Sputnik Engineering presented with Frost & Sullivan award

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 12:13 (PV-Tech)

Sputnik Engineering has received the Frost & Sullivan 'Global Price Performance Value Leadership of the Year Award 2010'. The prize was presented to the Swiss company after a full product price, performance ratio, feature, user friendliness, service and customer orientation study was carried out in comparison with the main competitors in the inverter market. Read more

Solergy, Inc Launches Next-Generation CPV with Record-Breaking 32.9% Efficiency

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Solergy, Inc., developers of the next generation of high concentrated photovoltaic technology (HCPV), today announced at a press conference in Milan the their launch and introduction of two unique flagship products: Solergy CPV and Solergy Cogen CPV ?. Read more

Agenda announced for IntertechPira's 6th Annual Photovoltaics Summit

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

IntertechPira is pleased to announce the complete agenda for the 6th annual Photovoltaics Summit 2011, scheduled for January 19-21 at FireSky Resort in Scottsdale, AZ, US. This year's event will provide competitive intelligence on market trends, manufacturing developments and strategies, financing, utility scale PV, BIPV and the latest technology developments in the solar sector. Read more

China Sunergy shows 61.4% year-over-year increase in shipments during third quarter

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 2:54 (PV-Tech)

China Sunergy posted their financial statements for their third quarter and showed an impressive increase in revenues and gross profit. Revenue for 2010’s third quarter totaled US$125.8 million, which are 57.1% higher than 2009’s third quarter results and 7% higher than 2010’s second quarter. Revenue for solar cell sales during 2010’s third quarter were US$117.8 million; a 72% leap up from third quarter 2009. Read more

Etrion acquires final Montalto park tranche, reports $7.0m in revenues for Q3?10

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 17:15 (PV-Tech)

Etrion has released its interim consolidated financial statements and related management discussion and analysis for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. Highlights for the third quarter include closing the acquisition of the 24MW first tranche of the 33MW Montalto solar park in Italy - subsequently closing the final 9MW tranche - recording US$7.0 million in revenues and completing a US$15 million private placement of shares to meet Toronto Stock Exchange listing requirements. Read more

Project Focus: Sinosol to develop 20MW plant in Ukraine

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 14:12 (PV-Tech)

Project developer Sinosol is in the process of planning a 20MW solar power plant, which is to be constructed in the Krim region of Ukraine for a renowned local investor. Supply contracts with SMA and Jinko Solar were closed earlier in the year. Since then more than 10MW of solar components already shipped to the country. Read more

SolarWorld opts into voluntary public offer for Solarparc

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 13:15 (PV-Tech)

SolarWorld is to submit a voluntary public takeover offer to the shareholders of Solarparc in a bid to acquire the company shares needed to continue forward integration into the global project business. SolarWorld intends to offer Solarparc's shareholders one SolarWorld share in return for each Solarparc share. Read more

Psst! Solar Fred's Solution to a Competitive Solar Market: Answer This One Question Every Month.

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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How Solar as a Service Began

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The residential solar lease may bring successful companies like SolarCity, SunRun and Sungevity to mind. But do you remember when a company called Citizenre was the poster child of the sector? You may not. The company didn't last very long. Read more

Psst! Solar Fred's solution to a competitive solar market: Answer this one question every month.

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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SEIA, Others Call for Extension of TGP in US

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

On a conference call today, Rhone Resch of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), along with Ed Fenster, co-founder and CEO of SunRun, Mark Conroy, president and CEO of MegaWatt Solar, and Eric Hafter, senior vice president of Sharp Solar Energy Solutions Group called for a two-year extension of the Treasury Grant Program (TGP). The TGP allows investors in renewable energy project developments to take an upfront payment equal to 30% of the project's cost instead of filing for a tax credit for the same amount. Read more

How Residential Solar as a Service Began

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The residential solar lease may bring successful companies like SolarCity, SunRun and Sungevity to mind. But do you remember when a company called Citizenre was the poster child of the sector? You may not. The company didn't last very long. Read more

