SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will build a large-scale laboratory for solar photovoltaic technology, allowing companies to test the safety and reliability of solar-powered products, officials said Wednesday. The 1.5-megawatt lab will be built in the administrative capital of Sejong City, about 120 kilometers south of Seoul. If completed, South Korea will [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean solar cell makers are positioned to enjoy a rise in global sales of solar modules, which are likely to jump 20 percent this year, industry data showed on Friday. Global sales of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules are estimated at US$38 billion this year, sharply up from the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Yonhap) — Hanwha Q Cells Co., the world’s leading solar cell maker, said Monday it has signed a deal to sell 1.5-gigawatt solar modules to NextEra Energy Inc. in the United States by next year, the single largest deal in the solar power sector. Under the deal, Hanwha Q Cells will export [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Two major players in Hanwha Group’s photovoltaic business, Hanwha SolarOne and Hanwha Q-Cells, have decided to integrate with each other and to begin operating under the name of Hanwha Q-Cells. On February 4, Hanwha SolarOne held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in Shanghai, China, and decided to acquire all [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 04 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Hawzoom (www.haezoom.com), an online site specializing in solar energy, announce on September 2 that it has reorganized its main website to offer the information customers need by continuously adding additional services. ‘Haezoom,’ a site that helps the general public better understand photovoltaic energy and install solar panels correctly, opened [...]