Industry_EnergyTrend PV

2013-06-19

KYOCERA to Supply and Construct 30 MW of Solar Power at Agricultural Facilities across Japan

Kyocera Corporation announced on June 17th, 2013, that it is supplying approximately 30 megawatts (MW) of solar power generating systems to one of the largest solar power projects in Japan which is being implemented by the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative.. more

2013-06-19

LDK Solar Announces Next Generation of Modules

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. announced on June 18th, 2013, the company's next step on the path to achieving its goal of delivering high quality value for money solutions to the solar energy industry. Several improvements are now provided in a new generation of LDK Solar M.. more

2013-06-19

First Solar Announces Closing of Common Stock Offering

First Solar, Inc. announced on June 18th, 2013, the closing of an underwritten public offering of 9,747,000 shares of its common stock, including 1,247,000 shares issued and sold as a result of the exercise of substantially all of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.. more

2013-06-18

Ascent Solar to Receive $6.0 Million Funding Boost from Asian Investor

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, integrated into the company’s new EnerPlexTM series of consumer products, announced on June 18th, 2013, the signing of an agreement to raise $6 million thr.. more

2013-06-18

Salka Corp. Launches to Fund Renewable Energy Projects

Salka Corp., led by a veteran development executive and backed by leading global investors, announces a partnership which seeks to piece together well-balanced renewable energy portfolios by acquiring, developing and constructing wind and solar projects throughout North Ameri.. more

2013-06-17

Eltek THEIA™ HE Enhanced Performance Solar Inverters and New Solar Energy Storage System to be Showcased at Intersolar Munich 2013

Eltek, the world enterprise in high efficiency power systems for telecommunications, industrial applications and renewable energy projects, announced it will showcase its new THEIA™ HE-es system and updated THEIA™ HE-t solar inverter product range at I.. more

2013-06-16

China Sunergy Starts to Ship from Turkey Plant

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. today announced that it has begun shipping solar modules from its plant in Istanbul, Turkey, and will deliver a total of approximately 6.4MW from mid-June toAugust 2013 to a well-known French customer. China Sunergy currently has a total prod.. more

2013-06-14

Trina Solar Leads Establishment of New SEMI Standards

Trina Solar Limited announced on June 13th, 2013, that Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International ("SEMI") has approved two standards submitted by Trina Solar - the "Specification for Packaging Protection Technology for PV Modules".. more

2013-06-14

Standard Solar Commits to Clinton Global Initiative for Innovation and Growth in Solar Photovoltaics

Building on the success of its first Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action, Standard Solar, a leader in the full-service development, construction, integration, financing and installation of solar electric systems, announced a second commitment as part o.. more

2013-06-14

SolarWorld Urges Industry to Respond to Reports of Rising Solar-Panel Defect Rates

On June-13, 2013, SolarWorld called on the world solar industry to establish, embrace and promote an industry-wide acceptable quality limit (AQL) for production of crystalline silicon solar panels sold within the U.S. market. The company issued the call in response to r.. more

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EU AD Tariff has Both Pros and Cons. Industry Traders Wait and Watch the Developments

The European Union during June and July will decrease the anti-dumping tariff from 47% to 11.8%. The impact this could have on product.. more

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Europe’s anti-dumping tariff about to finalize, Chinese PV manufacturers’ three contingency plans

Apart from the rumor which says that China’s going to impose anti-dumping tariffs on the imported polysilicon, the Chinese governme.. more