Power-One begins shipping central inverters from China facility

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 18:21 (PV-Tech)

Power-One has begun shipping central inverters from its Chinese manufacturing and design facility in Shenzhen. By the end of 2011, the site will have an annual manufacturing capacity of 1GW. Read more

Krannich Seminar on Kaco and Tigo products

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 17:03 (Renewable Energy World)

Krannich Solar is proud to announce its first product training featuring KACO & Tigo on March 31st 2011, which will be held at Krannich´s branch in Mount Laurel, NJ. This is a great opportunity to get first-hand information about Kaco - one of the largest global manufacturers of solar PV inverters and Tigo - the leader in module maximization. Read more

KACO to give away blueplanet 02xi residential inverter at the PV America show in Philadelphia , April 3-5th, booth #1041

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 15:32 (Renewable Energy World)

KACO new energy, one of the world's largest inverter manufacturers - with nearly 3 GW of PV inverters in the field to date ? will give away one of the first US made blueplanet 02xi inverters at the PV America trade show. Read more

KYOCERA Supplies Solar Modules for United States Marine Corps' Largest PV Installation

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 15:18 (Renewable Energy World)

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ? March 14, 2011 ? Kyocera Solar, Inc. and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest today announced the completion of a 1.4 megawatt (MW) solar electric system on the United States Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, just north of San Diego, Calif. NAVFAC Southwest celebrated the completion of the project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, held on February 3. Read more

Krannich Seminar on KACO and Tigo products

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 15:03 (Renewable Energy World)

Krannich Solar is proud to announce its first product training featuring KACO & Tigo on March 31st 2011, which will be held at Krannich´s branch in Mount Laurel, NJ. This is a great opportunity to get first-hand information about KACO- one of the largest global manufacturers of solar PV inverters and Tigo - the leader in module maximization. Read more

KRANNICH Seminar on KACO and Tigo products

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 14:03 (Renewable Energy World)

KRANNICH Solar is proud to announce its first product training featuring KACO & Tigo on March 31st 2011, which will be held at Krannich´s branch in Mount Laurel, NJ. This is a great opportunity to get first-hand information about KACO- one of the largest global manufacturers of solar PV inverters and Tigo - the leader in module maximization. Read more

GET signs supply deals with Motech Industries and Taiwan Polysilicon Corp

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 13:55 (PV-Tech)

Taiwan-based Green Energy Technology (GET) has formed a supply partnership with local firms, Motech Industries and Taiwan Polysilicon Corp. A statement from GET, issued to the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) said that a joint venture (JV) would be established between the companies a multi-crystalline wafer company vertically integrating with polysilicon, solar wafer and solar cell manufacturing. Read more

Mitsubishi Electric, Kyocera donate ¥600 million to help Sendai earthquake victims

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 13:38 (PV-Tech)

Two of Japan?s leading solar companies are to donate ¥600 million to the relief fund for the Sendai earthquake. Mitsubishi Electric and Kyocera will give ¥500 million and ¥100 million respectively to help victims and the rebuilding process. Read more

SolarBridge?s Pantheon microinverter attains UL certification

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 23:07 (PV-Tech)

SolarBridge Technologies has revealed that its Pantheon microinverter has passed all necessary tests and has been granted the safety standard for PV inverters: UL 1741 certification by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). The company claims that this is the first integrated microinverter that comes with a 25-year warranty to receive such certification. Read more

DelSolar posts 170% revenue growth for 2010 financial year

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 22:49 (PV-Tech)

DelSolar has released its approved audited 2010 financial results, showing considerable growth in its revenue from 2009. The company?s total revenue for 2010 was US$397 million, a 168.3% growth over 2009?s revenue. Also seeing an increase from 2009 figures was DelSolar?s net income, which was finalized at US$15 million. Read more

Order Focus: Mage Solar purchases 50MW automated PV module line form Spire

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 19:49 (PV-Tech)

Spire Corporation has received a major new order from Mage Solar, which will include a 50MW automated module line that will be established in Dublin, Georgia, USA Read more

Solaristech signs Italian sales and manufacturing contract with Titan Tracker

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 16:37 (PV-Tech)

Solaristech has signed a strategic contract to manufacture and sell Titan Tracker?s dual-axis PV trackers throughout Italy. Read more

Why not think about operational plant optimization before financial closure?

