Market disconnect over German PV installs for 2011

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 23:37 (PV-Tech)

The news that the German feed-in tariff rate cut for 2011 is to be 13% and just that is a strong signal that PV installations should remain strong next year. Indeed, the very fact that there is no cap or structural changes to the EEG as was seen mid-year is also a boon to the industry, as it kills any fear, uncertainty or doubt (FUD) about the most important market for the PV industry. Read more

Champion Photovoltaic Companies and Labs

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

These are the companies that are installing PV on rooftops and in fields, manufacturing PV cells and modules, and supplying manufacturing equipment and materials, among many others. Read more

Why CdTe is one of the most viable thin film PV technologies-

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

A brief overview by Russ Kanjorski, VP Marketing at Abound Solar Read more

Project Focus: Suntech, Infigen aim to construct four solar energy farms in NSW

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 17:15 (PV-Tech)

Suntech and Infigen Energy have filed documents outlining the companies' intention to construct four solar energy farms in New South Wales, Australia. If provided with Government permission, the project is expected to cost AUD$780 million (US$792 million). Read more

Project Focus: Solon solar farms launched on nuclear ballistic missile pads

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 16:45 (PV-Tech)

Solon has inaugurated its first ground-mounted solar power plants in France, located in Ferrassières near Avignon, in the Rhône-Alpes region. Solon Investments planned and constructed the two turnkey plants, with a combined nominal output of 3MWp, on the former site of two launch pads for intercontinental nuclear ballistic missiles. Read more

October solar figures curbed by Spending Review

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 14:58 (Solarpowerportal)

Since the introduction of the feed-in tariff in April this year there has been a strong upward trend in photovoltaic installation figures. As each month passed the figures increased, spiking in August with 3,642 (8.739MW) projects recorded. However, since last month was shrouded in so much uncertainty... Read more

Solar FlexRack Will Be Used for 18MW Solar Farm in Piles Grove, New Jersey

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO ? The Solar FlexRack, the most innovative rack mounting system on the market today, has been chosen for another U.S. project ? this one in Piles Grove, New Jersey. Read more

SunMaxx Solar Domestic Hot Water System Helps New Jersey Institute of Technology Go Green

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Ontario's Solar Industry Criticized by Market Leaders

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Project Focus: Ameresco chosen for US$6.6 million solar project for VA center in Salt Lake City

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 2:15 (PV-Tech)

Ameresco was chosen by the Department of Veterans Affairs to build a renewable energy project at the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ameresco will design and build the solar PV system, which holds a valued coast at over US$6.6 million. The design phase will start right away with construction slated to begin early next year with completion anticipated within a ten month time frame. Read more

TechPrecision initiates new China unit to satisfy demand in Asia

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 2:15 (PV-Tech)

TechPrecision has formed a wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE) entitled Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components; created to help fulfill the increased demand in the Asian, specifically Chinese, solar energy market for solar and nuclear energy  manufacturing and machining components. TechPrecision was able to complete the WFOE with help from one of its current customers who remains unnamed. Read more

Project Focus: Los Angeles?s DWP to build largest PV array in city at 5MW

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 2:15 (PV-Tech)

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) approved the initial environment documents mandated by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) this week, paving the path for the city’s largest solar PV array to be built. The 5MW solar PV installation, labeled the Van Normam Bypass Reservoir Solar Project, is set to be built on the covered reservoir in Granada Hills at an estimated US$15.3 million. Read more

Brookhaven, Los Alamos research finds transparent nanofilms for possible solar window

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 2:10 (PV-Tech)

Research at the U.S Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos national laboratory has identified transparent thin-films, which claim to be able to absorb light and produce an electric charge over a comparably large area. The material has been described in the journal, Chemistry of Materials, by scientists from the laboratory as having the potential ability to be used in the production of transparent solar panels or windows, which would take in the solar energy and convert it to usable electricity. Read more

Algal Fuels: Just around the Corner or 10 Years Away?

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

In California, a new report from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) in Berkeley projects that development of cost-competitive algae biofuel production will require much more longterm research, development and demonstration. Read more

What the Elections Mean for Wind Power in the US

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

According to Denise Bode, President and Elizabeth Salerno, Director Industry Data & Analysis at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the new congressional outlook is in fact quite favorable for the wind industry overall and if the correct policies are put in place -- and both believe they will be ? the wind industry will charge out of the gate as it has many times in the past. Read more

Paying for Zero Net Energy

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Is IP Standing in the Way of a Green Planet?

Friday, 11.5.2010 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The potential of intellectual property rights to impede the cleantech revolution has sparked a lively debate full of heated rhetoric. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu jump-started this discussion last year during a discussion of the Obama administration's goals to promote development of green technologies. Read more