XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (the LDK Solar) (LDK), a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, today announced a solicitation of consents (the Consent Solicitation) to proposed amend...... [More]

Overcapacity, weak demand and uncompetitive production have forced around 90% of polysilicon producers in China to suspend production, according to news reports in China.Only a handful of producers continue to operate plants but at low utilisation rates. GCL-Poly, Daqo and Asi...... [More]

Prices for solar modules -- the part of solar panels that produce electricity -- will continue to fall, in line with the long-term trend since 1980, according to a survey of experts by Near Zero, , a nonprofit energy research organization. However, for prices to keep falling f...... [More]

The US solar PV market grew by 684MW in the third quarter of 2012, 44% more than in the same period last year, according to a report by Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research.This quarter marked the third largest on record for the US PV industry, raising t...... [More]

Solar will play a central role in boosting the share of renewables in Americas energy mix between now and 2040, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration.The administrations Annual Energy Outlook 2013 published yesterday forecats that by 2040 renewable...... [More]

As Chinas photovoltaic solar industry hits increasing obstacles in foreign contries, many solar companies are eyeing the domestic market to survive the crisis.Since the United States started probes into alleged dumping and unfair subsidies in PV solar panels from China late la...... [More]