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China's Lowest Solar Bid Price Ever: RMB 3.05 per Watt

published: 2016-08-23 18:17
China's State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) held this year's second open tendering procedure for PV projects on August 11th in Beijing. One bidding price set a new record low: RMB 3.05 per watt. This broke the lowest record ...  more

Electricity Producer Voltalia Acquires Martifer Solar

published: 2016-08-23 18:00
Electricity producer Voltalia announced the acquisition of Martifer Solar, a solar power plant developer. The acquisition was firstly unveiled on June 20 2016 and was finalized in August in the same year. This transaction is part ...  more

JA Solar in 2Q: Over 50% Growth for Shipments and Revenue

published: 2016-08-22 18:29
China’s tier-one solar PV manufacturer JA Solar announced financial results for the second quarter of 2016. The results were as positive as JA Solar expected, and the company forecasts to deliver 5.2~5.5GW of solar in 2016. In 2Q1...  more

GameChange Solar Sells over 1GW of Solar

published: 2016-08-22 16:32
GameChange Solar announced that it has passed 1GW in sales and expects to have substantially over one gigawatt installed by year end 2016. Starting in 2012 with fixed tilt roof and pile driven systems, GameChange Solar...  more

Strong Sales yet Closure of Manufacturing Sites: SMA

published: 2016-08-19 17:12
SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) reported a positive business performance in the first half of 2016, yet the price pressure was still strong. As a result, SMA decided to end manufacturing of factories in Denver, USA and Cape Town, So...  more

AES to Deploy 37.5MW of Energy Storage Arrays for SDG&E

published: 2016-08-19 15:07
The AES Corporation announced its subsidiary, AES Energy Storage, has entered into two contracts with San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E). AES will install and commission two energy storage arrays totaling 37.5MW using its Adva...  more

Five Chinese PV Makers Removed from EU’s Price Agreement

published: 2016-08-18 18:34
The European Commission (EC) keeps conducting investigations on certain Chinese PV imports to the EU, and announced to withdraw five more Chinese PV makers from the Minimum Import Price (MIP) agreement, or the “price undertaking.”...  more