Electricity demand in Italy may have once again droped, but PV generation increased by 71.8%.Grid operator Ternas early provisional data demonstrates that PV covered 5.6% of the contrys electricity demand in 2012.In December, PV systems generated 749GWh and covered 2.81% of ele...... [More]

Solar Frontier, a Japanese thin-film PV manufacturer, has teamed up with Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) in order to jointly establish an investment company which will provide funding for PV plants in Japan.The companies have signed a basic agreement which will see the joint i...... [More]

Market research firm, Bernreuter Research is forecating PV installations could reach 36GW in 2013, driving renewed polysilicon demand that is expected to push spot prices to around US$25/kg by the end of 2013.The latest forecat could provide significant relief for the strugglin...... [More]

ASP declines in 2012, driven by industry overcapacity throughout the PV supply chain, forced over 350 companies in China, from equipment suppliers, polysilicon producers to module manufacturers, to stop operations entirely, according to market research firm ENF.ENF said that a...... [More]

Enel Latin Amrica (Chile), a developer of renewable energy projects and the Chilean subsidiary of Italy-based Enel Green Power, is seeking approval for a 122MW PV plant and has submitted plans to the Chilean environmental authority, Servicio de Evaluacin Ambiental (SEA).The pr...... [More]

US-based PV installer SolarCity said its PV installations reached 156MW in 2012, an increase of 117% compared to 2011, exceeding guidance by 10MW.Providing its first upate on business expectations since its successful IPO on the NASDAQ stock market in December, 2012, SolarCity ...... [More]