Project Focus: Solergy, ENAC to install CPV power plant at Pantelleria Airport

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 13:15 (PV-Tech)

Alongside the launch of two unique flagship products: Solergy CPV and Solergy Cogen CPV, high concentrated photovoltaic technology (HCPV) company Solergy and the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) revealed they are to jointly install a Cogen CPV power plant at the Pantelleria Airport in Sicily. Read more

GE Selects Promising Smart Grid Technologies for Investment

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The GE $200 ecomagination challenge, launched 10 weeks ago was GE's way of bringing forth innovative ideas that will help transform the global energy landscape from one that relies on dirty energy to one powered by clean energy. The company said that the challenge attracted 70,000 technologists, students, entrepreneurs and start-ups who submitted their best ideas to build the next-generation power grid. Read more

Crossing Automation installs material tracking system at Taiwanese cell maker facility

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 3:15 (PV-Tech)

Crossing Automation’s material tracking system has been installed for an unnamed Taiwanese solar cell manufacturer. The tracking systems contains Crossing’s Auto ID and automated tracking system (ATS) software, as well as the Smart Storage asset tracking and Smart Storage racks. The companies did not disclose the amount agreed upon for the installation. Read more

Suntech hits record revenues, shipments in Q3; plans to acquire 375MW of solar wafering capacity

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 22:46 (PV-Tech)

Suntech Power Holdings saw its revenues and shipments increase dramatically during the third quarter, with sales reaching an all-time high. The solar PV company also said it plans to enhance the vertical integration of its production assets by buying 375MW of silicon ingot and wafer-slicing capacity from Glory Silicon for approximately $127 million. The company expects to ship more than 1.5GW of modules during 2010, more than double the amount from the previous year. Read more

Project Focus: Statkraft changes business focus, sells RA 2 to ITS Power

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 12:15 (PV-Tech)

Statkraft is to sell its solar project company RA 2 to Innotech Solar's company, ITS Power. RA 2 owns the 3.3MWp solar project 'Borgo', which is under development in the municipality of Latina, 70km south of Rome, Italy. Borgo has now gained grid connection from Italian power company, ENEL. Innotech Solar anticipates the project to be fully operational by 2011. Read more

500 MW SolarMillenium CSP Plant Approved

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar this week approved the construction of yet another large-scale solar energy project on U.S. public lands. This one, the Amargosa Farm Road Solar Project will be built in Nevada and is the second plant approved for public lands in that state. Read more

Focus on Big Holds Solar Back in U.S.

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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T*SOL Pro 5.0 Thermal Design Software customized for the North American market

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

T*SOL is the leading program for the design and simulation of solar thermal systems from Valentin Software, which has been providing solar professionals with industry leading design simulation and sales software tools for over 20 years. Read more

Project Focus: Solar Millennium gets go-ahead from Secretary of Interior on large-scale CSP project

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 3:26 (PV-Tech)

The U.S. Department of the Interior has given its approval to Solar Millennium for the construction of the Amargosa Farm Road Solar Project; the second large-scale solar energy project to be built on U.S. public land in Nevada. The 500MW facility will use concentrated solar power (CSP) technology, including two 250MW parabolic troughs dry-cooled power plants with the ability to store hours of thermal energy. Read more

Project Focus: Solar Millennium gets OK from Secretary of Interior on large-scale solar CSP project

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 3:15 (PV-Tech)

The U.S. Department of the Interior has given its approval to Solar Millennium for the construction of the Amargosa Farm Road Solar Project; the second large-scale solar energy project to be built on U.S. public land in Nevada. The 500MW facility will use concentrated solar power (CSP) technology, including two 250MW parabolic troughs dry-cooled power plants with the ability to store hours of thermal energy. Read more

Apollo lands long-term purchase agreement with solar panel manufacturer

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 3:08 (PV-Tech)

Apollo Solar Energy has signed a five-year purchase contract with an undisclosed solar panel manufacturer. Under the terms of the agreement, Apollo will supply 5N ultra-high purity tellurium, which will have a speculated sale of around US$110 million over the five-year period. Read more

Premier Power 2010 revenue to date exceeds the whole of 2009

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 19:09 (PV-Tech)

Premier Power Renewable Energy has reported strong third quarterly results for the period ending September 30, 2010. Revenue for the quarter increased 350% to US$28.3 million, up from US$6.3 million in the same period of 2009, and US$19.3 million, or 213%, higher than revenues achieved in the second quarter of this year. Read more

Daqo New Energy reports strong operating results for Q3?10

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 13:01 (PV-Tech)

Daqo New Energy, the China-based polysilicon manufacturer, has revealed positive financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. As well as recording new revenues over 20% higher than the previous quarter, the company also brought in US$17.7 million net income, attributable to Daqo New Energy shareholders. Read more

The Story of an Energy Storage Startup

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

To decrease the transportation sector's reliance on gasoline, viable alternatives must be found. Ultracapacitors ? energy storage systems with very high energy density ? might be a technology that drives Americans into a future free of the pump. Read more

Icelandic Backlash Weighing on Magma Energy

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

When Magma Energy Corp. CEO Ross Beaty first looked into acquiring the mostly-government owned Icelandic geothermal energy company HS Orka, he had no idea how politically volatile that decision would be. Read more

Energy Storage, The Grid and PV

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Solergy to debut two new products, announces project at Italian airport

Wednesday, 11.17.2010 - 3:11 (PV-Tech)

CPV company Solergy will be debuting its two chief products: Solergy CPV and Solergy Cogen CPV. The CPV systems use an all-glass optical concentrating lens, which Solergy claims, in combination with its tracking and basic energy unit is a system that generates a significant amount of energy in comparison to other PV and CPV products. Read more