PV

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 reduction...  more

IKEA is going to open its Memphis store in Tennessee in late Fall 2016. The store’s rooftop has been installed a 1.46MW PV array and will become the state’s largest rooftop PV system when being opened. IKEA selected Hannah ...  more

Heraeus Photovoltaics, the worldwide leading supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, today announced that Dr. Albert Lu has joined the organization as Global Head of Application Development. In this new position, D...  more

Standard Solar has completed and has ongoing solar projects on more than 35 rooftops in densely populated urban areas. Solar installations on rooftops of 30+ Washington, DC schools, police and fire facilities and seven roof...  more

Bifacial PV panels has been winning attraction across the world’s PV markets, while most of the installations are small-scale ones. Sunpreme, a U.S.-based solar PV company, has successfully completed the construction on the...  more

ET Solar, an advanced solar module manufacturer, announces that its AC modules have been selected by Energy Consultants Group (ECG) to power the largest ACPV project in the United States. The recently grid-connected 145 kWp...  more

As one of the world’s largest three PV markets, U.S.’s solar installation capacity exceeded 2GW in the second quarter of 2016, according to a report published jointly by GTM Research and SEIA. 2Q16 was the eleventh consecut...  more

Once PV generation has achieved grid parity, it will become one of the most competitive demands of energy on the market. Under "grid parity", the premise of the PV industry chain from top to bottom is in "high efficiency, low cost...  more