Breaking News: Coalition Government will NOT cut feed-in tariff

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 15:07 (Solarpowerportal)

Chancellor George Osborne stood up in the House of Commons at 12.30pm today to detail the coalition government's Comprehensive Spending review.Finally, after a long and tedious wait, we finally know what lies in the future for solar feed-in tariffs in the UK. Read more

Solar Power UK Conference 2010: paving the way for the UK?s solar success

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 19:15 (PV-Tech)

Taking on the task of spreading the word of the UK’s potential in the solar market, Solar Power UK organised the hugely successful conference on October 18th and 19th 2010. The conference, the theme of which was “Enabling the UK Solar Market for 2011”, drew over 450 delegates from all facets of the solar PV industry, including installers, suppliers and manufacturers, investment companies and members of the media. Read more

IMS Research predicts utility-scale PV market will surge dramatically in 2011

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 19:09 (PV-Tech)

According to the latest report from IMS Research, the utility-scale PV market is set to surge in 2011, growing as much as five-times faster than the rest of the industry. This high demand predicted for next year supports First Solar's recent decision to make significant increases to its production capacity expansion plans for the next two years, suggesting that the dominating thin-film supplier's production capacity will reach over 2.7GW by the end of 2012 at current line run rates. However, given its history of improving throughput, IMS Research estimates that its capacity could in fact reach over 3GW by then. Read more

Order Focus: JinkoSolar to deliver a further 100MW of modules to Enfinity Asia Pacific

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 18:15 (PV-Tech)

Adding to over 200MW of orders already announced this month; JinkoSolar has signed a follow-up supply agreement with Enfinity Asia Pacific for the supply of 100MW of photovoltaic modules throughout 2011. The companies had already signed an agreement earlier in 2010 for the delivery of 24MW. Read more

UK government decides against solar feed-in tariff cuts

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 16:15 (PV-Tech)

The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne announced the coalition government's Comprehensive Spending review, revealing that there will be no immediate cuts to the country's solar feed-in tariff. After much speculation that the coalition government would slash the feed-in tariff set by the country's Department of Energy and Climate Change it was finally announced by the Chancellor that the tariffs would be left alone until at least 2013. Read more

Suntech, Calisolar to construct new solar silicon manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 14:13 (PV-Tech)

Suntech and Calisolar have signed a Letter of Intent to construct a solar silicon manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada in order to significantly expand the existing manufacturing operations in Vaughan. The facility will add new operators and engineers, doubling total employment at Calisolar's wholly owned subsidiary, 6N Silicon to more than 350. Read more

Solar Power UK Conference 2010: paving the way for the UK?s solar success

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 10:45 (Solarpowerportal)

Taking on the task of spreading the word of the UK’s potential in the solar market, Solar Power UK organised the hugely successful conference on October 18th and 19th 2010. The conference, the theme of which was “Enabling the UK Solar Market for 2011”, drew over 450 delegates from all facets of the solar PV industry, including installers, suppliers and manufacturers, investment companies and members of the media. Read more

Iberese & Siemens CSP parabolic trough plant Lebrija I will be visited by attendees of CSP Today Sevilla

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

CSP Today talks to Iberese, Siemen´s other half in the construction of Lebrija I, a 50MW concentrated solar thermal Power plant in Sevilla. The relatively unknown company owns 50% of the project with giant Siemens and is one of those rare EPC companies that have real life experience CSP development & construction. Read more

Psst! Solar Fred's Solar Marketing Action Plan Based on New SPI Poll Numbers. (Shh! Don't tell the WSJ.)

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Terna signs ?620 million deal to sell solar plant unit to Terra Firma Investments

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 0:46 (PV-Tech)

Terna has completed an agreement to transfer  100% of the shares of Rete Rinnovabile (RTR) with Terra Firma Investments. The deal is estimated to be worth between €620 and €670 million and will be on a modular basis since the PV plants will be profiting from the Conto Energia feed-in tariff at the closing date, which is expected to occur on March 31, 2011. The closing is pursuant to  condition precedents, including the approval of RTRs 2010 statutory financial statements. Read more

Order Focus: Oerlikon Solar receives 40MW order for micromorph-Si production

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 0:15 (PV-Tech)

In August, Oerlikon Solar and Hunan Gongchuang Photovoltaic Science & Technology signed a contract as part of the 60 year celebration for commercial ties between China and Switzerland. Today, as part of that contract, Gongchuang has ordered a 40MW micromorph turnkey production line, which is also known as the FAB 1200. The production line is expected to start mass production by the end of 2011 with around 330,000 solar modules being manufactured per year. Read more

Vietnam Approves 40 MW Biomass Plant

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Local authorities have granted an investment licence for the 1.2-trillion-dong ($59m) project, scheduled to operate in 2013 with a an annual production of 331.5 GWh, according to Vietnam's official news agency. Read more

Scientists to CARB: There is No "Indirect Land Use Change" With Ethanol

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

A report prepared for the California Air Resources Board by a team of scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory found corn ethanol contributed "minimal to zero" impact from the Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) scheme. Read more

U.S. Off-Shore Wind Industry Gets Not One, But Two Major Boosts

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The U.S. wind industry -- launched in California in the '80s under the leadership of former governor Jerry Brown -- has become a major player in global markets with traditional onshore power generation applications, leading the world in terms of accumulative wind capacity for the last two years. Yet efforts to move offshore, where wind resources are far superior but logistics are more challenging, have been hampered by a lack of regulatory support, particularly at the federal level of governance. Read more

U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Gets Not One, But Two Major Boosts

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The U.S. wind industry -- launched in California in the '80s under the leadership of former governor Jerry Brown -- has become a major player in global markets with traditional onshore power generation applications, leading the world in terms of accumulative wind capacity for the last two years. Yet efforts to move offshore, where wind resources are far superior but logistics are more challenging, have been hampered by a lack of regulatory support, particularly at the federal level of governance. Read more

Canada Cashing In on Hydropower Potential

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Geothermal Stocks Overview

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Part of the lack of recognition for Geothermal power arises from a confusion with the technology variously called Geoexchange, Ground Source Heat Pump, or Geothermal Heat Pumps. Geoexchange uses the near constant temperature of the soil a few feet to a few hundred feet below the ground to heat and cool a building. Read more

Opportunities Abundant as Ontario Moves Closer to a Green Economy

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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UK Cuts Go Easy on Clean Energy

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

While environment activists were disappointed that a new Green Investment Bank will now have just £1 billion ($1.58 billion) in state funding ? half the expected figure ? the RHI was welcomed, as was a continuance of current FiTs, and £200 million ($317 million) for developing offshore wind. Read more

Rocky Mountain Supercomputing introduces site selection technology for renewable energy projects

Wednesday, 10.20.2010 - 0:50 (PV-Tech)

Rocky Mountain Supercomputer Centers (RMSC) and Northrop Grumman have come together to introduce their maximizing and optimizing renewable energy (MORE) Power initiative. The new service is a technology that uses a laser-communications network optimization model by Northrup to help select the most effect sites for renewable energy projects. The MORE initiative will take worldwide wind and solar radiation data, which is collected by Northrop, and use it as a historical foundation... Read more