EME and Bosch Solar sign three year contract for 31MW of thin-film silicon solar modules

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 23:58 (PV-Tech)

EME Energie Management Eberlein has partnered with Bosch Solar Energy on a three year contract for the delivery of 31MWp of thin-film silicon solar modules. EME plans to use the solar modules at various field and rooftop projects that they currently have planned. Read more

tei Solutions, Mears and K2 Energy collaborate on development of crystalline silicon solar cells

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 23:46 (PV-Tech)

tei Solutions and Mears Technologies have agreed to work together for the use of the Mears Silicon Technology (MST) in the creation and manufacturing of solar cells. MST technology entails the construction of an altered or nano-doped layer of silicon that can be used in producing silicon solar PV wafers. Mears will start producing solar cells, which will be used for testing, in tei?s 100mm Super Clean Fab in January 2011. Read more

SunWize Announces Availability of Samsung Solar Modules

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 22:12 (Renewable Energy World)

SunWize Technologies, the solar industry's leading wholesale distributor, has been selected by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to introduce and distribute its solar modules to the North American market. The first Samsung solar module offered by SunWize is the LPC241SM, available for immediate delivery. Read more

Upcoming webinar to focus on top obstacles facing the Photovoltaics Industry

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 21:22 (Renewable Energy World)

IntertechPira is pleased to announce our upcoming webinar with Daniela Schreiber of EuPD Research on the Top Ten Obstacles Facing Photovoltaics- Insights into the US Downstream Sector. This webinar will cover the overall PV potential in the US, obstacles facing the PV industry and the drivers and barriers affecting the PV market. The webinar will take place Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. PT. There is no charge to attend this webinar. For more information about the webinar, visit http://www.intertechpira.com/elearning/top-ten-obstacles-facing-photovoltaics.aspx. Read more

Suntech leads PV module shipments in third quarter, says IMS Research

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 18:49 (PV-Tech)

Demand for PV cells and modules remained strong in the third quarter, according to a new report from IMS Research. A new leader appeared in solar cell production in the form of JA Solar, which increased its cell production by an impressive 35% in the quarter to top the rankings for the very first time. Read more

Roth & Rau makes further restructuring efforts: Turnkey executive to leave

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 13:22 (PV-Tech)

Roth & Rau is now focusing on rationalising operations to improve its cost-effectiveness and structurally reorganise Read more

Roth & Rau makes further restructuring efforts; turnkey executive to leave

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 13:22 (PV-Tech)

Roth & Rau is now focusing on rationalising operations to improve its cost-effectiveness and structurally reorganise. The review will see the exit of Dr. Martin Detje, former head of turnkey operations, as well as the reduction of equipment production costs via the standardisation opportunities enabled in the production of the new SiNA platform. Read more

Conergy plans debt reduction

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 12:47 (PV-Tech)

Under a new agreement with creditors, Conergy?s debt will be reduced by ?188 million. Read more

Capricorn Cleantech Fund and LRM plan to invest in new solar glass start-up

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 23:54 (PV-Tech)

Starting in 2012, the European market will no longer allow incandescent light bulbs and seeing the necessity to look towards new markets, Emgo, a producer of light bulbs, will see two of its management team members create a new solar glass start-up: Ducatt NV. Seeing the potential of the new company, Capricorn Cleantech Fund (CCF) and LRM have pledged to invest ?20 million into the new venture. Read more

U.S. Treasury grant extension, environmental study of proposed solar zones top news from Washington

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 21:22 (PV-Tech)

President Barack Obama?s signing of the tax legislation passed by the U.S. Congress late last week included a holiday gift for the solar industry in the form of a one-year extension of the Department of Treasury Section 1603 ?cash grant in lieu of investment tax credit? program. But the Treasury Grant Program reprieve was not the only news out of Washington with solar industry implications, as the Departments of Energy and Interior made several other moves. Read more

Oerlikon Solar receives first orders for new line of modules

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 18:47 (PV-Tech)

Oerlikon Solar has received the first orders for its latest line of thin-film silicon modules, ThinFab. Two clients have submitted orders for the new range, which Oerlikon claims lowers cost of ownership to an industry-leading ?0.50/Wp and reduces the energy payback time. Read more

Sopogy Lands 200MW China Project for Thermal Energy Storage

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 17:50 (Renewable Energy World)

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DelSolar first Taiwanese PV manufacturer to gain UK MCS certification

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 16:24 (PV-Tech)

