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Solar energy technology leader Midsummer receives repeat order from Asia – Order value of approximately MSEK 30

Stockholm, Sweden: Solar energy technology leader Midsummer, one of the world’s leading developers and suppliers of advanced solar solutions, has received a repeat order from Asia for production equipment worth about 30 MSEK. A partial payment will be made within 30 days. The production equipment will be delivered to the customer during the first half of 2019. […]

Solar energy technology leader Midsummer expands: Recruits new Production Manager from Saab

Stockholm, Sweden: Recently listed Swedish solar energy technology company Midsummer, one of the world’s leading developers and suppliers of advanced solar solutions, has hired 30 new employees since the beginning of the year to ramp up production in the wake of increased demand. The company has recently recruited a new Production Manager, Sven Pettersson, whose […]

Ferroglobe Announces Successful Test of Silicon Wafers Produced With 100% Un-blended Ferroglobe Solar-Grade Silicon Metal

LONDON: Ferroglobe PLC (NASDAQ:GSM) (“Ferroglobe” or the “Company”), a global leader in the production of silicon metal, silicon-based alloys and manganese-based alloys, announced that it has successfully tested 500kW of silicon wafers in coordination with one of the Silicon Module Super League (“SMSL” or the “Super League”) photovoltaic (PV) product producers. All of the wafers […]

As Bifacial Solar Modules Inch Toward the Mainstream, Equipment Makers Prepare

Manufacturers are getting more excited about solar panels that generate electricity on both sides. Bifacial solar PV technology has long been a novelty. But pilots announced this summer — including a new Soltec bifacial tracker test center in California, plus a partnership between Array Technologies and a national lab in New Mexico — suggest bifacial […]

Solar panel equipment maker Meyer Burger feels bite of Chinese subsidies cut

The figures confirm Meyer Burger’s preliminary results announcement on July 19, but add a renewed restructuring programme that the company hopes will keep its costs in check ZURICH: Shares in solar panel machinery maker Meyer Burger fell on Thursday, as dwindling orders at the Swiss company amid falling Chinese solar subsidies soured investors and forced […]

Meyer Burger – Successful return to profitability at net earnings level for H1 2018

•  Net sales +9% to CHF 232.3 million •  EBITDA more than quadrupled to CHF 29.2 million •  EBIT of CHF 14.9 million and net profit of CHF 8.3 million •  Reorganisation of Thun site on track •  Challenging market environment led to weaker than expected incoming orders •  Further structural measures to safeguard long-term profitability •  Net sales guidance for FY […]