The government of Kerala, India, has released a draft solar policy, effective 1 April 2013, having set itself a target of 500MW to be achieved by 2017 and 1,500MW by 2030.Policies have been laid out for off-grid rooftop systems, grid-connected small-scale systems, off-site gen...... [More]

Module manufacturer Suntech has appointed Susan Wang Chairwoman of its board of directors, replacing Dr Zhengrong Shi, the company""s outgoing Chairman.Wang has been a director at Suntech since April 2009 having formerly served as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Deve...... [More]

Samil Power will present its Micro Inverters SolarPond 240with higher efficiencyto the UK market at this years Ecobuild exhibition.The micro inverter from Samil Power with higher efficiency of 96%, it also can maximized the yield by reducing power loss with shade and dust. Besi...... [More]

JA Solar announced today that all of its PV module series have successfully passed the salt mist corrosion test and the sulfur dioxide corrosion test conducted by TV Nord.High salt concentration and humdity conditions are often found in coastal regions and certain pastoral far...... [More]

According to China-based Solarzoom, nearly 400MW of Chinese pv modules were exported to the Japanese domestic market in the fourth quarter of 2012.In the list of top sales for the whole year, Suntech won first place with module sales of US$100 million, followed by JA Solar with...... [More]

The imposition of European Commission tariffs of up to 60% against Chinese manufacturers could lead to 242,000 job losses in Europe during the first year, new research claims.At the end of last year, the European Commission launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy proceedings ag...... [More]