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German solar system integrator Phoenix Solar’s California-based subsidiary is to develop a 26.6MW portfolio of solar projects for Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC).

Nanjing GCL New Energy — a subsidiary of GNE — has signed off on a 100MW module supply agreement with CNI Energy for RMB (US$61 million). The modules will be provided for Nanjing’s GCL New Energy’s 100MW PV project in Funan County, Anhui Province.

Trina Solar has signed off on a supply deal with Toyo Engineering to provide 96.2MW of solar modules to the Hosoe Mega Solar Project, which is currently being developed by Energy K.K. and is expected to be the largest solar plant in Kyushu, Japan.

Manz, supplier of manufacturing equipment to the solar, energy storage and electronics industries has been forced to lay off 174 members of staff.

Indian integrated solar firm Tata Power Solar has commissioned one of the world’s largest rooftop PV projects standing at 12MW in Punjab.

First Solar has announced shipment guidance for 2016 of 2.9-3.0GW for 2016 and confirmed that it has no immediate plans to expand production capacity.

Concrete action in the Indian solar sector this year has countered scepticism over the 266GW of clean energy pledges made earlier this year, according to a new report.

Leading module supply firm Hanwha Q CELLS is to almost triple its supply agreement with Sunrun, becoming one of the developer’s main suppliers in 2016.

After being tested and certified by authoritative certification body TUV Rheinland, the mass production output power for HT-SAAE's N-type PERT high-efficiency mono-crystalline silicon solar module has surpassed 300W.

Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Nuvo has won all 150MW in a solar auction held by the Indian state of Haryana at a tariff of INR5.08 (US$0.076)/kWh.