Daniel?s Electric installs 88kW BIPV system at Californian high school

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 17:08 (PV-Tech)

Daniel?s Electric has fitted a Californian high school with an 88kW building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system. The 220 Lumeta PowerPly modules were installed over three days on the 35,000-square-foot roof of a recently-build classroom at Banning High School. Read more

DHL, Lumeta, Daniel?s Electric join forces on 88kW BIPV high school project

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 17:08 (PV-Tech)

Logistics giant DHL has joined forces with Lumeta and Daniel?s Electric to fit a new 88kW building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system on a Californian high school. The 220 Lumeta PowerPly modules were installed over three days on the 35,000-square-foot roof of a recently-built classroom at Banning High School. Read more

Cupertino Electric starts work on 2MW California system

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 13:14 (PV-Tech)

Lodi Unified School District and Cupertino Electric?s alternative energy division have begun building a 2MW PV system in Lodi, California. Cupertino Electric has designed the system, which is comprised of four smaller systems mounted on car park canopies across the district. Read more

Who?s installing renewables where you live?

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 13:01 (Solarpowerportal)

Environmental consultancy AEA has launched a new online map and league table which records the take up of microgeneration technology across the UK. The AEA Microgeneration Index shows the speed of small scale renewable installations in each council area. Read more

Hanwha SolarOne misses quarterly guidance, but doubles revenues for year

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 23:26 (PV-Tech)

Hanwha SolarOne released its unaudited financial results for both the fourth quarter 2010 and its full year 2010. While fourth quarter revenue was down 3.3% from 2010?s third quarter, revenue for the full year showed a total of US$1.14 billion (RMB7,527 million), representing over a 99% increase from 2009?s full year revenues that came in at US$574.7 million (RMB3,778.3 million). In its outlook for the 2011 full year, Hanwha anticipates its module shipments to reach between 1GW and 1.2GW with up to 25% of those shipments representing PV module processing services. Read more

Made in the USA: First Solar selects Mesa, AZ, as site for second domestic PV manufacturing facility

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 19:20 (PV-Tech)

First Solar has selected the location of its second manufacturing center in the United States, and it?s a short drive from the company?s Tempe, AZ, headquarters. A 135-acre site in Mesa that once hosted a General Motors vehicle testing facility will see the creation of a cadmium-telluride thin-film PV module factory, a $300 million capital investment which will feature four production lines and be suitable for future expansion. Read more

Foresight pledges £50m investment in Our Generation solar program

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 16:31 (Solarpowerportal)

Foresight has announced its intention to finance the completed solar photovoltaic roof installations developed by Our Generation – the energy services company set up in conjunction with Mark Group in 2009. Foresight, which has agreed on a £50M program spread over the next 12 months, will fund the investment from Foresight Solar VCT, which has already raised £20 million from individuals, and from the Foresight Solar EIS, its fourth dedicated solar fund which launched this month. Read more

St. Modwen 5MW solar park gets the green light

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 16:18 (Solarpowerportal)

St. Modwen, the UK-based regeneration specialist, has been granted permission to build a 5MW array of solar panels at an old BP Chemicals works site in Port Talbot. The project, which is expected to cost £15 million, will generate enough clean electricity to power around 1,500 homes a year. Read more

Eaga secures financing for £300 million U.K. solar project

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 16:09 (PV-Tech)

Eaga has signed a £300-million equity and debt financing agreement to help it install solar panels on more than 30,000 homes across the U.K., reports Solar Power Portal. Read more

Eaga will provide 30,000 UK homes with solar power

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 13:32 (Solarpowerportal)

Newcastle-based heating and renewable energy provider Eaga has signed a £300 million equity and debt financing documentation for its ‘Solar Project,’ which involves the installation of solar panels on more than 30,000 UK homes. Eaga, which is soon to be taken over by giant support services company Carillion for £306.5m, says its soon-to-be owner is “highly supportive” of the deal. Read more

UK universities join forces on Solar Soldier mission

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 11:54 (Solarpowerportal)

Six UK universities are currently combining forces to develop a portable battery pack for British soldiers that will be powered by solar energy. By replacing the currently-used device the forces’ power packs can be made up to 50% lighter. Read more

SunEdison, SPG Solar finish 2MW Orange County schools project

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 11:48 (PV-Tech)

Irvine Unified School District (IUSD), SPG Solar and SunEdison have finished work on a 2MW PV project spread across 15 Orange County schools. The system will generate between 25 and 60% of the electricity requirements for each school. Read more

Distributed Sun presents TruSolar platform that analyzes project performance and risk assurance

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 1:12 (PV-Tech)

Distributed Sun took the opportunity at Greentech Media?s Solar Summit this week to launch its new financial tool: TruSolar, an underwriting platform that claims to test and pinpoint higher yield, but lower risk solar investment prospects. Aimed at adjusting solar finance risk one project at a time, the TruSolar process is said to be able to diminish a solar projects failure before, during and after construction while also escalating the success of a company?s solar portfolio. Read more

Spanish Wind Power Manufacturer Expanding into India

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 17:39 (Renewable Energy World)

Gamesa is looking beyond Europe to India as the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer seeks to offset weak business in Europe and the United States. Read more

NAES CORPORATION CONDUCTS OPERATIONS OF THE CPV KEENAN II WIND FACILITY

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 15:28 (Renewable Energy World)

NAES Corporation (NAES), a broad-based provider of services to the energy industry, announces that it has entered the operations phase of the 152 MW CPV Keenan II Wind Facility near Woodward, Oklahoma. NAES assumed operations of the facility in late 2010 with the acceptance of the first set of wind turbines at the site. Read more

Seeking Wind Power Innovation: Europe's Largest Wind Turbine Test Facility Now Open

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 5:28 (Renewable Energy World)

Early last month, an innovative new wind turbine prototype testing and certification site, the largest of its kind anywhere in Europe, opened its doors for business. Read more

NAES Corporation Conducts Operations Of The CPV Keenan II Wind Facility

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

NAES Corporation (NAES), a broad-based provider of services to the energy industry, announces that it has entered the operations phase of the 152 MW CPV Keenan II Wind Facility near Woodward, Oklahoma. NAES assumed operations of the facility in late 2010 with the acceptance of the first set of wind turbines at the site. Read more

We must not ?rush to judgment? on nuclear power

Thursday, 3.17.2011 - 16:44 (Solarpowerportal)

In response to the UK Chief Nuclear Inspector’s recently commissioned report into the implications of events at Japanese nuclear reactors on existing and new plants in the UK, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne says we must not “rush to judgment”. Read more