Morgan Stanley Backs Enphase

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Microinverter technologies, which only hit the PV scene in the last few years, are receiving a high level of interest from major investors. Read more

Instrumentation for Quantum Efficiency Measurement of Solar Cells: Part 2

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Part 1 of this article [1] by Adnan Adla, PhD, Newport Spectra-Physics GmbH, is a discussion of needed hardware for quantum efficiency (QE) measurement from light beam generation to its absorption by the cell under test. Part 2 continues this discussion for the detection system and bias light source. Furthermore, ways for improving QE measurement accuracy will be discussed. Read more

SPI: Direct Grid Technologies granted UL certification for micro-inverter

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 0:16 (PV-Tech)

Direct Grid Technologies revealed that its DGM-S460 series grid tie micro-inverter was given UL1741 certification. The company will be distributing the inverter in the U.S. through its OEM partner, Synergy Energy in New Jersey and is working on further partner agreements, which are to be announced throughout the rest of this year.  Direct Grid is showing its DGM-S460 micro-inverter at Solar Power International this week at booth 4101. Read more

Order Focus: JinkoSolar signs 24MW supply agreement with Enfinity Asia

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 23:58 (PV-Tech)

JinkoSolar Holding and Enfinity Asia Pacific have signed a supply agreement, which will see JinkoSolar supplying 24MW of its solar PV modules to Enfinity throughout the rest of the year. Module shipments have already begun and are scheduled to continue through 2010. Read more

SPI 2010: LG Electronics launches solar product technology onslaught on U.S.

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 22:56 (PV-Tech)

Like other major consumer driven electronics firms based in Korea, LG Electronics sees the solar energy market across residential, commercial and utilities as key sectors for business growth.  At Solar Power International 2010, LG is launched a slew of advanced high-performance solar modules from crystalline to thin-film. The company is  targeting its global solar business reach US$2.4 billion in revenue by 2015 by investing US$820 million over the next five years in its solar cell research and manufacturing to increase production capacity to more than 1GW. Read more

GT Solar thinks big with beta testing of 650 kilogram ingot furnaces

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 16:09 (PV-Tech)

The technical/economic debate over ever increasing Directional Solidification System (DSS) furnace sizes that cast multi-crystalline ingots, heats-up with the news that GT Solar is beta testing with select customers its next DSS crystalline growth furnace, the ‘DSS650.’ The larger furnace capacity of up to 650 kilograms comes hot on the heals of the official launch in May, 2010 of the ‘DSS450HP,’ a high performance ingot growth furnace with a thermally optimized, second-generation hot zone that claimed to have improved throughput while delivering industry-leading crystal quality. Read more

Project Focus: REC Solar wins another 9.1MW of U.S. federal projects

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 14:15 (PV-Tech)

New U.S. federal projects have been awarded to REC Solar totalling 9.1MW. To date, REC Solar has been awarded over 20MW of such projects in the U.S. The new projects include five from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and one from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, as well as two utility projects. All the projects are expected to be completed by December 2011, the company said. Read more

More transparency needed on solar field cost and performance

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Novatec Biosol will be participating actively in the 4th International Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit (Nov 15-17) as an exhibitor and sponsor. The rise of the Fresnel system to the hierarchy of CSP is one of the issues that will be actively discussed at this industry flagship event with a 700 strong attendance. Read more

CSP Today World Map 2010

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The CSP Today World Map 2010 includes an itemized list of all the MW sized concentrated solar thermal power plants in the world that are either announced, under construction or in operation. Read more

Solar Market Heats Up

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Solar power, once seemingly confined to the desert Southwest, is making inroads from Florida to New Jersey, Colorado to Nevada. Ron Kenedi, vice president of Sharp Solar Energy Solutions Group, said "the whole country is waking up to the idea of solar." Take Florida Power & Light's (FP&L's) 25 MW DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Fla. The plant is now one of the largest PV installations in North America, having overtaken NV Energy's 17 MW facility at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The DeSoto Center uses more than 90,500 crystalline-silicon PV panels mounted on tracking systems and is capable of generating about 42,000 MWh annually. Read more

Schneider Electric launches new product line at Solar Power International 10

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Schneider Electric's Renewable Energies Business is launching two new grid tie inverters, a high voltage charge controller, and is exhibiting a range of solutions at Solar Power International (SPI), the premiere marketplace in North America for professionals in the solar industry, from October 12-14. The Schneider Electric exhibit is at booth 1211 in the Los Angeles Convention Centre and hosts product displays with Schneider Electric experts on hand, iPad?-facilitated demonstrations, and video. Read more

Volatile PV Prices Drive Solar Suppliers to Cite PHOTON Consulting's Price Index as Baseline for Variable Pricing Contracts

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Did You Say Solar Powered Taco Machines...?

