China has announced its intention to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Despite ongoing trade wars between China and both the US and European Union, it will become the 161st member of the body, which is lobbying to double the share of renewable ener......[More]

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the state’s NY-Sun solar initiative will receive an additional US$150 million in funding every year for the next 10 years. Launched in 2012, NY-Sun seeks to quadruple the solar capacity in the state of New York in 2013. ......[More]

Electricity demand in Italy may have once again dropped, but PV generation increased by 71.8%. Grid operator Terna’s early provisional data demonstrates that PV covered 5.6% of the country’s electricity demand in 2012. In December, PV systems generated 749GWh and covere......[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 t......[More]

Yingli Green has surpassed Suntech Power Holdings as the largest PV company in the world, based on revised full-year module shipment guidance. In advance of its fourth quarter 2012 financial results, Yingli Green said that better than expected module shipments in the qu......[More]

Market research firm, Bernreuter Research is forecasting 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 forecast could provide significant relief for th......[More]