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Largest German giant Q-Cells to file for bankruptcy
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
Austria seeks Europeans to sign a petition against nuclear power
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann expects petition drives to start in at least six European Union members this year with the goal of having the EU abandon nuclear power, he said in a newspaper interview.
read more... 16/03/2012
China to cut solar cell costs and increase efficiency
China’s Ministry Industry and Information Technology said that it has set a target to cut photovoltaic solar power generating costs to 0.8 yuan ($0.13) per kilowatt hour (kWh) by 2015 and 0.6 yuan/kWh by 2020.
read more... 24/02/2012
Standard Chartered Bank secured 100 million dollar loan to Trina Solar
Standard Chartered Bank offered a 100 million dollar loan to Chinese solar company Trina Solar Limited aimed to be used for developing cell and module production capacity in the Changzhou facility.
read more... 20/02/2012
Heliatek sets organic solar cells record
A Dresden based solar cell manufacturer, Heliatek G.m.b.H., has set a new world record of 9.8 percent efficiency for organic solar cells (made with conductive organic polymers and molecules) which are considered to be more competitive in term of costs and more flexible than inorganic photovoltaic cells.
read more... 09/12/2011