anlagenbau will supply the sputter production tooling for Manz’s Chinese CIGSline factories. The production equipment, which is likely for the landmark deal between Manz, Shanghai Electric, and major Chinese generator Shenhua, which was signed in January, will be delivered in 2018.
India: new 200 MW tender issued at Pavagada solar park
Tender adds to previous 250 MW of solar power that was retendered at the Pavagada solar park in Karnataka by the NTPC.
GCL New signs $5.2 million deal to manage 353 MW
Group unit Suzhou GCL Operation has agreed to provide operation and management services for 353 MW of solar capacity owned by PV investor Suzhou GCL-Poly throughout China.
Interview: China’s Growatt talks markets, inverter service and storage
Felix Fang, Growatt’s Marketing Director, talks to pv magazine about the Chinese firm’s central and string inverter technology, global expansion, post-sales service and the growing importance of storage.
India’s 1 GW Kurnool solar park on verge of grid synchronization
Commissioning of the ultra-mega solar plant due tomorrow following completion of final developers’ portions of capacity. Kurnool solar park will become world’s largest operational PV plant.
Neo Solar Power sells multicrystalline solar cell fab
The sale of the Taiwanese company’s Zhunan fab for around $41 million is part of wider transformation strategy towards monocystralline PERC production.
India: GVMC calls for 2 MWp floating PV plant bids
The floating solar PV project will be located at Mudasarlova reservoir in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
JinkoSolar and TÜV Rheinland to create testing standards for bifacial modules
The two establishments will develop a standardized testing method designed for bifacial technology and the difficulties and opportunities that exist where these modules are concerned.
