Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie has reported its polysilicon division was heavily impacted by the slump in demand due to China’s ‘531 New Deal’ as a reason for the sharp decline in revenue and profitability which declined significantly in 2018. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
Already busy developing a pair of energy-efficient data centre campuses in Tennessee and Northern Alabama, Google announced an even grander plan to develop a 413MW pipeline of PV projects within both states. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
Spanish renewable energy company Diverxia Infrastructure has gained approval from the Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) of Colombia to develop its first large PV project within the country. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has announced a new “30-by-30” plan that will see the company install more than 30 million solar panels in Florida by 2030. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
China-based PV energy provider (PVEP) Panda Green Energy Group has issued a profit warning for the full year 2018. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
According to provisional data from BloombergNEF (BNEF), global solar PV installations reached 109GW in 2018 cost of installing a megawatt of photovoltaic capacity fell 12%, which spurred markets outside China to increase installations. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Solar has reported a new solar cell world record conversion efficiency for monocrystalline silicon PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) technology of 24.06%, which has been verified by the National Center of Supervision and Inspection on Solar Photovoltaic Product Quality (CPVT) in China. Read Full Article Here For more…
According to reports, Saudi Arabia’s National Industrial Clusters Development Program (NICDP) and petrochemicals to manufacturing conglomerate SABIC have signed MOU’s with LONGi Group and OCI to bring fully integrated solar manufacturing to the country. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
PV inverter manufacturer KACO new energy is changing its business focus to include only string inverters and energy storage products, after its acquisition of Energy Depot, selling its central inverter business subsidiary in South Korea to OCI Power. Financial details were not disclosed. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
Singapore-based developer Sunseap Group has acquired a minority stake in Australian commercial and industrial (C&I) solar EPC company Todae Solar. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), one of the largest utilities serving Northern California and the surrounding region, announced Monday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The utility plans to formally file for bankruptcy on 29 January 2019, with the company tasked with providing a 15-day advance notice as part a recently enacted…
Lightsource BP has announced the appointment of Kevin Smith as CEO for the Americas, with the renewable-energy industry veteran tasked with helping lead Lightsource BP’s expansion across the region. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
Silicon wafer furnace to downstream PV power plant owner, Beijing Jingyuntong Technology Co (JYT) has reported its PV power plant capacity in 2018 totalled 1,239.11MW, an 18% increase over the previous year. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
A series of issues that initially centered on the US Section 201 case, the US v China trade, China’s 531 New Deal and India’s trade tariffs, combined to slice around US$3 billion from the total global corporate funding into the solar sector in 2018, according to Mercom Capital Group. Read Full Article Here For more…
German renewable-energy company Luxcara has acquired the Guillena-Salteras PV project, which is located in southern Spain. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech