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Total will be acquiring 676,000 shares worth about $31 million, according to SEC filings. 

Executive and boardroom moves in solar, storage, project development, cleantech, utilities and venture capital.

The efficiency of the cell, made with a standard M2 wafer, was raised 0.7% by using an improved busbar-free screen printing metallization based on heterojunction processes developed with manufacturing equipment provided by Swiss specialist Meyer Burger.

Some 15 countries are able to lay claim to the status of being members of solar’s “gigawatt club” in 2019, according to projections from BloombergNEF. To kick off 2020, pv magazine’s global team of correspondents and editors have highlighted 10 fast-growing solar markets to evaluate where the opportunities, and potential risks, lie.

The Total-owned French battery maker has acquired Go Electric, a major player in military and C&I microgrids in North America.

The French inverter maker is pulling out of the utility-scale segment to strengthen its profile in the residential and C&I space.

The French Environment & Energy Management Agency has published a report in which analyzes the dynamics of lithium supply and demand in different scenarios of global electrification by 2050. The agency experts are convinced that only with a 75% penetration of electric vehicles there is the real risk of a marked decrease in the safety margin of lithium supply.

The financially troubled PV maker has secured a last-minute line of credit to repay Total and other lenders, as it burns through cash.

Can high levels of solar and wind coexist with nuclear generation on the grid? The answer is more complicated than you might think.