Glastonbury: the festival of light

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 13:11 (Solarpowerportal)

Situated on the Glastonbury festival farmland, Britain’s largest privately owned solar power plant is now fully operational. Conventionally home to residents of the furry variety, the 1,500m2 cowshed roof will now feature a huge array of over 1,000 solar panels. Solarsense UK, specialist in agricultural and industrial photovoltaic installations in the south west, has now competed the 200kW plant... Read more

Order Focus: 4JET reports high order intake for thin-film equipment

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 12:15 (PV-Tech)

German machine supplier 4JET has reported a high order intake in its thin-film photovoltaics business. The company is to supply laser equipment, edge deletion systems, glass drilling modules and bus bar stripping equipment to 10 different production lines for CIGS and CdTe manufacturing through mid-2011. Read more

Champion Investors in Photovoltaics

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

With solar prices plunging amid talk of an oversupply, project financing becoming hard to get and expensive, and few U.S. initial public offerings, it's no wonder that solar investment dropped off at the end of 2008 and in the first half of 2009. But intrepid investors have started streaming new money back into the sector in the last year. Read more

Inside Taiwan's PV Manufacturing Push

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Of the five key components of the crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaics supply chain -- polysilicon, wafer, cell, module, and inverter -- many PV companies in Taiwan have set their sights on the high-value-add cell manufacturing. These companies have installed production capacity of 60-100MW or more, and have well-defined ramp up plans to bring more on-line in the next year, by adding to existing lines or building new facilities. Others are looking to become more vertically integrated, and have included module manufacturing capabilities in their portfolio, and even inverters. Read more

Nanoco Group receives payment from Tokyo Electron after achieving nanomaterial thin-film milestone

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 2:15 (PV-Tech)

After Nanoco successfully created and supplied a tailored solar ink under its agreement with Tokyo Electron, Tokyo Electron issued an additional, yet undisclosed, payment to Nanoco. The solar ink has been used to make a nanomaterial thin-film for the production of solar cells and is one step in the nine-month development phase of the agreement between the two companies to improve solar power efficiency. Read more

Evergreen solar posts 7.2% increase in shipments for third quarter; expects 4Q shipment of 48MW

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 23:15 (PV-Tech)

Evergreen Solar has posted its third quarter results for the period ending October 2, 2010. Overall the company saw an increase in shipments for the quarter from 39.8MW in quarter two to 42.6MW. The 7.2% growth in its shipments has led the company to speculate that the fourth quarter can total shipments of 48MW. Read more

RMT Canada to begin renewable energy construction services for wind and solar facilities

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 23:15 (PV-Tech)

RMT will be entering the Canadian renewable energy market as RMT Canada Construction and offer site development support, engineering and construction services for wind and solar energy facilities. RMT has been in the designing and building business for wind energy since 1996 and currently has their engineering, procurement and construction services utilized at over 429MW of wind energy and 340MW of solar energy projects. Read more

Dow Chemical?s Powerhouse shingle receives UL safety certification

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 23:15 (PV-Tech)

The Dow Powerhouse solar shingle, manufactured by The Dow Chemical Company, has received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) safety certification after passing over 50 individual tests to measure its safety and building standards. UL testing included wind and fire resistance testing as well as validating proper wiring and PV connection.  The Dow Powerhouse shingle achieved UL 746, 1703, 1897, 790, 486 and 514. Read more

First Reserve closes funding for Rovigo solar plant

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 23:02 (PV-Tech)

First Reserve has closed its financial facilities agreement for the Rovigo solar plant at €276 million. The private equity firm bought the 70MW PV plant from Sun Edison, with whom they had previously established a joint venture, this past September. Banco Santander, Unicredit Corporate Banking, Credit Agricole, Dexia Crediop, Natixis and Societe Generale were additional lenders with First Reserve for the financing agreement. Read more

SolarBridge selects Celestica to manufacture Pantheon microinverter

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 12:15 (PV-Tech)

SolarBridge Technologies has chosen Celestica to manufacture its SolarBridge Pantheon microinverter. The companies have been working together for over a year, having completed design for manufacture (DFM), design for test (DFT) and qualification builds at Celestica's facility in Toronto, Canada. Read more

European Commission supplies funding for Oerlikon Solar?s project Pepper

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 11:15 (PV-Tech)

Oerlikon Solar's €16.7 million research project "Pepper" is to receive a €9.4 million funding grant under the Framework Programme for Research of the European Union, coordinated by the DG Energy of the European Commission. The project, which begun on September 1 this year, is aimed at demonstrating high performance processes and equipment for thin-film silicon photovoltaics modules produced with lower costs, reduced material use, and an even improved environmental-friendly production process. Read more