DelSolar has become the first PV module manufacturer from Taiwan to gain Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) approval. Read more

Taiwan-based DelSolar gains MCS certification

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 16:13 (Solarpowerportal)

DelSolar has become the first PV module manufacturer from Taiwan to gain Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) approval. Read more

Abengoa Solar enlist the help of Itochu for Spanish solar project

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 13:52 (PV-Tech)

Abengoa Solar will build two 50MW solar thermal plants in Extremadura, Spain with the help of the Japanese trading company, Itochu. Construction work on the Logrosán plants has already begun and they will be operational at some stage in 2012. Read more

Abengoa Solar enlists the help of Itochu for Spanish solar project

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 13:51 (PV-Tech)

Abengoa Solar will build two 50MW solar thermal plants in Extremadura, Spain with the help of the Japanese trading company, Itochu. Construction work on the Logrosán plants has already begun and they will be operational at some stage in 2012. Read more

SunEdison, APS unveil 10MW facility in Prescott, Arizona

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 12:36 (PV-Tech)

SunEdison and Arizona Public Service (APS) will join forces to build a utility-scale PV solar power plant close to the Prescott Regional Airport in Arizona. The 10MW facility is scheduled for grid connection in autumn 2011 and will generate in excess of 25 million kWh of electricity in its first year. Read more

California Approves Innovative Program to Spur Mid-Sized Solar

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Last week the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted unanimously to approve a new program designed to drive small to mid-sized renewable energy development. Called a "Renewable Auction Mechanism" (RAM), this next-generation feed-in tariff program will require investor-owned California utilities to purchase electricity from solar and other renewable energy systems up to 20 MW in size. Read more

Natural Power's Hydrology team drops onto Drone Hill

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 18:01 (Renewable Energy World)

Leading international renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has been appointed as the construction hydrological support team at Drone Hill Wind Farm in Scotland for global power company AES Wind Generation. The wind farm will come with a community fund for local initiatives and will comprise of 22 turbines with a maximum height of 76 meters. After receiving permission on the 24th of November 2008, construction is set begin this year. Read more

Natural Power's Decade of Construction Experience called upon for Good Practice Wind Farm Guide

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 17:57 (Renewable Energy World)

Steve Pears, Director of Construction at renewable energy consultancy Natural Power, has been called upon for the 'Good Practice During Windfarm Construction' as part of a working group comprising representatives from SNH, SEPA, Scottish Renewables, FCS, and several member companies with extensive windfarm construction experience. Natural Power has fed a decade of construction experience into the Guide which can now be found on the SNH website (see link below). Read more

2011 Looking Good for Geothermal

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 19:40 (Renewable Energy World)

Last week's extension of the Treasury Grant Program (TGP) for renewable energy project developers was big news for the geothermal industry. Without the program, a number of companies would have had to stall projects; with it, hundreds of megawatts of power plants are back on the table. Read more

Active Power ? A Solid Investment Opportunity And A Valuable Object Lesson For Investors

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

In December 2008 I went hunting for opportunities in the energy storage sector and selected six pure-play stocks that seemed seriously undervalued. Read more

Quick Look: Renewable Energy Development in India

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly. Read more

Country Profile: Australia

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The mountains that form Australia's Great Dividing Range are one of the country's best-known geographical features. But there's another Great Divide in Australia ? the issue of coal, carbon emissions and climate change. Read more

California Enacts New Cap and Trade Program

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Again and again renewable energy advocates have rued the U.S. federal government's failure to come up with real clean energy goals for the nation to stand behind. No national program to require a certain amount of renewable electricity be part of the country's energy mix by a certain date. No national program to limit carbon emissions. These are the type of policies that set a nation-wide goal that Americans could (eventually, if not immediately) support. Read more

Phoenix Solar to build 5.9MW solar carport

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 17:04 (PV-Tech)

Phoenix Solar has won the right to build a 5.9MW solar carport for Solarwatt PV Italia at the offices of logistics group Altmann in Piadena, Italy. The structure will use 24,700 Solarwatt crystalline modules, SMA inverters and cover a total surface area of 13,000 square metres. Read more

Phoenix Solar to build Italian 5.9MW solar carport

Monday, 12.20.2010 - 17:04 (PV-Tech)

Phoenix Solar has won the right to build a 5.9MW solar carport at the offices of logistics group Altmann for Solarwatt PV Italia in Piadena, Italy. The structure will use 24,700 Solarwatt crystalline modules, SMA inverters and cover a total surface area of 13,000 square metres. Read more