In January, the Photovoltaics Institute Berlin (PI Berlin) published a white paper suggesting the quality of production among PV manufacturers has improved in recent years. The study said quality was higher for large-scale manufacturers, particularly high in Asia, with ......[More]

Only days after the Chinese government announced a substantial withdrawal of support for solar PV on May 31, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) responded with a report forecasting that global PV module prices would fall 34% over the course of 2018, estimating that mono......[More]

PV energy provider (PVEP), Canadian Solar is considering increasing production capacity to 3GW in 2014. In SEC filings related to its latest stock offering to raise around US$200 million, the company noted that one of the key reasons for raising capital was for further ......[More]

update. Trina Solar is the second, but likely not be the last PV module manufacturer to revise upwards third quarter shipments due to strong demand. The company said that it expected PV module shipments to exceed 750MW and could reach 780MW, compared to previous guidanc......[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 TÜV Nord. High salt concentration and humidity conditions are often found in coastal regions and certain pa......[More]

PV module encapsulant material supplier, STR Holdings hit by the pending loss of its largest customer, First Solar, said that its restructuring efforts would result in a workforce reduction of approximately 160, or 32% of its global workforce. According to 2012 SEC fill......[More]