Jiashan, China: ReneSola Announces Long-term Wafer Supply Agreements Totalling 836 MW. ReneSola has signed two wafer supply agreements to provide two major Taiwan-listed solar companies with approximately 836 MW of monocrystalline and multicrystalline solar wafers.

Dongying, China: CNPV Receives 30 MW Module Order from Australia's MPower. CNPV Solar Power SA has entered into a long-term strategic partnership agreement with MPower, a leading Australian supplier of renewable energy products, with over 15 years' experience in the renewable energy sector.

Berlin, Germany: Sulfurcell Signs 16 MW Supply Agreements in China and India. Sulfurcell GmbH, a manufacturer of CIS thinfilm solar modules, has concluded supply agreements with new customers in India and China in excess of 16 megawatts (MW).

Shanghai, China: JinkoSolar Secures 24 MW Solar Module Order from Enfinity. JinkoSolar has entered into an agreement to supply 24 megawatts of solar photovoltaic modules in 2010 to Enfinity Asia Pacific Limited.

Melbourne, VC, Australia: Victoria to Establish Solar Feed-in Tariff. Victoria is set to become Australia’s solar state through a plan to increase Victoria’s electricity supply from large scale-solar power to five per cent by 2020, Premier John Brumby announced today.

Shanghai, China: JinkoSolar Secures 24 MW Solar Module Order from Enfinity. JinkoSolar has entered into an agreement to supply 24 megawatts of solar photovoltaic modules in 2010 to Enfinity Asia Pacific Limited.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Signs Module Supply Contract with Enel. LDK Solar has signed a module supply contract with Italy-based Enel.Si S.r.l., a wholly owned subsidiary of Enel S.p.A.

Shanghai, China: JA Solar Receives 70 MW Solar Products Order. JA Solar has entered into supply agreements with Solar-Fabrik AG. Under the terms of the agreements, JA Solar is expected to supply Solar-Fabrik with approximately 70MW of photovoltaic products.

Hsinchu, Taiwan: DelSolar and GCL-Poly Sign Long Term Wafer Contract. DelSolar has signed a long-term silicon wafer supply contract with GCL (Nanjing) Solar Energy Technology Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited to establish a long-term strategic alliance.

New Delhi, India: Azure Power Orders 10 MW of SMA Inverters. Azure Power, the developer and owner of India's first privately operated, utility scale, solar power plant today announced its photovoltaic inverter supply agreement with SMA Solar Technology, global technology and market leader in the solar inverter segment.

Doha, Qatar: Chevron and GreenGulf Sign Agreement to Study Solar Energy in Qatar. Chevron Qatar Energy Technology, an affiliate of Chevron Corporation, and GreenGulf Inc., a Qatar-based renewable energy and clean technology company, today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for a joint study to test solar energy technologies and their application in Qatar.

Boston, MA, USA: Satcon Receives 150 MW Inverter Order. Satcon Technology has received an order for 150 megawatts of its 500kW solar PV inverters from GCL Solar Limited, one of China’s largest utility solar power plant developers and suppliers.

Singapore: Q-Cells Selects Flextronics to Manufacture Solar Modules. Flextronics has entered into an agreement to produce solar modules for Q-Cells SE, one of the world's largest solar cell producers.

Boston, MA, USA: Satcon to Ship 38 Megawatts of 500kW PowerGate® Plus Inverters. Satcon Technology Corporation a provider of utility scale power solutions for the renewable energy market, has been selected to ship 38 megawatts of its PowerGate® Plus 500 kW solar PV inverter solutions to GCL Solar.

San Jose, CA, USA: SunPower Signs 32-Megawatt Solar Power Supply Agreement With Toshiba. SunPower Corporation announced today that, under a strategic supply agreement, Toshiba Corporation will order 32 megawatts of high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower in 2010.

Jerusalem, Israel: Israel to Set Up Feed-in Tariff for Residential and Small Industrial PV Systems. Israel's Minister of National Infrastructure (MNI) has authorized the ministry's new policy for up to 50kW size PV installations for residential and small industrial installations.

Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Government Initiatives to Stimulate Green Energy Industry. The Taiwan government has started several initiatives aimed at supporting the growth of the domestic green energy industry, which is helping to cut carbon emissions and make better use of renewable energy.