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The opening reception of Solar Power International is filled with stimulating conversations about all things solar. We decided to drop in on a few conversations and ask some hard questions. Read more

Time for Solar to Push Back

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Did You Say Solar-Powered Taco Machines...?

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The opening reception of Solar Power International is filled with stimulating conversations about all things solar. We decided to drop in on a few conversations and ask some hard questions. Read more

Solar Power VS Fossil Fuels: Game On

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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SPI: AU Optronics exhibits product line at Solar Power International

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 0:16 (PV-Tech)

Among the companies to be showcasing their products and developments at Solar Power International this year is AU Optronics (AUO). At the conference being held in Los Angeles this week, AUO will be displaying its full line of PV products including the SunForte PM316B00 mono-crystalline solar module, which will be the modules first official viewing. Read more

Google Invests in 6 GW Offshore Wind Farm

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Based in shallow water 10 to 15 miles off the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Virgina, the AWC would harvest strong, steady winds at sea, delivering energy to shore via underwater cables. The project is a contender to become the first US operating offshore wind farm. Read more

Superconducting SeaTitan Opens up a New Path to 10 MW

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Installed wind generation capacity is currently doubling about every three years. But even greater growth is now foreseeable as high capacity offshore turbines of 10 MW or greater start to become available. Read more

AREVA Launches Offshore Wind Venture

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Purpose-built jack-up vessels will enable the new venture to help its customers speed up their construction of offshore wind farms, says Areva. Read more

Germany's First Offshore Wind Farm Back to Full Strength

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Temperature rises in the sliding bearings of the Areva Wind M5000 turbines were spotted in the spring, leading to two of the 12 5 MW turbines being taken off line. Read more

The DEAL: Terra-Gen's Landmark Wind Farm Sale-Leaseback

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Terra-Gen Power LLC closed a $1.2 billion financing for four wind power projects with a total of 570 MW of capacity at its Alta Wind Energy Center in Kern County, Calif. The four projects, known as Alta Projects II-V, will use 190 V90-3.0 MW turbines manufactured by Vestas-American Wind Technology Inc. Project construction work began July 27. Read more

Denmark's Rødsand II 207 MW Offshore Wind Farm Now On Line

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Siemens Energy erected the 2.3 MW, 93-metre-tall turbines for German energy corporation E.ON over 122 days. The two companies are set to collaborate again on the London Array off the coast of the UK, the world's first gigawatt-class offshore wind plant. Read more

Wind to Power UK's Lizard Peninsula

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

A £12 million ($19 million ) investment by Cornwall Light & Power is tripling the generation capacity of the wind farm to beyond 27 GWh, the annual domestic consumption of the entire Lizard Peninsula, the most southern point of the British mainland. Read more

Areva Launches Offshore Wind Venture

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Purpose-built jack-up vessels will enable the new venture to help its customers speed up their construction of offshore wind farms, says Areva. Read more

When Clean Energy Gets Dirty, and Dirty Energy Goes Clean

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Renewables aren't always clean ? especially when criminal organizations are involved in their deployment. Some recent high-profile arrests in Italy and Central Europe illustrate the very real problem of Mafia groups strong-arming their way into the renewable energy sector. Read more

Project Focus: Premier Power forms partnership with Draker Labs for monitoring of PV facilities

Tuesday, 10.12.2010 - 0:15 (PV-Tech)

Premier Power Renewable Energy selected Draker Laboratories as its partner to help monitor the energy production at various PV facilities that Premier Power is constructing.  This partnership is to include the 2MW warehouse and distribution facility, which Premier is working on in Torrance and Carson, California and will see Draker provide data acquisition and monitoring equipment for Premier on the facility. Read more