The solar industry has been under a cloud because of uncertainty of policies and market demand. Many companies in many countries have announced to cut jobs or to close factories, including SunPower, a leading solar com...  more

Global solar industry is transforming – average selling prices drops, conversion efficiency of PV modules increases, and installing costs falls. The market shift has influenced First Solar, U.S.-based CdTe solar ...  more

Global solar demand changes and continuous price drop in PV modules has led to a sluggish market situation. REC Group, an international and integrated PV manufacturer, decided to cut 3% of workforce from its global sites for cost ...  more

PV manufacturer SolarWorld was reported to lay off around 500 temporary workers from German manufacturing facilities. EnergyTrend regards this event as a consequence of the significant price drop in PV modules and redu...  more

SolarCity, U.S.’s leading provider of rooftop PV systems for household, is reported to lay off 108 employees from offices in California. This is not far from Tesla announced to acquire it. SolarCity’s finan...  more

Sharp, a Japanese company that was recently acquired by Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Hon Hai, or “Foxconn”), is reportedly going through layoffs. After Sharp suffered serious losses in the fiscal year...  more

SunEdiosn, one of the global leaders in renewable energy industry, launched “Global Initiative” for optimizing its business operations. Cutting 10-15% jobs from its global workforce is one of the serial actions. In Sun...  more

The Managing Board of SMA Solar Technology AG is anticipating a difficult fiscal year 2015 and a decline in sales, and consequently plans to cut approximately 1,600 full-time positions in all functional areas by June 30th, 2015. F...  more