News of the year 2011

Date: 22.03.2011



Standard Solar's Jack Copus One of First in the Country to Achieve National Photovoltaic Technical Sales Certification

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 17:46 (Renewable Energy World)

Standard Solar, Inc, a leader in the full-service development, installation and financing of solar electric systems for commercial, government and residential customers, today announced that Jack Copus, commercial channel manager, is one of the first in the country to earn the new Photovoltaic (PV) Technical Sales certification through the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP). NABCEP's new certification has been developed to ensure quality assurance throughout the entire sales process. This accomplishment affirms Standard Solar's commitment to staying at the forefront of its industry and achieving measurable advantages for its customers. Read more

Q-Cells appoints Franz Vollmann as new managing director

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 17:07 (PV-Tech)

Q-Cells has appointed Franz Vollmann as its new managing director. Vollmann succeeds Q-Cells Malaysia founder Bernhard Rack and will be responsible for managing the operation and future growth of the company?s production facilities. He starts his new role on April 1. Read more

Q-Cells Malaysia appoints Franz Vollmann as new managing director

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 17:07 (PV-Tech)

Q-Cells Malaysia has appointed Franz Vollmann as its new managing director. Vollmann succeeds Q-Cells Malaysia founder Bernhard Rack and will be responsible for managing the operation and future growth of the company?s production facilities. He starts his new role on April 1. Read more

Small Wind: Market Update

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 5:22 (Renewable Energy World)

Small wind energy systems are experiencing significant growth as the technology finally appears to be coming of age. What can big wind's little brother conjure up to advance the role of renewable energy in today's generation mix? Read more


Skyline Solar?s new LCPV system to be installed at 500kW power plant in Mexico

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 22:51 (PV-Tech)

In conjunction with debuting its new Skyline X14 system, Skyline Solar announced that the system would be used in a 500kW concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) project in Durango, Mexico. DelSol Systems, who will lead the construction on the solar installation, asserts that this will be the largest CPV plant in Latin America to date. Read more

First Solar breaks ground on its thin-film PV module manufacturing plant in Vietnam

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 22:34 (PV-Tech)

Just fifteen miles outside of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam?s Dong Nam Industrial Park, First Solar has begun construction on its four-line PV module manufacturing plant. The ground breaking of First Solar?s US$300 million Vietnamese plant comes one week after the company announced its plans for a second U.S. manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona. Commercial production at the Vietnam site is slated to begin during the second half of 2012. Read more

PV producer Ascent Solar signs distributor agreement with German Sunload Mobile Solutions GmbH

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 20:54 (Solarserver)

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (Thornton, Colo.), a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that Sunload Mobile Solutions (Berlin, Germany) will act as an Authorized Distributor of Ascent Solar's lightweight, flexible, high-power thin-film CIGS photovoltaic (PV) modules for Electronic Integrated (EIPV) applications in Europe. Read more

Phoenix Solar, LHI Leasing to build 1.7MW French solar park

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 18:27 (PV-Tech)

Phoenix Solar has signed an agreement with LHI Leasing to build a 1.7MW turnkey solar project in France. When completed, the 4.4-hectare La Rouchouse Solar Park will generate 2 million kWh of electricity annually, making it the largest development in the Haute-Loire department. Read more

German solar industry installs 7.25GW in 2010

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 15:47 (PV-Tech)

Installed solar capacity in Germany in 2010 came in more then 2GW under the figure predicted by the country?s grid operators, despite experiencing close to 100% year-on-year growth. The disappointing numbers are a consequence of the two feed-in tariff cuts implemented by the government during the past 12 months. Read more

Ikaros Solar UK brings solar to the business sector

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 13:28 (Solarpowerportal)

Ikaros Solar has set up a UK subsidiary in Technium Springboard in Cwmbran, Wales. Backed by the Welsh Assembly Government through a £500,000 grant from the Single Investment Fund (SIF) over the next three years, Ikaros Solar UK will focus on providing consultancy and solar PV installations for the commercial and business sectors. Read more

Sunengy to build pilot Liquid Solar Array plant in India

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 13:15 (PV-Tech)

Water is not a surface that immediately springs to mind when contemplating where to install a solar array, however, this may not be the case for much longer thanks to Sunengy?s ground-breaking Liquid Solar Array (LSA) technology. Sunengy hopes to build a pilot LSA plant in India before the end of the year and has enlisted the help of India?s largest integrated private power utility, Tata Power, to help realise this goal. Read more

ACT Government advised to further review FiT rates

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 12:45 (PV-Tech)

According to the latest report by the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) the feed-in tariff rates in Australia?s Capital Territory (ACT) need to be reduced. The report proposes that the premium cash rate paid to generators of renewable energy - including those with home solar energy systems - should drop from 45.7c a kilowatt hour to 39c a kilowatt hour. Any changes made will only affect new market entrants who install after July 1, 2011. Read more

Will solar development survive in North Africa and Middle East?

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 12:08 (Renewable Energy World)

In recent weeks the world has seen a dramatic change in the political structure in North Africa and Middle East. With all eyes of the world on the region the question remains what does the future economy hold and what does this mean for investment and the development of solar projects. Read more

Skyline Doubles Solar Concentration with New CPV Design

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 5:30 (Renewable Energy World)

Two years after installing a pilot system to test its concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology, Skyline Solar is rolling out its next-generation design, bumping up the concentration factor and, interestingly, relying on glass mirrors rather than the metal reflectors it used for its initial offering. Read more

Largest CPV Plant in Latin America to Feature New Skyline Solar X14 System

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 3:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Skyline Solar today introduced the Skyline X14 System and announced that it has been selected for a 500-kilowatt (kW) concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) plant to be built in Durango, Mexico. DelSol Systems, one of Mexico's leading solar integrators, will construct the project, which will be the largest CPV plant in Latin America. Read more


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Consolidation Among China's Wind Power Manufacturers Likely

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 16:40 (Renewable Energy World)

This month the Chinese government formally released a new set of rules and restrictions for wind power equipment manufacturers relating to energy, land, in-house capital and technologies. The standards had been under review for a year. Read more


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EREC 2011 Policy Conference - Register Now and Save 200?

Tuesday, 3.22.2011 - 2:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Register now for EREC 2011, the fourth edition of Europe's leading Renewable Energy Policy Conference. The biennial conference organised by EREC (European Renewable Energy Council) has grown ever since its first edition in 2004 and has become Europe´s major occasion for exchange and interaction between industry, research and policy. Read more


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