The imposition of European Commission tariffs of up to 60% against Chinese manufacturers could lead to 242,000 job losses in Europe during the first year, new research claims. At the end of last year, the European Commission launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy procee......[More]

Spanish photovoltaic panels producer Innovacion en Alta Tecnologia Solar (Iatso) has filed for insolvency, it was announced today. The company fell victim to tough trading conditions, which included Spain’s recent reduction of renewable energy premiums. Spanish manufact......[More]

A North American consortium comprising SunWize Technologies, Solexica Energy Corporation, JCM Capital, and Radical Energyis is to develop two solar photovoltaic projects in Ecuador. The plants are 30MW and 20MW in size and have been named Condor Solar and Solarconnectio......[More]

US energy provider SolarCity has installed PV systems with a total capacity of 2.3MW at all 19 district schools and a district support centre which make up the Murrieta Valley Unified School District in California. All the PV systems were designed and installed by Solar......[More]

For the fourth time in two years China has increased its solar energy target from 21GW by 2015 to 35GW. Chinese newspaper The Economic Times reported Shi Lishan, Deputy Director of the Renewable Energy Office of the National Energy Administration (NEA), said, “The targe......[More]

PV module encapsulant material supplier, STR Holdings hit by the pending loss of its largest customer, First Solar, said that its restructuring efforts would result in a workforce reduction of approximately 160, or 32% of its global workforce. According to 2012 SEC fill......[More]