News of the year 2011

Date: 28.12.2011



Photovoltaics

Tiny Solar Cell Could Make a Big Difference

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

How small can a solar cell be and still be a powerhouse? How about six hundred microns wide ? about the diameter of a dot made by a ballpoint pen? The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently validated greater than 41 percent efficiency at a concentration of 1,000 suns for tiny cells made by Semprius ? one of the highest efficiencies recorded at this concentration. The energy conversion efficiency of a solar cell is the percentage of sunlight converted by the cell into electricity. Read more

Unlikely Coalition Joins Forces to Recommend Changes to Ontario's Feed-in Tariff Program

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Renewable energy advocates and a solar industry trade group filed a joint submission as part of the province of Ontario's scheduled two-year review of its groundbreaking feed-in tariff (FIT) program. Read more

AUO appoints Paul S.L. Peng as president

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 13:11 (Solarserver)

On December 23rd, 2011 AU Optronics Corporation (AUO, Hsinchu, Taiwan) announced that it has appointed AUO President of Display Business Operation Paul S.L. Peng as the new president of AUO, effective January 1st, 2012. Peng will also retain his current role as president of Display Business Operation. AUO has also expressed gratitude to Dr. L.J. Chen, who will step down from the position of AUO president but remain president of the company's Solar Business Operation. AUO says that Chen will focus on turning the company's solar photovoltaic (PV) business into a main growth engine for the company. Read more

Connecticut approves two 5 MW PV plants

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 13:10 (Solarserver)

On December 23rd, 2011 the U.S. state of Connecticut announced the selection of two 5 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) projects through a request for proposals process. Developers of the East Lyme Solar Park and the Somers Solar Center will be eligible to enter into 20-year power purchase agreements with the Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P, Berlin, Connecticut, U.S.) and United Illuminating Company (UI, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.). Read more

PV manufacturing: Foxconn to complete PV factory in Jiangsu Province by May 2012

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 13:02 (Solarserver)

Electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group (Taipei, Taiwan) plans to complete the first 400 MW phase of a solar photovoltaic (PV) module factory in China's Jiangsu Province in time to begin pilot production in May 2012, according to a statement by government officials in Funing County, Jiangsu Province. The manufacturing facility is one of two that the company is currently building, with the other located in Jiangxi Province, and a third project in Shanxi Province currently on hold. Analysts with Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF, New York, New York, U.S.) have warned that Foxconn plans to build PV factories of enormous scale and low costs, further driving down PV Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

Sempra Generation commissions 42 MW at Mesquite Solar 1 plant

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 13:03 (Solarserver)

On December 27th, 2011 Sempra Generation (San Diego, California, U.S.) announced that it has installed and commissioned three blocks of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules totaling 42 MW at its Mesquite Solar 1 project. Sempra began construction on the PV plant in June 2011, and expects to complete the entire 150 MW in early 2013. The company states that progress at the plant moves it closer to its goal of adding 1 GW of renewables to its power generation portfolio by 2015. Read more

Solaflect receives USD 1 million grant from NREL for novel heliostat design

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 13:00 (Solarserver)

On December 21st, 2011 Solaflect Energy Inc. (Norwich, Vermont, U.S.) announced that it has received a USD 1 million project award from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL, Golden, Colorado, U.S.) for research and development of advanced heliostats for concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. Solaflect estimates that its Suspension Heliostat design eliminates 60-65% of the steel used in traditional truss-structure heliostats. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

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Wind Energy

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Hydropower

Notre Dame researchers develop "solar paint"

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 12:59 (Solarserver)

On December 21st, 2011 the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana, U.S.) announced that a team of its researchers have produced a "solar paint" using semiconductor nanoparticles. The team's spreadable photovoltaic (PV) paste uses nanoparticles of titanium dioxide, coated with either cadmium sulfide or cadmium selenide, suspended in a water-alcohol mixture and brushed onto a transparent conducting material. Read more


Hydrogen/Fuel Cell

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Geo Thermal/Heat Pump

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Energy Policy/Climate/CO2

Only One Day Left ? Submit Your Nomination for the 2012 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards!

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 15:44 (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/awards/2012 Read more

Renewable Energy Recap: India

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 15:00 (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

Renewable Energy Recap: United States

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 15:00 (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

Renewable Energy Recap: China

Wednesday, 12.28.2011 - 15:00 (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


Solar-/Electromobil

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