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SolarWorld Americas Inc. Joins Section 201 Trade Action to Address Global Import Surge

May 27, 2017 Anand Gupta

SolarWorld Americas Inc., the largest U.S. crystalline-silicon solar producer for more than 42 years, and Suniva Inc. have filed a joint letter with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) stating that SolarWorld is now a co-petitioner in the Section 201 safeguards case. Filed by Suniva in April, the 201 case could give President Trump broad […]

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SolarWorld Americas Joins Suniva as Co-Petitioner for Global Safeguard

May 27, 2017 Anand Gupta

Suniva, Inc. confirms today that it has notified the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) that it has amended its petition for a global safeguard under Section 201-202 of the Trade Act of 1974, to add SolarWorld Americas, Inc. as a co-petitioner.SolarWorld and Suniva account for the vast majority of U.S. solar manufacturing production. This action […]

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Siva Power Lands $25M to Chase Giga-Scale Domestic Thin-Film Solar Production

May 25, 2017 Anand Gupta

It’s extremely difficult to raise venture capital funding for solar hardware companies, but somehow Siva Power just raised $25 million for its thin-film solar manufacturing think-tank/retirement project for thin-film technologists. Siva closed this $25 million round to focus on building a pilot line and developing a solar module business — with funding led by Jim […]

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Luvata Special Products and teamtechnik bring street appeal to solar rooftops

May 24, 2017 Anand Gupta

The market for solar is driven by improved efficiency and lower costs for solar overall. To date the vast majority of homes harnessing the sun’s energy are doing so using rack-mounted modules installed on rooftops. However, as the market for solar continues to grow, the demand for differentiated solar solutions has expanded as well. Building-integrated […]

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Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2017: WACKER intends to continue its growth in the current fiscal year

May 19, 2017 Anand Gupta

After a good year in 2016, Wacker Chemie AG expects continued sales growth in the current year. Rudolf Staudigl, CEO of the Munich-based chemical company, underscored this point at WACKER’s 2017 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. “We want to lift our sales by a mid-single-digit percentage this year,” said Staudigl in his speech to some 1,000 shareholders […]

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2016-a record year for Swedish leading solar energy technology provider Midsummer

May 18, 2017 Anand Gupta

Midsummer, the Swedish leading technology provider of equipment for cost-effective manufacturing of flexible CIGS thin film solar cells, presents a record result for 2016. Revenues nearly doubled and profits increased, due to several new orders for the company’s DUO thin film solar cell manufacturing system. 2016 was an eventful and successful year for Midsummer, filled […]

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‘We Are Not Fighting With Any Company, But The Whole Beijing Factor’

May 18, 2017 Anand Gupta

In a comprehensive interview with Gyanesh Chaudhary, CEO and MD, Vikram Solar, Gyanesh shares how there is no level playing field for Indian manufacturers in solar, who have to compete with the cheap modules imported from China, losing out on quality. You are one of the biggest names in the solar manufacturing. How’s the business […]

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Researchers find ways to make solar energy affordable

May 16, 2017 Anand Gupta

In a recent study, researchers used data science to determine and predict the effects of exposure to weather and other conditions on materials in solar panels. The study, performed by a team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Gebze Technical University (GTU) in Turkey, has been in the journal PLOS ONE. Using data science to […]

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2016 – a record year for Swedish leading solar energy technology provider Midsummer

May 16, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Solar sector revives sagging demand for silver, but party may not last

May 13, 2017 Anand Gupta

Use in photovoltaic plates up 34% in 2016, but falling solar power prices make silver a costly inputAfter going through a phase of weakness due to sagging offtake from China, silver jewellery demand is making a comeback in India. According to the World Silver Survey 2017 released by the US-headquartered Silver Institute, the party spoilers were […]

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