The Sun Is Shining On Oregon Solar Power

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Project Focus: Perpetual completes 1.5MW solar project for San Francisco area high schools

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 2:15 (PV-Tech)

Perpetual Energy Systems has finalized the 1.5MW solar project for the Jefferson Union High School District, south of San Francisco. The project included solar arrays being installed at four District high schools: Oceana High School, Terra Nova High School, Westmoor High School and Jefferson High School. In whole, the solar project used more than 8,500 solar panels and is anticipated to produce 2,300,000kWh of energy during its first full operational year. Read more

Another Blow to Ethanol Subsidies and Trade Protection from Iowa State

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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WindTamer Corporation Announces Initiation of Certification Process for Its 8.0GT Wind Turbine With Intertek

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

WindTamer Corporation ("WindTamer" or "The Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: WNDT) announced today that its 8.0GT wind turbine has been submitted to Intertek (LSE: ITRK) for testing, inspection and certification. Intertek, a global third-party testing company, tests wind turbines and provides data to determine product eligibility for incentive programs and for verification of compliance with national and international wind turbine safety and efficiency requirements. Read more

Windlab Expands Fleet of Second Wind Triton Sonic Wind Profilers

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

International wind energy developer Windlab has adopted Second Wind's Triton Sonic Wind Profilers as part of its standard wind resource assessment methodology, Second Wind and Windlab announced today. With a fleet of 12 Tritons, Windlab has added remote sensing to its wind resource assessment studies worldwide. Read more

Monhegan's Maine Waters as Offshore Wind Test Site?

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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Three Top Geothermal E&P Companies

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Last week, I was on a panel at the Inside Commodities Conference, and spent some time talking with Tyler Mordy, director of research at Hahn Investment. He's a top-down analyst (and CFA Charter holder) who had recently grown enthusiastic about Alternative Energy in general because the sector is so beaten down. Read more

Linde extends GCL gas supply agreement as the company increases capacity in China

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 12:15 (PV-Tech)

The Linde Group is to expand the existing gas supply infrastructure currently held with GCL-Poly. Under the terms of the extended agreement, which will involve approximately €15 million of investment, Linde will construct production and supply facilities for high-purity hydrogen at the Xuzhou Industrial Park facility. Read more

European Director General for Energy confirmed as Key note speaker at European Gas Markets Summit

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

EyeforEnergy the leading events co-coordinator and business intelligence provider for the Oil and Gas industries are pleased to confirm Philip Lowe Director General for Energy, European Commission as Keynote speaker at the European Gas markets summit. Read more

Duke Researchers: Watch out for CO2 Contamination

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Leaks from carbon dioxide injected deep underground to help fight climate change could bubble up into drinking water aquifers near the surface, driving up levels of contaminants in the water tenfold or more in some places, according to a study by Duke University scientists. Read more

Growth Energy Testifies at EPA Hearing on E15 Label

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis released the following statement after testifying today at the EPA's public hearing on the agency's proposed rule governing how pumps carrying E15 will be labeled. The E15 pump labeling rule follows the first of two expected decisions by EPA on Growth Energy's Green Jobs petition to permit the blending of up to 15 percent ethanol, or E15, in transportation fuel. Read more

SEI Leads Renewable Energy Tour to Cuba

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

2006 was "The Year of the Energy Revolution" in Cuba. Government Ministries and NGOs developed a nationwide plan focused on energy efficiency and independence. The entire electrical system was upgraded, efficient appliances were distributed among the citizenry, and cadres of young social workers went from house to house in every community teaching energy efficient methods of home maintenance. Cuba became the first country in the world to completely phase out incandescent light bulbs. Read more

#1 Best-Selling "Energy" Book on Amazon

Tuesday, 11.16.2010 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

What clean energy technologies will dominate the future? How will big money and politics affect the outcome? These are only a few of the questions fundamental to the book, RENEWABLE ENERGY - FACTS AND FANTASIES, which tackles the big issues of clean energy by viewing the pertinent issues through the experience and insights of over 2 dozen alternative energy experts. Read more