First Solar Inc. is sting on the sidelines of a trade dispute that could give its products a significant leg up.The U.S. International Trade Commission held a hearing on Tuesday regarding the request by Suniva for the U.S. to impose tariffs on imported solar panels. ...... [More]

Having seen an agreement reached between the investor insolvency administrator earlier this week, SolarWorlds creditors have today agreed to the purchase transfer of SolarWorlds assets to Frank Asbeck, the companys CEO.Confirmed to pv magazine by Birgit Niepmann, p...... [More]

In spite of some uncertainties in the solar market, overall corporate funding in the industry, including venture capital (VC) funding, debt funding public market financing, reached $4.6 billion over the first half of the year, up from $4.5 billion in 2016, but also ...... [More]

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has approved a $660 million financing for the construction of 500 MW of solar power plants at the 1.8 GW Benban solar complex in Aswan, southern Egypt.According to a statement from Egypts ...... [More]

The acknowledgement by the European Commission (EC) that its minimum import price (MIP) mechanism for solar cells modules imported into Europe has been ineffectual could be undone by the proposal of new mechanism for pricing that SolarPower Europe says divorces pric...... [More]

Retaining its Q1 2017 assumptions that China will retain its role as the key driver as its 2017 dem reaches 31.5 GW, acconting for 39% of the global market, GTM Researchs latest quarterly report shows that the 2017 global dem will exceed 80 GW for the first time, though...... [More]