First Solar, thin-film photovoltaic project developers leading enterprises acquired monocrystalline silicon emerging enterprises Tetra Sun, shocked the solar industry. First Solar has quit competitive CIGS thin-film technology research and development, and re-investment in the development of cadmium telluride technology, plans to start in the second half of 2014 "tentative" Tetra Sun copper-based production of monocrystalline silicon cells.

First Solar did not specify which will be adopted capital investment, of solar power inverter origin choices as well as the initial nameplate production capacity and other issues. First Solar CEO Jim Hughes said, "This breakthrough technology will open half of the PV market, provide an efficient solution, and First Solar has not been involved in the field of this new capacity through the use of distributed generation meet customer needs, plus we provide state-of-the-art utility-scale system benchmark CadTel provides us with a unique end-to-end set of solutions to meet the full range of commercial applications. "

First Solar, the largest shareholder with Tetra Sun, JX Nippon Oil & Energy ongoing discussions, one of its acquisition targets in Japan to promote the technology. As existing legislation prohibiting the use of cadmium telluride, the Japanese PV market booming residential market closed the door to First Solar.

However, the acquisition of Tetra Sun First Solar's main competitors in the U.S. market, Sun Power company to send a signal, to plan similar technology in ground-mounted and residential roofing market in direct competition.The TETRA Sun14 staff is expected to continue to carry out research and development work in the San Jose, California base. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

April 5, 2013, headquarters in Kassel, Germany (Kassel) the Bannister Valley (Niestetal) inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology announced its branch SMA Solar India won the Indian Economic Development Research Protocol (IEDRA) issued founder of the Industrial Excellence Award (Industrial Excellence Award).

SMA said that the awards SMA Solar India outstanding achievements in the field of photovoltaic, SMA has been committed to a reliable supply of clean solar power. SMA SMA Solar India, a few days ago, is located in Rajasthan installed capacity of 40 MW photovoltaic inverter power plants supply 37 Sunny Central 800CP PV inverter. This is the state's largest solar power station was put into operation in February.

The award recognizes SMA Solar India outstanding achievements in the field of photovoltaic, SMA,Recently, the completion of India's first PV diesel hybrid system, also used in SMA system technology.SMA CEO Pierre-Pascal Urbon claimed: "The Indian market has been an important part of our business strategy. SMA Solar India has been a good momentum of development since its inception in 2010, SMA Solar India won the founder of Industrial Excellence Award for our achievements Further sure, it also shows that our staff in India to make an important contribution to the development of the local economy. "

Recently, Sweden Sol Voltaics company said, without a substantial increase in the production costs by using nanowire ink can enhance conversion efficiency of the solar panels as much as 25%, making solar power cheaper. Sol Voltaics company plans to explore a new way, a nano-line extracted from the gallium arsenide. This material has long been used to make solar cells, with other materials (such as silicon) not, but the prices are very high.

The company claims that the nanowires suspended in a liquid, with its painted into a surface, so that the thread up (beard and grass-like leaves), can produce less than the usual use of gallium arsenide and generate as much electricity grid connected inverter. Sol Voltaics CEO David Epstein said: "The need to cover a square meter of the material is less than one gram." Epstein said, by painting the surface of the glass and other objects, the method can create a new solar battery board. Painting in existing solar panel can produce more electricity, the given surface area.

Efficiency 25% less panels to produce a certain amount of power. Conversely, the same number of solar panels capable of generating more power. For example, a 200-watt panel after you apply this overlay became a 250-watt panel. Of course, this requires that the upfront costs of inputs. However, compared to the huge benefits, which is negligible.

The creation of Sol Voltaics is a professor at the University of Lund, Sweden, Lars Samuelson, famous scientist in the field of nanotechnology. The Samuelson study is based on a production process called "aerotaxy. Chip manufacturers and other manufacturers often use gas material is deposited on the surface of silicon and other fixed. In contrast through the application aerotaxy, with the gold nanoparticles in the gas-filled chamber of current, nanowires formed continuously on the gold nanoparticles.

Eventually, these gold wire is collected and stored in liquid, this liquid can be applied in a process similar to inkjet printing. The Sol Voltaics their own solar panels, but is intended to build factories to production and sales of liquid and sell them to the existing wind turbine inverter manufacturers to improve the conversion rate. Epstein said: "We call it the ink, we will become an ink factory."

So far, Sol Voltaics just shows a solar cell using indium phosphide nanowires made. However, the company is expected to the end of 2013 demonstrate the use of GaAs nanowire solar cells, and in 2016 began large-volume commercial production. So far, Sol Voltaics has been raised from Swedish investors $ 11 million of funds, is expected again this year to raise $ 10 million to $ 20 million. The company expects to need at least $ 50 million to begin mass production.

"My goal is 2020 Hina made trillion market capitalization of the company", Li River monarch had said so; and this in Boao expressed Hina planning to go to Hong Kong-listed again aroused the attention of the industry. Want to know, when Suntech listed on the United States, the market value of the peak of $ 16 billion; the Hina trillion market capitalization, in turn come from it?

In fact, Hanergy Holdings, a Hong Kong listed company - Hina monocrystalline solar panel (00566.HK). The latter formerly Apollo Solar Energy, listed in Hong Kong in 2009. 2010, Hina 50.65% stake in Apollo Solar Energy, subsequently renamed the Li River monarch become actual controller.

Li River Jun Since entering the photovoltaic industry since he claimed to create the ultimate capacity 10GW, a total investment of 200 billion yuan, thin-film photovoltaic Empire. In recent years, he has been lobbying the local government and the Bank of Hainan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Zhejiang and other provinces to join; For the latest progress of this ambitious planning has always been a closely guarded secret.