Canberra, Australia: Government Stops Solar Rebate Program Early, Switches to Solar Credits Scheme. The Australian Government will today release the final legislation for the expanded Renewable Energy Target (RET) which will allow for the creation of new ‘Solar Credits' to replace the existing Solar Homes and Communities Plan (SHCP) from today onwards.

Canberra, Australia: Rudd Government Launches Solar Flagships Program. The Rudd Government announced today that it is to invest $4.5 billion in becoming a world leader in solar power and other clean energy initiatives

Canberra, Australia: Government Introduces "Solar Credits" Draft Legislation. Treasurer Wayne Swan, Minister for Climate Change Senator Penny Wong and Environment Peter Garrett have released details on the Government's 20 per cent Renewable Energy Target and new 'Solar Credits' as part of Australia's move to a low pollution future.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Commences Production from Second 5,000 MT Train in its Polysilicon Plant. LDK Solar, a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers and PV products, today announced that its second 5,000 MT polysilicon train has completed the commissioning process and commenced commercial production.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: MBM Holdings to Build Polysilicon Plant. MBM Holdings has announced the formation of MBM Solar Holding Inc., which will build a 2500MT/a solar-grade polysilicon plant in the UAE.

Shanghai, China: Solarfun Plans Increase in Cell Capacity. Solarfun Power will increase its cell capacity by 50 MW through the enhancement of its manufacturing processes, and to convert 160 MW of its existing cell lines to high-efficiency selective emitter technology, both to be completed in the early first quarter of 2011.

Baoding, China: Yingli Green Energy Starts Production from New Facilities. Yingli Green Energy yesterday announced the initial production from its latest 400 MW capacity expansions.

Sydney, Australia: SilexSolar Expands Module Capacity. SilexSolar is expanding its PV panel production capacity at its Sydney Olympic Park (SOP) manufacturing facility, in response to strong demand for its panels from the domestic rooftop solar panel market.

Blaubeuren, Germany: Centrotherm Photovoltaics Concludes Ramp-Up at LG Electronics. Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG, a provider of turnkey production lines has concluded the ramp-up of two lines for the manufacturing of crystalline solar cells at its customer LG Electronics.

Seoul, South Korea: OCI Adds 5,000 metric tons of Polysilicon Capacity. Following the construction of its P3 polysilicon plant with production capacity of 10,000 metric tons that will be completed at the end of this year, OCI will further invest in a plant expansion with manufacturing capacity of 5,000 metric tons.

Hong Kong, China: Apollo Solar Energy and Hanergy Sign Thin Film Equipment Contract. Apollo Solar Energy Technology, Fujian Apollo (an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group) and Hanergy have entered into the principal sales contract of providing Hanergy equipment and integrated turnkey solution for the manufacturing of silicon-based thin film solar PV modules.

New Delhi, India: Azure Power Signs MOU for Solar Project. Azure Power, India's first private grid connected solar power plant developer today announced the signing of a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), to become the first operating private project under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.

Tokyo, Japan: Sharp to Supply Thin Film Modules for 73 MW Project in Thailand. Sharp Corporation has signed an agreement with Natural Energy Development Co (NED) to establish one of the world’s largest solar power generation plants with a power generation capacity of 73 MW.

Changzhou, China: Trina Solar to Supply Modules for The University of Queensland PV System. Trina Solar is expected to supply PV modules to the University of Queensland St Lucia campus in Brisbane, Australia, to be used for a 1.2 MW solar system which will be installed on the rooftops of four university buildings.

Gurgaon, India: ACME Tele Power Sets Up Reverse Auction for 30 MW of Modules. Offers are invited from the reputed and experienced manufacturers, who meet the specified qualifying requirements for supply of crystalline and thin film photovoltaic modules.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Abengoa Solar Total Consortium Awarded 100 MW CSP Plant Contract. The bidding consortium of Abengoa Solar and Total has been selected in the competitive international Shams -1 tender by Abu Dhabi’s future energy company, Masdar.

Baoding, China: Yingli and Innovalight Sign Collaboration Agreement. Yingli Green Energy has signed a technology, research and production collaboration agreement with Innovalight, a privately-held firm selling a platform of silicon ink-based high efficiency solar cell materials and technology.