Kyocera to supply modules for two Japanese plants

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 18:59 (PV-Tech)

Kyocera will supply 3MW of its multicrystalline silicon solar modules for two of Tohoku Electric Power?s upcoming developments in central Japan. Construction of the 2MW Shichigahama and 1MW Hachinohe plants will get underway this month and be completed in January 2012. Read more

PetersenDean begins world?s largest combined SmarterRoof installation

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 18:29 (PV-Tech)

Roofing and solar energy company PetersenDean has begun work on a SmarterRoof solar energy system at the United States Coast Guard Base, located in Puerto Rico. The project, which is reportedly the largest of its kind in the world, will involve the complete reroofing of all structures with SmarterRoof and solar powered systems. Read more

Centrotherm wins bid for Algerian project

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 16:51 (PV-Tech)

German PV equipment manufacturer Centrotherm has won the bidding to develop a major new solar plant in Algeria. Despite reports to contrary, Centrotherm has yet to sign a contract with the Algerian Government for the new system, which will be located 30km east of the capital city, Algiers. Read more

Q-Cells, IHK develop training programme for employees

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 13:30 (PV-Tech)

A select group of Q-Cells employees will be presented with certificates for solar cell production monitoring by the German Minister of Finance, Dr. Reiner Haseloff, today after attending a training seminar organised by IHK Bildungszentrum Halle-Dessau. Read more

PV Sector Market Forecast

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Ultimately proven to be a year of booming demand for the photovoltaic industry, 2010 also demonstrated the usual incentive anxiety, module price pressures and expectations for continued strong growth, or a sudden crashing decline, or, business as usual. It is not unusual for such a divergence of outlooks for the PV industry. Read more

Hawaiian Electric and IC Sunshine sign 20-year PPA for Oahu?s first utility-scale solar project

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 23:41 (PV-Tech)

IC Sunshine, a division of Axio Power Holdings, has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Hawaiian Electric wherein IC Sunshine will sell the utility electric power from the soon to be constructed 5MW solar farm in Campbell Industrial Park on Oahu. The PPA is awaiting final approval from the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, but sports a 20-year contract price that is fixed with slight annual increases. Read more

Southern California Edison signs PPA with First Solar for Silver State South plant

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 18:23 (PV-Tech)

Southern California Edison (SCE) has signed a power purchase agreement with First Solar for its 250MW Silver State South plant. First Solar?s ground-mounted system, which is located on 2,500 acres of public land near Primm, Nevada, will start generating electricity in 2014 and be fully operational in May 2017. Read more

Kruger, Helios Energy form large-scale solar JV

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 17:14 (PV-Tech)

Kruger Energy and Helios Energy have formed the joint venture, KH Solar Limited Partnership, designed to develop large-scale rooftop solar energy systems in North America. The new partnership will focus on developing and transferring ownership of systems to Kruger Energy, which will operate the systems pursuant to long-term leases with building owners. Read more

Spire to Attend the Solar and PV Exhibition in Turkey

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 15:28 (Renewable Energy World)

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment and turn-key manufacturing lines to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules announced today that it will exhibit at the 4th International Solar & PV Technologies Exhibition, also known as the Solar Energy & Technologies Fair, in Istanbul, Turkey from March 10 through 13, 2011. Spire's exhibit will be in Hall 10 of the Istanbul Expo Center. Read more

Yingli, Borrego Solar ink new 20MW PV module supply deal

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 13:00 (PV-Tech)

Yingli Green Energy?s Americas unit has signed a new PV module supply agreement with Borrego Solar Systems. Under the terms of the deal, 20MW of Yingli Solar crystalline-silicon modules will be provided to the San Diego-based PV systems installer in 2011. Borrego plans to use the panels for commercial projects across the U.S. Read more

Plans in place for 5MW solar park in Cornwall despite Government threats

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 12:33 (Solarpowerportal)

On the very same day that the UK Government announced it was reviewing the feed-in tariff structure due to the amount of solar parks cropping up in the country; plans for a £3 million, 37-acre project in South East Cornwall were revealed. A public meeting was held on Monday by firm Low Carbon Solar at Bethany Methodist Chapel, proposing to build a solar farm on Penewin Farm at Trerulefoot. Read more

juwi Hellas becomes major player in Greek solar industry

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 12:08 (PV-Tech)

Last year saw juwi Hellas establish itself as one of the key players in the Greek turnkey solar project sector by installing systems totalling nearly 10MW across the peninsula. Read more