Perhaps for listing in Hong Kong to play before the station, on March 11 this year, Hina was held at the Hong Kong company promotion, trying to let the outside world understand Hina Holdings. But the presence of the CEO Wang Yong revealed that the actual total investment of 200 billion yuan the photovoltaic Empire "is only about $ 20 billion, and funds mainly from Hina Prior to the accumulation of income, as well as the company's financing; future will focus on downstream china solar panel power plant business, the battery assembly capacity expansion plans "decision-making at the company's development needs.

Li River Jun, on the other hand, has said the acquisitions MiaSolé the Hina advanced thin film technology localization costs fell by almost half, the coming era of cheap electricity, green life at your fingertips. Wang Yong in that promotion conference pointed out, maybe some developed countries in the next two years to achieve "grid parity" tariff, but China Distance "grid parity" will take time.

It seems that the story speaks too wonderful, after all, difficult to justify; madman or genius, should be left to the market to test. As a film photovoltaic business leader, Hina want listed finance itself understandable; but notified as a public company, the market value is not out of thin air blowing out. Only genuine investors responsible, emphasis on integrity, focus returns to establish a good reputation and word of mouth, in order to attract more funds settled in the capital market, the virtuous path of development.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Forward President Barack Obama administration pressure on the government to abolish the prosecution in the case of India to the WTO, they claimed that this will be a threat to the world's second most populous country's ability to cut greenhouse gas emissions. April 4, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Sierra Club (Sierra Club) on behalf of Ilana Solomon said in an interview, we are very worried about the renewable energy trade litigation will spread further,.

Solomon believes that Governments should do everything we can to provide subsidies to the renewable energy as the climate crisis to hit us. In early February, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to request WTO consultations in respect of the photovoltaic project - Nehru National Solar Mission. U.S. Trade Representative's office claimed that the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission was launched in 2010, the project seems to discrimination of photovoltaic solar power inverter equipment in the United States, the project requires solar manufacturers use India's manufacturing photovoltaic cells and modules, and to the use of domestic equipment, and non-imported equipment developers to provide a certain amount of subsidy.

USTR officials said, against the core principles of the WTO, which requires countries to treat their goods and services, the same approach to foreign goods and services. With the 60-day consultation period will expire on Sunday, and the two sides did not show signs of consensus, the United States Trade Representative's office may soon be made to the WTO to resolve the dispute, and to hold a hearing.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative spokeswoman Andrea Mead declined to comment on its next course of action, but she said that India should have a better way to support the photovoltaic off grid inverter industry. She said that in order to improve the clean energy dependence, each country has implemented a series of policies, and these policies are more effective than "local content" requirements, India's "local content" requirements for American workers and businesses unjust discrimination.

In March, the Sierra Club, Greenpeace (Greenpeace USA) and 10 other environmental organizations have sent a letter to the trade of the United States on a temporary basis on behalf of Demetrios Marantis expressed "deep concerns" on the case. Environmental organizations, we have urged the United States to reach a solution, so that India can continue to support and build its domestic photovoltaic industry, just as we have done.

India has argued that its PV policies consistent with WTO procurement rules. However, violation of the relevant provisions of the WTO ruled that Canada Ontario green energy plan, "local content" under the oppositions are on the rise. Solomon said there is a problem, in our opinion, the existing WTO provisions. She said that despite multiple countries in the history of countries have adopted domestic content requirements, thus promoting the development of new industries, but it is difficult to design a domestic content requirements of the project.

Recently, a subsidiary of Delta Group Delta-CIMIC announced, reached a supply agreement with a general contractor for the company in Tianjin Tianjin Lishen Battery Co., Ltd. "Golden Sun bear construction project, 32 high-power PV inverters and its peripheral distribution equipment.

Tianjin Lishen Battery Co., Ltd. invested in the construction of the Golden Sun photovoltaic power plant project, located in the Tianjin Huayuan Industrial Park, XEDA Airport Economic Zone and Ninghe five, is invested by Tianjin multiple distributed user side of the photovoltaic power generation, industrial park plant roof installed peak power of 9.7MWp. This will help to change the Tianjin Power structurally weak status quo, to meet the reliability of electricity supply and power supply needs of the Tianjin urban development and district development.

The project, the Delta-CIMIC addition to provide users with high-power inverter also provides solar charge controller and bracket all other auxiliary equipment, such as DC combiner box, DC power distribution cabinet, AC power distribution cabinet. Delta power photovoltaic grid-connected inverter as a master of the project, the power segment covering 100 to 500KW. As we all know, the PV grid-connected inverter as solar and grid interface device, the photovoltaic power generation system plays a vital role.

Delta power photovoltaic small solar panels with no isolation transformer design, the peak conversion efficiency up to 98.5%, a unique cooling duct system designed to extend the service life of internal electronic components, fault protection design a set of components inside the machine failure power generation to minimize the losses, and reduced risk. IP54 high degree of protection to ensure that the device has a good environmental adaptability and system stability.

"Twelve Five" period, China's photovoltaic industry will continue to be in a stage of rapid development, from China's future social and economic development strategic path, the development of solar photovoltaic industry is China's security of energy supply, the construction of low-carbon society, promote economic restructuring, development of strategic and an important direction for emerging industries. Delta-CIMIC variety of specifications of high-power grid PV inverter market in the north for the first time a large number of applications for up to further develop the PV market, especially north of the PV inverter market has laid a good foundation.