XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (LDK Solar) LDK -2.62% , a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, today announced that Mr. Yonggang Shao, an Executive Director and Executive...... [More]

A decision Friday by the V.I. Public Services Commission gave the green light to the territory""s new solar energy project.In a unanimous vote, the commission approved six power purchase agreements between the V.I. Water and Power Authority and three solar companies -- Toshiba ...... [More]

According to SEMI, there is prolonged challenging environment for PV equipment suppliers.Worldwide Solar Photovoltaic manufacturing equipment billings declined for the third quarter in a row, falling another 20 percent for the quarter and 60 percent from the same quarter last ...... [More]

The number of low-interest rate loans for solar pv power generation and other green energy projects provided by Japan Finance Corp. grew 5.6-fold from the previous year to 1,349 in fiscal 2011, the state-owned loan corporation said Wednesday.The surge can mostly be attributed ...... [More]

Advanced Solar Photonics, LLC (ASP), an American manufacturer of photovoltaic equipment and provider of turnkey altrnative energy systems, today announced it has launched a custom PV manufacturing division for large scale solar power projects.ASPs custom manufacturing division...... [More]

About 40 percent of the solar energy reaching Earths surface lies in the near-infrared region of the spectrum energy that conventional silicon-based solar cells are unable to harness. But a new kind of all-carbon solar cell developed by MIT researchers could tap into that unu...... [More]