While the overall residential solar market is facing headwinds in the United States, one company is still reporting strong growth. As revealed in fourth quarter full year 2016 results released yesterday, Sunrun deployed 282 MW of PV systems last year, roughly double the......[More]

Europe’s dem for renewable electricity continues to grow in 2016. Based on statistics from the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) from 2011 to 2016 the market experienced an annual growth (CAGR) of 12,5%. Last year the dem rose by 5% compared to 2015, now reaching near......[More]

Deliveries of PV cells modules hit 1.7 GW in the three months to the end of December, down from 1.8 GW in the July-September period, according to the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA). Shipments of solar cells accounted for 565 MW of the total volume for the ......[More]

JinkoSolar Holding overtook Trina Solar in terms of solar PV module shipments in 2016, shipping 6.6 to 6.7 GW modules while Trina followed closely with 6.3 to 6.55 GW, according to research consulting firm GlobalData. GlobalData estimates that the global solar PV market......[More]

U.S. vertically integrated solar power company First Solar has this week signed two strategic deals that have augmented the firm’s global module supply exposure. The first is an agreement to deliver 63 MWac of First Solar thin-film PV modules to the Kidston Solar Projec......[More]

Last week’s reverse auction in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh for the Rewa Solar Park produced the lowest solar tariffs yet seen in India, some of the world’s cheapest prices. At INR 3.30/kWh ($0.0494/kWh), the tariffs sunk lower than India’s previous cheapest solar......[More]