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Yingli joins Suntech in response to SolarWorld America’s petition
Yingli joins Suntech in response to SolarWorld America’s petition
Yingli says it is unfair to tar all Chinese companies with the same unfair-trading practice brush, and that it will “mount a vigorous defense”.
Philippines' First Gen eyes financing for hydro projects
Philippine power producer First Gen Corp is exploring all possible financing optionsto fund two hydro power projects worth about 8 billion pesos or...
Wind farm and solar park financing reaches a record $41.8b in Q3 2011
It was only $33 billion in the same quarter last year.
LDK Solar to construct solar plant in Zhangye, China
LDK Solar has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a solar project in Zhangye, China with Guodian Longyuan Zhangye New...
Sunpreme receives $50M funding for solar cell facility in China
Sunpreme has closed over $50 million in loans to fund the construction of solar facility in Jiaxing, China.
Ratings on Shikoku Electric & J-Power lowered to 'A+'
Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings on Shikoku Electric and J-Power to 'A+' from 'AA-'
Southeast Asia embraces solar power
A number of countries in Southeast Asia such as Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia have begun to pursue wide-scale investment in solar...
Furukawa Electric to manufacture superconductor materials
Japan's Furukawa Electric Co plans to announce details of its acquisition of a superconductor materials maker, reports Reuters.
Solar panel makers eclipsed by dimming profit margins
Dark clouds are looming as shares of China-based manufactures dropped by up to 70% this year.
Trendar Solar to build 10.8MW rooftop system in Jinjiang
Trendar Solar signed a deal to construct a 10.8MW rooftop solar PV project for Goldpoly’s facility at the Jinjiang Economic Development Zone.
S-Energy launches upgraded module line in Korea
S-Energy increased its module capacity by 120MW to a total of 350MW in October 2011.
Production resumes at JinkoSolar’s Haining plant
JinkoSolar has restarted solar cell production at its plant in Haining, China after receiving approval by the local Haining government and an...
NTT unit to repair big solar plants
NTT Facilities Inc, a unit of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp , plans to start service offering to monitor and maintain mega solar plants.
AES unveil power electronics factory in India
AES Power Solutions unveiled its power electronic factory in India.
Tohoku Electric to seek help from other utilities in winter
Tohoku Electric is in talks with utilities from other regions to receive surplus power, in a bid to meet peak-hour demand and avoid rolling blackouts...
Japanese mayor wants nuclear reactor decommissioned
The reactor is located 110 km northeast of Tokyo.
Hello, sunshine: US to fund $250m for 51 solar power projects in Thailand
The installations will range in size from one megawatt (MW) to 50MW, with a final total capacity of approximately 520MW.
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