First Solar, the United States' largest maker of solar panels, has recently announced its plans to halt one third of its production facilities worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 in order to struggle with lower panel prices.
read more... 19/04/2012
The biggest solar power plant will be built in Asia by the French energy group Areva for the Indian company Reliance Power, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The two plants are developed by Areva Solar and imply the use of compact linear Fresnel reflector technology aimed to generate 250 MW of electricity in Rajasthan, a northwestern region in India.
read more... 12/04/2012
PV market in China will almost double in 2012, to around 5 GW, with the potential to overtake 6GW, according to the latest forecast unveiled by Solarbuzz.
read more... 12/04/2012
Greece, the European country which has been the worst hit by the euro zone crisis, is planning to struggle against its debt deficit by diversifying one of its most valuable assets - solar energy.
read more... 10/04/2012
Germany’s largest solar giant, Q-Cells has recently announced that company will file for bankruptcy, after registering net losses of 846 million Euros in 2011. Previously, Q-Cells had experienced difficult times and made several cost-reduction measures to keep the business on track.
read more... 05/04/2012