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]

An auction in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has today set a new record low for solar power in the country. The Rewa ultra-mega solar park, a 750 MW joint venture between Solar Energy Corp of India (SECI) Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Ltd., has attracted bids of INR 3.5......[More]

Rumors of a six-month reduction to the proposed 24-month extension of anti-dumping (AD) duties against Chinese solar module companies – reported yesterday – have today been confirmed by European Commission Vice President, Frans Timmermans. Having been rejected by 18 of ......[More]

We all knew that 2016 was going to be a very good year for the U.S. solar market; however no one could say exactly how good. Yesterday the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) produced a post which provides some of the first concrete numbe......[More]