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 14:52 (Renewable Energy World)

Many Indian project developers are very busy these days carrying out site assessments, solar resource analysis, negotiating with EPC/EPCM contractors and with financial institutes. Therefore, it is quite normal that at this point in time nobody really thinks a lot about operational optimization of CSP plants that will start operation in two years from now. Read more

Spire Corporation to Provide MAGE SOLAR with a 50MW PV Module Assembly Line

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 14:45 (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 it will provide the Ravensburg (Germany) company, MAGE SOLAR (MAGE) with a PV module assembly line to be established in Dublin, Georgia. This automated line will assemble laminates into completed modules at the rate of 50MW per year. Read more

Fast-track FiT review expected to begin this week

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 11:37 (Solarpowerportal)

After weeks of yet more uncertainty the fast-track consultation on feed-in tariffs is expected to begin tomorrow. The review, which will more or less determine the future of the UK’s solar industry, has been met with mixed feelings since its disclosure on February 7th. Read more

Leadership Roundtable: Getting from Here to There

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 3:27 (Renewable Energy World)

In 2010, the clean energy and carbon markets saw $243 billion in investment -- a 30 percent increase over 2009. Lead by stunning growth in the Chinese market and a substantial increase in solar PV investments, it appears the industry is starting to shake off the hangover caused by the 2008 financial crisis and resulting global economic slump. Read more

The Only Biogas Specific Waste-to-Energy Conference in the US with more than 10 Utilities and Developers

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 14:52 (Renewable Energy World)

Join us in Chicago this June as we leverage the huge potential of landfill gas in the East coast and growing farm/co-digestion AD projects in the neighboring states. This key event will bring together leaders of the US biogas industry to examine how to develop commercially successful biogas projects and address the latest technological advances in production. For more information visit our website at www.greenpowerconferences.com/biogasUSAEast Read more

The Brew Barons: Masters of Advanced Fermentation, Driving the Redefinition of Biofuels: Pt 1

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 5:24 (Renewable Energy World)

The Regents of the University of Washington generally only admit under conditions of duress ? waterboarding is typically employed ? that I graduated from their institution. At issue? What they felt was an inappropriate level of focus on beer and other fermentation products as a subject of personal discovery disguised as undergraduate research. Read more

Regulatory shifts in offshore wind health and safety threaten to impact on future farshore projects

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 11:20 (Renewable Energy World)

Despite a record level of growth in offshore wind developments, concerns are increasing within the industry over the health and safety practises that will be followed in farshore, deepwater wind projects in 2011 and beyond. Read more

Energy supply the near-term problem for Japanese PV supply chain

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 20:00 (PV-Tech)

The initial reports from a key number of PV manufacturers and suppliers highlighted that little damage to manufacturing operations occurred as a result of the massive earthquake last Friday. However, concern is now focused on the shortage of electricity that affects approximately 45 million people in Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) service area covering Tokyo, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Yamanashi prefectures. Read more

Daniel Foley appointed CEO at Acciona Energy

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 19:07 (PV-Tech)

Acciona Energy has promoted Daniel Foley to CEO of its Energy North America division. Foley will be charged with using his experience in power marketing and the energy industry to consolidate the company?s market position in both wind and solar sectors. Read more

AWS Truepower Announces Expanded Global Presence

Monday, 3.14.2011 - 13:53 (Renewable Energy World)

AWS Truepower today announced the official merger with its joint venture partner Meteosim Truewind, SL reflecting its commitment to increasing its global network of renewable energy consulting professionals and growing the market opportunities for its suite of consulting and information services. Read more