NABCEP Revises Eligibility Criteria for Small Wind Installer

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 20:28 (Renewable Energy World)

The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is pleased to release revised eligibility criteria for their Small Wind Installer Certification. The revised criteria will become effective immediately. Candidates wishing to apply for the September 2011 administration of the Small Wind Installer Certification Exam will use the revised criteria, which allows for a wider range of wind practitioners to take the exam and achieve the certification. Read more

In 2011: Diversification in PV Tech, Equipment Sophistication, CPV Gains

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 19:33 (Renewable Energy World)

Photovoltaics World asked industry executives and technology experts to comment on the trends and market forces they see driving photovoltaics technology in 2011. The experts see both a diversification in PV technologies and a growing need for sophistication in manufacturing equipment. Read more

Corning touts R&D efforts to bring photovoltaics glass to market

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 17:56 (PV-Tech)

The PV industry may use glass as a key component within rigid modules but for many glass manufacturers, the PV industry is one of its smallest market sectors. With demand dominated by the construction and automotive industries, respectively PV is just a speck on the TAM (total available market) charts for most glass manufacturers to bother with. Read more

Energy Law Alert: Ninth Circuit Decision Further Dismantles an Already Weakened Federal Transmission Siting Authority

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 15:55 (Renewable Energy World)

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Italian minister fears feed-in tariff fraud

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 12:47 (PV-Tech)

A sudden rise in the number of solar power installations in Italy is being investigated by the government over fears of feed-in tariff (FiT) fraud, according to Industry Minister Paolo Romani. Read more

Thin film myth-busting with Inventux

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 12:30 (Renewable Energy World)

Increasing competitiveness is a top priority for the thin film industry this year, as the raw material price advantage it had been enjoying over its crystalline silicon rivals now significantly reduced. While raising module efficiencies and lowering production costs are the obvious responses to this challenge, another key battle is to win over the sceptics of the technology. Read more

Can Evergreen Solar Be Our Sputnik Moment?

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 19:01 (Renewable Energy World)

Each year, when writing the CE Views column immediately after the annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit (co-produced by International Business Forum and Clean Edge), I've been struck by how it always seems to coincide with a major event with deep implications for the clean-tech industry. Usually this has come on the political stage: President Obama's inauguration, the balance-tipping election of Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown, or even former President George W. Bush's State of the Union assertion that we are "addicted to oil." Read more

Plans revealed for UK?s first solar powered theme park

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 16:35 (Solarpowerportal)

Low Carbon Solar has revealed plans to be the first to power theme park rides using solar power. The renewable energy company plans to install 1MW of PV at the 100-acre Crealy Great Adventure Park in Devon, UK. Read more

SEMA announces seminar on Chinese PV manufacturing industry

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 15:20 (PV-Tech)

The Solar Engineering and Manufacturing Association (SEMA) has announced it will host a seminar this spring addressing the impact of the Chinese manufacturing model on the global solar industry. Read more

Emcore sales declining: solar space project delayed

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 14:12 (PV-Tech)

After a period of strong orders for CPV systems used for commercial satellite projects, Emcore reported a decline in its backlog and guided a further reduction in sales as new orders were impacted by a delay with an unidentified satellite order. Read more

Martifer Solar installs 2.88MW rooftop system in Czech Republic

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 11:02 (PV-Tech)

Martifer Solar has installed a 2.88MW rooftop facility in the Czech Republic?s capital city, Prague. The 67,816-square-metre array covers six separate buildings in an out-of-city industrial park and is operated by a third-party. Read more

Solar Universe Makes Solar More Affordable With BriteLease?

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Solar Universe announces the availability of BriteLease?, a residential solar lease program backed by Suntech, the world's largest solar panel manufacturer. This lease offering makes solar accessible to homeowners with a small up-front deposit and low monthly lease payments. The solar lease payment in combination with a new lower electricity bill will result in lower monthly electric costs for most homeowners. And, the savings are immediate, giving homeowners the opportunity to use their money on other things or just save it. Read more

SunPower to install, Key Equipment to finance 5.3MW solar installation at Princeton University

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 3:38 (PV-Tech)

Princeton University will soon be home to a 5.3MW solar system thanks to a partnership between Princeton, SunPower and Key Equipment Finance. Construction is currently pending on approvals from local and state authorities, but has the potential to begin this summer with completion in summer 2012. The solar installation will be built on 27 acres of land that Princeton owns in West Windsor Township. Read more

HelioPower begins construction on 516kW solar system for Giumarra Vineyards

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 2:37 (PV-Tech)

HelioPower has started construction of its 516kW (DC) solar power system at the Giumarra Vineyards production and cold storage facility in Bakersfield, California. The system will use over 2,296 PV modules to produce 1GWh of electricity per year. Read more

Mac Irvin announced as new CFO for Sungevity

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 2:09 (PV-Tech)

Sungevity has appointed Mac Irvin as the company?s new chief financial officer. With over 20 years of experience in equity investments, fundraising, leasing and other structured transactions for domestic and international markets, Irvin will be leading Sungevity in its corporate finance and accounting activities as well as acquiring project financing for their solar leasing product. Read more

Post-Warranty Wind Energy O&M: In-house, third-party, or OEM?

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 16:35 (Renewable Energy World)

Despite a hindered growth of wind installations in 2010, the industry expects to add 100,000 more turbines over the next two decades. What's more is that in roughly 5 years the expected growth in operation and maintenance (O&M) business is set to be a $10.6 billion. Read more

Evan Smith is Featured Speaker at TREIA Policy Luncheon

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 20:12 (Renewable Energy World)

Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association celebrates Texas Energy Independence Week in February with events in Austin. One of those events is the Policy Luncheon with keynote speaker Evan Smith, CEO at the Texas Tribune. Read more

Spain's Iberdrola To Invest ?365m into Mexican Wind

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 18:06 (Renewable Energy World)

Spanish energy company Iberdrola is to invest ?365m to grow in Mexico's booming wind-power market at a time when other international firms are also rushing to muscle in Latin America's second-largest economy. Read more

Will California's Best Management Practices and Guidance Manual help streamline renewable energy permitting in the California deserts?

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 16:27 (Renewable Energy World)

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Bill Holmes Selected to Law360's 2011 Energy Editorial Advisory Board

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 16:22 (Renewable Energy World)

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Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy Endorses Michael Ciftci for Tampa City Council, District 3

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 16:03 (Renewable Energy World)

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NAES Corporation Welcomes Two New Vice Presidents

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

NAES Corporation, a broad-based provider of services to the energy industry, announces the addition of two vice presidents to the NAES Engineering & Construction Group. Butch Kimbrell has joined NAES as Vice President of Construction, and Bob DeNeve has joined NAES as Vice President of Business Development. Read more

India's Renewable Future: Challenges and Prospects

Friday, 2.4.2011 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

India is perceived as a developing country, but it is developing at a pace that is not matched by many others. We have experienced significant economic growth. Yet the fact remains that our growth is constrained by energy supply and availability. Although we have seen an impressive increase in installed capacity addition, from barely about 1,350 MW at the time of independence (1947) to about 160,000 MW today, over 90,000 MW of new generation capacity is required in the next seven years. A corresponding investment is required in transmission and distribution. Read more