Online Conference Features Market Trends and Case Studies from New Utility Solar Report

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Guest speaker, Kathy Salvador of Florida Power & Light joins Jon Guice, lead author of new report from AltaTerra Research, in case study centered discussion of the US utility solar market on December 1. Participants receive complimentary copy of new report. Read more

Jinko Solar highlights US$215 million revenue for 2010?s Q3; expects to reach US$220 million

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 2:41 (PV-Tech)

Jinko Solar Holdings released its third-quarter financial results for 2010, citing an overall increase in revenue and solar shipments. Total revenue in the third quarter hit US$215 million; a 59.7% increase from this year’s second quarter, which had a revenue of US$134.56 million. Company officials referred to the escalation in the solar module sale volume and a larger average selling price (ASP) of the modules as contributors to higher revenue for the quarter. Read more

Order Focus: Tempress gains US$33 million in diffusion equipment orders

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 2:15 (PV-Tech)

Tempress Systems, a solar subsidiary of Amtech Systems, has obtained US$33 million in new solar orders from numerous Asian customers. The customers, both new and existing for the company, ordered Tempress’s diffusion processing systems this past October. Read more

Silfab Ontario contracts SCC Solar for engineering and additional services on new Canadian plant

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 2:15 (PV-Tech)

SCC Solar Energy Group (SCC Solar) has agreed to provide program and engineering construction management for Silfab Ontario’s soon to be constructed solar module manufacturing plant. Silfab’s plant in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, will start its first production phase at the beginning of 2011. Working with Green to Green Engineering (G2G), who will take care of the module production line design and process,  SCC  will provide the program control and engineering for the construction, utilities and other services the project necessitates. Read more

Jinko Solar highlights US$215 million revenue for 2010?s Q3; expected to reach US$220 million in Q

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 2:15 (PV-Tech)

Jinko Solar Holdings released its third quarter financial results for 2010 citing an overall increase in revenue and solar shipments. Total revenue in the third quarter hit US$215 million; a 59.7% increase from this year’s second quarter, which had a revenue of US$134.56 million. Company officials referred to the escalation in the solar module sale volume and a larger average selling price (ASP) of the modules as contributors to higher revenue for the quarter. Read more

MEMC sees increased sales as wafer prices rise: SunEdison project pipeline tops 1GW

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 1:15 (PV-Tech)

MEMC Electronic Materials reported a 31% sequential increase in solar materials sales, primarily from wafers in its third quarter results. A 20% increase in shipments and modest improvement in wafer ASP’s helped sales for the group reach sales of US$503.1 million, up 12.2% from US$448.3 million in the second quarter of 2010. Its subsidiary, SunEdison reported sales of US$21.5 million but has 1,023MW in its project pipeline of which 155MW was under construction.  Read more

Lack of new capacity impacts First Solar?s market share position, says IMS Research

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 0:15 (PV-Tech)

The rapid capacity expansions by First Solar saw the CdTe thin-film leader scale the PV module rankings to become the number one shipper in 2009. Although another aggressive phase of expansions have been announced the lack of new capacity in 2010 compared to rivals, particularly from Suntech and JA Solar means First Solar has fallen to third largest module manufacturer in the third quarter, according to IMS Research. Read more

Hydropower Debate Highlighted in Governor's Race

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Intertek Strengthens its Renewable Energy Expertise with Acquisition of Metoc

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Intertek, a leading international provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries, has acquired Metoc plc , a provider of engineering and environmental consultancy services to the renewable energy infrastructure sector worldwide. Read more

Can EVs Reach a 20% Penetration?

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

There's a deep divide in the energy and transportation space over electric vehicles. Put supporters and detractors in a room (or a comment board) together, and you're bound to get a heated discussion. Read more

Solectria Renewables' CEO to present at the Conference on Clean Energy

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Lawrence, MA ? November 2, 2010 ? Solectria Renewables, LLC, the leading U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, announced today that its CEO, James Worden, will present at the 6th Annual Conference on Clean Energy in Boston, MA. Read more

Yes, Green Jobs Are Real

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Day4 Energy completes ACI ecoTec purchase

Tuesday, 11.2.2010 - 2:15 (PV-Tech)

Day4 energy has finalized its acquisition of ACI ecoTec GmbH in an all stock transaction of up to 9.18 million common shares, with 5,400,000 common shares issues at US$0.90 per share. The remaining common shares will be issued subject to earnout provisions as were outlined in the purchase agreement between the two companies. DE Solar Holding was the vendor of the ACI shares and upon the purchase closing, ACI and DE Solar agreed to a long-term relationship... Read more