Parity Solar enters the UK solar market

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 11:25 (Solarpowerportal)

Parity Solar has completed a rigorous review of its manufacturing processes, materials, procedures and products, which was carried out in China by the British Board of Agrément, in order to receive eligibility to supply high quality thin-film solar modules in the UK solar market under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme. Read more

SolarEdge Technologies Wins the Red Herring Global 100 Award 2010

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 9:41 (Renewable Energy World)

SolarEdge Technologies, an innovative provider of distributed solar power harvesting and PV monitoring solutions, today announced that it has received the Red Herring Global 100 award. The honor recognizes the leading private companies from North America, Europe, and Asia, celebrating their innovations and technologies across their respective industries. Read more

Solar-powered soup: Campbell signs PPA with BNB Napoleon Solar to build 9.8MW PV plant

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 3:09 (PV-Tech)

Campbell Soup has signed power purchase and land lease agreements with BNB Napoleon Solar to build a 9.8MW solar power generation system on 60 acres of the company?s largest plant in Napoleon, OH. Campbell will lease the land to BNB, which will own the system and be responsible for its financing, construction, operation, and maintenance. Read more

Sharp Modules to power municipal solar power project in Brea, California

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 2:28 (PV-Tech)

The City of Brea?s municipal solar power project is presently under construction at the city?s community center, civic and cultural center and reservoir city pump yard. Using over 7,854 crystalline silicon persuasion solar modules from Sharp, the project will produce 1.8MW of renewable energy. Read more

San Diego Gas & Electric, NRG Solar sign deal for utility to buy power from 26MW PV power plant

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 2:24 (PV-Tech)

San Diego Gas & Electric has entered into a 25-year contract with NRG Solar to buy 26MW of solar energy from a proposed facility in San Diego County, CA. The new project, said to be the largest solar PV site that the utility has signed for within its service area,  will be located in Borrego Springs. Read more

Sunvalley Solar, Tianwei SolarFilms sign MOU to establish U.S. strategic partnership

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 2:12 (PV-Tech)

During a recent visit from Tianwei SolarFilms? Lan Tao, vice president, and Mickey Liu, director of sales and marketing, to Sunvalley Solar, the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the formation of a strategic partnership in the U.S. that would augment the existing partnership the companies currently share. Furthermore, the Tianwei and Sunvalley discussed short and long-term future plans, which include a possible U.S.-based manufacturing of solar package solutions and a green house plan for farmers. Read more

Students around the globe protest DOI?s decision to move Solar Decathlon 2011 from National Mall

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 1:44 (PV-Tech)

Every two years, student teams from universities around the world gather at the National Mall in Washington D.C. to design, build and operate solar powered houses that not only compete for awards, but educate the public on the properties of a solar powered house through the Solar Decathlon. However, this year the Department of the Interior (DOI) has made a major change to the U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) competition by deciding to relocate the decathlon to an alternate site. Read more

Arizona Solar Power Society Seeks to Build $825 Million Portfolio of Solar Finance, Solar Lease and SREC Incentive Programs to Fund Residential and Commercial Solar Installations

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 0:34 (Renewable Energy World)

The demand from residential and commercial customers in Arizona to install solar power photovoltaic (PV) arrays is unsurpassed in the United States. Every electric utility in Arizona has extremely long lines of customers seeking solar rebate reservations. In fact, more than fifty percent of the money from several solar rebate budgets for 2011 has already been reserved. And the fear of missing out completely on solar rebates has prompted even more customers to seek out solar installations. Read more

DOE Taps Oil and Gas Expertise for Low-temp Geothermal Development

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 15:52 (Renewable Energy World)

Federal researchers hope to bridge the gap between fossil fuels and renewable energy by tapping into vast amounts of low-temperature geothermal resources in America's oil and gas wells. Read more

La Niña Significantly Influences Wind Speeds in Q4 2010

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 23:13 (Renewable Energy World)

3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy information services, today released a wind performance map for the fourth quarter of 2010. The map illustrates that wind speeds were above their seasonal average for large areas across the US. This increase is largely due to the La Niña phenomena, and closely matches the wind anomaly forecast 3TIER released in early October. Read more

How to Get a (Hopefully Clean) Energy Job

Wednesday, 2.9.2011 - 19:27 (Renewable Energy World)

Want to break into the clean energy industry? Become an engineer and work for a utility. Read more