In past years, if you itemized your deductions, you could deduct qualified medical and dental expenses to the extent they exceeded 7.5% of your adjusted gross income (AGI). However, beginning January 1, 2013, this threshold was raised to 10%.
Worldâs Largest Solar Panel Manufacturer Suntech Declares Bankruptcy in China. Environment. Suntech was once the worldâs largest manufacturer of solar panels â but the company was just pushed into bankruptcy after defaulting on $541 million in bond payments. The company was a powerful force in Chinaâs renewable energy market, generating 2.4 gigawatts worth of solar modules in 2011 alone. But the company faced a rapid decline as solar panel production in China increased tenfold over the past five years, causing prices to drop by as much as 75 percent.
Unit 1 of the project was connected to the grid in September 2013 in an initial sync testing. The facility formally opened on February 13, 2014, and it is currently the world's largest solar thermal power station. The project was developed by BrightSource Energy and Bechtel.he facility has contracts to sell about two-thirds of the power generated at Ivanpah to PG&E, and the rest to SCE. The largest investor in the project is NRG Energy, a generating company based in Princeton, N.J., that has put in $300 million.