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Solar module manufacturer Silevo appointed Aaron Thurlow as its Vice-President of sales and marketing, a position that will see him manage the market expansion for the company’s Triex technology.

PV module manufacturer Kyocera Solar’s North American facilities have exceeded the two million mark in the production of photovoltaic modules.

Photovoltaic solutions company Scheuten Solar has completed a solar power system for supermarket Lidl in Weert, the Netherlands.

Regional utility firm Stadtwerke Heidelberg and PV project developer Conergy are collaborating to construct a 1.1MW PV array on a landfill site in Feilheck in Heidelberg, Germany.

Chinese manufacturer Suntech is to supply 25MW of polycrystalline solar modules to Italian EPC SunSystem for two PV projects in Romania.

German PV systems integrator Phoenix Solar has announced plans to build a 4.2MW solar park on a former military site in the district of Jerichower Land in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Overcapacity, weak demand and uncompetitive production have forced around 90% of polysilicon producers in China to suspend production, according to news reports in China.

Shares of Chinese PV companies trading in the US have soared on news that the Chinese government is set to inject an additional RMB7 billion (US$1.1 billion) into subsidies for its PV industry.

UK-based solar wafer producer, PV Crystalox Solar will implement a significant reduction in its workforce, while discontinuing its polysilicon operations in Germany and heavily cut ingot production in the UK and wafer production in Germany.

Renewable developer Sempra US Gas & Power has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with the California cities of Los Angeles and Burbank.