Vertically integrated PV manufacturer LDK Solar has sold shares worth US$31,110,000 to Fulai Investment. The deal, to be closed by 28 February 2013, represents around a 12% stake of the Chinese company. Having escaped delisting from the New York Stock Exchange, LDK Sola......[More]

America’s competitive position in the global clean energy market is at risk because of increased competition abroad and uncertain policies at home, warns a report by the Pew charitable Trusts. The study, Innovate, Manufacture, Compete: A Clean Energy Action Plan, said t......[More]

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has proposed reforms which will enable certain small-scale power generation projects including solar to qualify for a faster interconnection process. The reforms relate to Order No.2006 which became effective in 2005 to......[More]

Weaker than expected demand in key markets of Italy and Germany in the fourth quarter has led PV inverter supplier Power-One to lower revenue guidance to between US$190 million to US$195 million, down from a range of US$210 million to US$230 million. The company cited r......[More]

Trina Solar has announced that it has supplied PV modules totaling 61MW for the Green Tower project in the German state of Brandenburg. Over 252,000 multi-crystalline Trina Solar modules, each with an average output of more than 240Wp, have been installed on the former ......[More]

Revenues from solar energy storage are to grow to US$2 billion by 2018, new research predicts. A report from analysts NanoMarkets says that the decline in feed-in tariffs in many parts of the world means PV users will have an additional incentive to storage the solar en......[More]