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China’s first PV experience center opened in Baoding, Hebei on March 15th, the International Day for Protecting Consumers’ Rights. Yingli Solar is responsible for the center’s design and operation. The center is focusing on both s...  more

SolarCity and KirE Builders, Inc., one of Southern California’s premiere homebuilders, have partnered to offer solar power for all homes in its Black Canyon Estates community, opening last weekend, and its forthcoming Vista Sereno...  more

The Westin Dawn Beach Resort & Spa, St. Maarten, as part of the Westin brand, has extended the wellness concept to the planet by completing a solar installation that allows the resort to produce six to eight hours of its own p...  more

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. announced “Merlin,” an innovative cell metallization and interconnect technology that is expected to provide substantial savings in both the manufacture and installation of solar modules. The Merlin t...  more

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced the new PV feed-in tariff (FiT) in early March. The commercial PV FiT will be revised downward to 32 Yen and residential PV FiT to 37 Yen. On March 7th, METI announc...  more

Hanwha Q CELLS continues to expand in the United Kingdom. The PV specialist supplies more than 40,000 of its Q CELLS Q.Pro-G3 modules for a 10 MW solar power plant in Somerset, UK. The purpose of the plant is to export solar elect...  more

Powerway PV SA and Sungrow will be opening a manufacturing facility in COEGA, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Once finished, the plant will be the largest of its kind outside China. Powerway PV SA is a part of Powerway Renewable Ene...  more