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SunPower, the second largest US solar manufacturer, has acquired solar farm cleaning equipment manufacturer Greenbotics.

Shunfeng Photovoltaic International has successfully acquired the PV manufacturing operations of Suntech Wuxi with administrator approval for around US$490 million. Suntech Wuxi had debts of more than US$2.3 billion.

In issuing third quarter 2013 financial results, thin-film market leader First Solar, reported its largest quarterly decline in its CdTe module cost per watt since 2007.

China Solar Energy Holdings has released a statement confirming one of the executives facing fraud allegations has been bailed.

The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is demanding information from organisations including utility Arizona Public Service (APS) on the possible use of ratepayer funds in controversial public relations campaigns against solar power and net metering.

Honda has announced it will close its thin-film manufacturing subsidiary Honda Soltec spring 2014.

Technology giant, Apple has applied for the patent of a power management system to utilise portable solar panels, to the US patent and trademark office on Thursday.

China’s Ministry of Commerce has said it will extend a probe into imports of solar-grade polysilicon from Europe by six months.

US thin-film giant First Solar has seen its third quarter sales surge 51% compared to the same period last year.

The increase in global carbon dioxide emissions slowed last year because of a shift towards renewable energy usage, a major new study claims.