August 30th, 2012 | by Andrew
A prosecutor in the southern Italian city of Brindisi has filed criminal charges against Suntech and its Global Solar Fund, adding to a growing list of criminal and civil charges that could destroy the company. The charges follow on revelation of an alleged $700 million investment fraud perpetrated by GSF that implicates Suntech senior executives.
January 18th, 2012 | by Andrew
2012 may well shape up as a pivotal year for CIGS thin film solar PV technology. Japan's Solar Frontier, the world's largest manufacturer of thin-film CIGS solar PV modules, has closed a deal to supply EDF Energies Nouvelles' enXco with as much as 150-MWp of CIGS modules for use in the latter's 100+ MW Catalina Solar Project in Kern County, California
December 21st, 2011 | by Andrew
SCHOTT Solar is producing silicon solar PV cells with nearly 20% efficiency at comparatively low cost using a combination of innovative technologies that promise to drive the cost of manufacturing solar photovoltaic cells, and the cost of producing electricity from solar energy, further down the curve
