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Solarworld CEO Frank Asbeck talks to pv magazine on the recent finding against the company in its legal dispute with Hemlock Semiconductor. A supremely confident Asbeck explains why he doesn’t think the judge’s decision changes the case at hand, while still expecting a settlement with Hemlock, and why any final decision will not affect the company’s American subsidiary nor the German company.

The Clean Energy Standard does not appear substantively different than earlier policy drafts, and includes a bailout for aging nuclear reactors.

The energy management systems company is building a pipeline in Hawaii through its project development arm.

The power company’s control center is now serving 2.5 GW of wind and solar and batteries owned by Duke, as well as 1 GW by third-party generators.

The largest distributed solar company in the U.S. installed 201 MW in the second quarter, however the company is still lowering its full year guidance.

A merger agreement has been approved by Tesla’s board, but is still awaiting a vote by shareholders of both parties.

NextEra’s yieldco plans to add 269-1,169 MW of U.S. solar over the 2017-2018 timeframe.

SolarWorld has increased its Q2 2016 shipments 39% YoY, to 342 MW, in 2016. Revenues increased almost 30% for the quarter, to €222 million ($246 million), while achieving an EBIT profit of €20.5 ($22.7 million) million.

DOE is taking a novel approach to fund projects where researchers test a concept over the course of a year and develop data to support further research.

NV Energy has come out in favor of grandfathering solar customers under the previous net metering rules, two days before the Nevada Supreme Court hears arguments on the legality of a referendum to overturn changes to the policy.