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Company release
German solar installations may have more than tripled in the first quarter from a year ago, the country's deputy environment minister said.
Bloomberg
Some domestic solar manufacturers praised the recent import levy as a victory for job creation, but an analysis of the industry suggests the duty may actually be a job killer.
LA Times
A Japanese government panel is likely to recommend utilities pay 42 yen (51 cents) per kilowatt-hour (kwh) for solar power supplies in a feed-in tariff scheme, in line with requests by the solar power industry, the Nikkei business daily said
Reuters
A DWP pilot program will let solar power producers reduce their bills and sell excess energy, but some say they're worried the new system will be plagued by the same problems as an older system.
LA Times
San Francisco Chronicle
Federal subsidies for renewable energy in the US are set to collapse unless there is a change in policy, according to a new analysis from researchers at three think-tanks.
Finacial Times
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Solar panels prices have kept marching lower this year, extending steep declines seen in 2011 and keeping pressure on hard-hit manufacturers who have struggled to eke out profits, industry experts said.
Reuters
Italy is to cut the tariff it pays to solar energy installations by 35% on average, according to decrees approved by the industry and environment ministries.
Environmental Finance
Italy will scale back financial incentives for solar and other renewable energy that have inflated consumer power bills more than expected, and also will raise national renewable energy targets for 2020, two ministers said on Wednesday.
Reuters
BrightSource Energy, the California solar thermal power plant builder backed by Google, NRG Energy, Morgan Stanley and other heavy-hitters, abruptly pulled its initial public offering on the eve of its planned debut Thursday, citing "adverse market conditions."
Forbes
New York City has tripled its production of solar power by completing the installation of panels on 10 city-owned buildings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday.
Wall Street Journal
Denmark has announced that by the end of this decade, it will produce a third of its energy from renewable sources - wind power, in particular, but also solar power and the burning of "biomass."
BBC News
In remote parts of the vast state of Western Australia, photovoltaics are about to get more attractive for businesses and households.
PV Magazine
Quickly running out of money, solar-project developer Solar Trust of America LLC filed for bankruptcy before it could finish a multibillion-dollar solar plant in California that was planned to generate electricity as one of the world's largest solar-power projects.
Wall Street Journal
Company release
Shares of Q-Cells SE declined around 33% on Frankfurt's Xetra after the German weekly magazine Manager Magazin reported that the German solar cells maker may file for insolvency this week.
RTTNEWS
New York Times
Company release
Japan's new feed-in tariff, implementation is anticipated to be July, is set to generate highly attractive returns, according to clean energy market research provider, Bloomberg Energy Finance.
PV-Tech
Company release
Germany's parliament approved record cuts in aid for solar power, aiming to reduce the annual pace of installations by half in the world's biggest market for the industry.
ABC News
Wall Street Journal
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