German Federal Network Agency publishes new tariff rates

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 19:15 (PV-Tech)

The German Federal Network Agency or Bundesnetzagentur has published the country's new tariffs for photovoltaic systems in the Federal Gazette. All PV systems due to begin operation in 2011 will face a 13% cut in subsidy compared with current tariffs. Installation operators will therefore receive between €0.21.11 and €0.28.74 cents for each kilowatt hour of solar electricity fed into the mains, depending on size and location of the installation. Read more

Dow Electronic Materials will begin manufacturing in Eastern China

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 14:13 (PV-Tech)

Dow Electronic Materials is to construct a new manufacturing facility in Eastern China, to be located at the company's Zhangjiagang site in the province of Jiangsu, approximately 98km from Shanghai. The new facility is aimed at meeting the growing material demand for photovoltaic and other electronic markets in Asia. Read more

Feed-in Tariffs Spurring Community Power

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has signed feed-in tariff contracts for 384 MW of community-owned renewable energy projects in the Canadian province. Read more

Smart Distribution Panel gives customers Computerized Electric Systems

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Project Focus: Scheuten, Solar Umbria to install 3.4MW throughout Italy

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 16:15 (PV-Tech)

Scheuten Solar and Solar Umbria have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the supply and installation of approximately 15,000 photovoltaic modules on four separate sites in Gualdo Tadino, Umbria, Italy. A full scope O&M contract was also signed for the project, which is to be developed by Neu Solar, which will feature as an investor and main shareholder, and EGBM which will act as shareholder and main subcontractor. Read more

Yet more solar power planned for southern England

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 15:07 (Solarpowerportal)

Joining in the race for the first solar farm in the UK, Bristol-based Green Company has revealed plans to lease approximately 400 hectares of land in the Holsworthy area of Devon to cover with solar panels. Read more

First Solar receives approval for first phase of 2GW plants in Inner Mongolia

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 14:15 (PV-Tech)

The Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has approved a pre-feasibility study for the construction of the first phase of First Solar's 30MW thin-film solar power plant located in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. This phase marks the beginning of 2GW which are to be implemented in the area through 2019. Read more

Solar Millennium sells further stakes in Ibersol power plant

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 14:15 (PV-Tech)

Solar Millennium has sold an additional 16% of stakes in the Ibersol power plant project to ExtremaSol Kraftwerks, an investment company belonging to the I.C.M. InvestmentBank Group, Berlin. Solar Millennium also sold profit participation rights in the Ibersol Kraftwerks investment company, which holds 17% in the Spanish Ibersol power plant project to the Ibersol Fonds. The corresponding prospectus was approved by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) at the end of October. Read more

Welwyn Hatfield Council to install solar panels on 400 homes

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 14:00 (Solarpowerportal)

Welwyn Hatfield Council, Hertfordshire, has been nominated by heating contractor EAGA to pilot a scheme for the installation of photovoltaic panels on approximately 400 local council homes, depending on their suitability. This project adds to several other carbon reduction council initiatives across the country. Read more

PVflex obtains IEC 61646, 61730 certification for flexible CIGS module

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 12:15 (PV-Tech)

PVflex Solar has completed comprehensive field tests on flat roofs, becoming the first European supplier to obtain IEC 61646 and 61730 certification for its flexible CIGS module. Read more

The New Mexico Solar Tour: Part 1 - Panel Degridation Cannot Lie, So Plan Smart

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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The New Mexico Solar Tour: Part 1 - Panel Degradation Cannot Lie, So Plan Smart

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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What the Midterm Election Results Mean for Solar

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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China Sunergy finalizes purchase of CEEG module manufacturers

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 0:16 (PV-Tech)

China Sunergy recently concluded its 100% acquirement of equity interest in CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology and CEEG (Nan Jing) New Energy. Both companies were associated with China Sunergy before the purchase and have added to the company’s total annual module capacity; now 480MW. Read more

Project Focus: SunPower teams up with ConEdison for 1.2MW solar system at Bell Labs

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 0:16 (PV-Tech)

SunPower has agreed to collaborate with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and ConEdison Development for the construction of a 1.2MW ground-mounted solar system on six acres of Bell Labs headquarters in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Anticipated to be fully up and running by next spring, the solar system will use SunPower’s T0 Trackers on over 3,700 solar panels. Read more

Project Focus: Ampere Equity invests in 9.7MW solar projects by Winch Energy in Italy

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 0:16 (PV-Tech)

Ampere Equity Fund has obtained a large majority interest in a 9.7MW portfolio of ground-mounted solar PV projects in the Puglia region of Italy. The solar PV projects are under development by Winch Energy, who will keep the remaining equity, and are to begin construction between the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011. Read more

The Geothermal Paradox: Success Means More Challenges

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The geothermal industry was hit particularly hard by the 2008 financial crisis. Due to the risky nature of early exploration and the capital intensity of later-stage project development, companies have been struggling to find the money to build power plants. Read more

For Clean Tech, One Big Election Win and an Uncertain National Landscape

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

In the span of just over 24 hours, California won two big victories this week. On Monday Nov. 1, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Texas Rangers to win the World Series by a convincing four games to one. And on Tuesday Nov. 2, California voters delivered a similarly resounding victory to the state's clean-energy economy in the nation's most important vote for clean tech, defeating Proposition 23 by an overwhelming 61-39 percent margin. Read more

Free Pre-COP webinar on Communicating Climate Change

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Earthscan would like to invite you to attend a free Pre-COP webinar presented by Chris Rose ? author of How to Win Campaigns: Communications for Change ? and Lorraine Whitmarsh, author of Engaging the Public with Climate Change: Behaviour Change and Communication Read more

Yingli sees sales contracts hitting 1GW by year end

Thursday, 11.4.2010 - 0:16 (PV-Tech)

Yingli Green Energy held an investor day on November 3, 2010 with key executive team members discussing the outlook for the company over the next year. Zongwei Li, Yingli’s director and CFO, began the day and highlighted that Yingli had obtained 575MW of purchases under legally binding sales contracts and anticipated the number to rise to 1,000MW by the end of this year. Most of the sales contracts have a required prepayment from the customers... Read more