John Parnell

Module manufacturer JA Solar is to partner with testing house VDE Institute to raise awareness on the benefits of using high quality solar products.

German investment firm Wattner has purchased ten solar power plants with a total capacity of 48MW.

The former LDK subsidiary LDK Hefei is to be sold by the local Chinese government affiliate that purchased it earlier this year.

First Solar has announced that it has purchased Element Power’s 1.5GW project pipeline for the US and Mexico.

PV manufacturer Goldpoly is continuing its shift downstream with the imminent purchase of projects totalling 300MW from Zhongli Talesun.

The EU and China have announced more details of the deal to end their long-running solar trade dispute setting a minimum import price linked to industry price reports.

The European Commission has endorsed the deal agreed between its negotiators and the Chinese solar industry last week and will publish the terms of the price-undertaking on Saturday.

The solar industry is on the brink of a sustained period of momentum, according to a bullish research note by Deutsche Bank published on Wednesday.

The State Bank of India (SBI), the largest lender in the country, has warned against plans to cut the price paid to solar electricity producers in the state of Gujarat.

As the EU and China announce they have settled their long-running solar trade dispute, details are still hazy and many more questions remain. PV-Tech put some of those questions to Finlay Colville, vice president of the industry analyst firm NPD Solarbuzz.