aleo solar reports solid 2010 year with ?553 million revenue and double solar module production

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 23:08 (PV-Tech)

aleo solar has released its 2010 annual report demonstrating a strong year for the company, which posted revenue of ?553.5 million, a 47.2% increase over 2009?s ?376.1 million revenue. Additionally, as all of the company?s plants were operating at full capacity, aleo solar nearly doubled its solar module production from 139MW to 267MW leading the company to hypothesize that it will fulfill its projected production capacity growth of 250MW to 390MW by the end of this year. Read more

Review recommends 14.7% in Australian Capital Territory's feed-in tariff rates for small scale PV

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 21:29 (Solarserver)

ACT Minister for Energy Simon Corbell will make a final decision on the rates in April 2011, which will take effect beginning July 1, 2011. Read more

Satcon selected by Solar Cells Hellas for 20.5 megawatts of PV inverter solutions for multiple solar PV installations in Greece

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 13:34 (Solarserver)

Satcon Technology Corporation (Boston), a leading provider of utility-scale power conversion solutions for the renewable energy market, on March 23rd, 2011 announced that it has been selected by Solar Cells Hellas for the installation of 20.5 megawatts (MW) of ground-mounted PV inverter solutions for projects that will be constructed in various locations throughout Southern Greece. Read more

BELECTRIC tops global PV system integrator rankings: German suppliers continue to dominate the market

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 13:19 (Solarserver)

Germany?s BELECTRIC (Kolizheim) developed more than 300MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in 2010, propelling it to the top of IMS Research?s 2010 Global PV System Integrator Rankings. The company (formerly known as Beck Energy) narrowly edged out to also Germany-based juwi group (Wörrstadt), and ranked five places ahead of 2009 leader Q-Cells International, which due to IMS Research saw close to zero MW growth last year. Read more

Frost and Sullivan project European BIPV market to reach EUR 2.70 billion in 2016

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 13:09 (Solarserver)

On March 22nd, 2011, Frost & Sullivan (San Antonio, Texas, U.S.) announced a report which projects that the European market for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will grow 108% to reach EUR 2.70 billion (USD 3.81 billion) in 2016. "Opportunities in the European BIPV Market" credits distinctive tariffs and increasing awareness of the benefits of BIPV as the main drivers of demand for the technology, but also states that more suitable and standardized products are required to fulfill potential growth. Read more

ClearSky Advisors: Ontario PV market to reach 455MW in 2011

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 13:00 (Solarserver)

ClearSky Advisors (Toronto, Canada) has released a report which predicts that the Ontario solar photovoltaic (PV) market will grow almost 270% in 2011 to reach 455MW and become the largest regional market in North America. This projection is a downgrade of more than 200MW from a September 2010 forecast, as the company states that a lack of clarity in a government approval process has forced developers of utility scale projects to delay construction. Read more

Order Focus: Satcon wins 20.5MW PV inverter supply deal for Solar Cells Hellas projects in Greece

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 0:23 (PV-Tech)

Solar Cells Hellas has struck a deal with Satcon Technology where Satcon will supply 20.5MW of its ground-mounted PV inverters to complement Solar Cell?s crystalline PV modules on various solar projects in Southern Greece. SDL Solar, one of Satcon?s authorized distributers, will assist in providing 10 units of the Satcon?s PowerGate Plus 500kW inverters and 31 units of its Equinox 500kW inverters. Read more

Michigan utility DTE issues request for proposal to find qualified suppliers for solar power project

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 22:15 (PV-Tech)

In its attempt to reach Michigan?s Renewable Portfolio Standard, which encourages 10% of a utility?s retail electric sales to come from renewable sources by 2015, DTE Energy has launched a request for proposal (RFP) in which qualified solar PV panel suppliers are being sought in order to supply solar panels and logistics for various DTE solar projects through 2014. Read more

Briefing to Preview Rise of Solar Water Heating for Commercial Applications

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 21:53 (Renewable Energy World)

AltaTerra online briefing to preview sample findings from new report on the rise of the U.S. commercial and institutional solar water heating market on Wednesday, March 30 at 11:00 am PDT. Read more

New report focuses on the economic benefits of commercial and residential solar projects in Nevada

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 21:40 (PV-Tech)

As Nevada lawmakers are in the midst of considering the Solar Jobs Now proposal, which advocates increasing the amount of solar energy produced in Nevada to reach 400MW by 2020, a report compiled by Vote Solar and Clean Energy Project NV has focused attention on the economic benefits that solar projects on homes and business would bring to the state. Read more

Spire to deliver 20MW solar PV module production line to Brazil

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 21:14 (Solarserver)

Spire Corporation (Bedford, Mass.), a global solar company providing capital equipment and turn-key manufacturing lines to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules on March 23rd, 2011 announced it is providing a 20 megawatt (MW) solar PV module production line to Tecnometal Equipamentos (Tecnometal) of San Paulo, Brazil. Read more

Greek PV market: Less than 150MW installed in 2010; German aleo solar AG among the market leaders

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 21:09 (Solarserver)

Aleo solar (Oldenburg/Prenzlau) announced that it retained its strong position and tripled the number of modules delivered in the Greek market in 2010. The German manufacturer intends to achieve the same growth rate in Greece in the current year as well. Delivery of a total of 20 megawatts has already been assured through framework agreements. According to the Greek industry association, Helapco, just less than 150 megawatts of photovoltaic output were added to the grid in 2010. Read more

SolarWorld to expand module production to 1.4GW in 2011

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 18:14 (PV-Tech)

Integrated PV module manufacturer, SolarWorld is to expand module production to 1.4GW in 2011, up from 940MW reached in 2010. SolarWorld is targeting module shipments to increase more than 30% this year with emphasis on overseas business. Wafer production is planed to increase to 1,250MW, cell production to 800MW and module production to 1,400MW. Read more

China Sunergy reports profit for Q4?10, 2011 guidance is above consensus

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 17:30 (PV-Tech)

China Sunergy has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2010. The company?s results reflect the shift in focus to in-house module manufacturing that occurred in November 2010 following the acquisitions of CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology and CEEG (Nanjing) New Energy. Read more

Order Focus: JinkoSolar signs 6MW module deal with Lumos for U.S. market

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 16:34 (PV-Tech)

JinkoSolar has signed a one-year supply PV module agreement with Lumos Solar, a U.S.-based solar design, development, and distribution company. Terms of the deal call for the vertically integrated Chinese manufacturer to produce 6MW of frameless LSX modules as well as traditional Lumos-framed modules under a cobranded label ?Lumos powered by Jinko? to be shipped in the second quarter of 2011. Read more

OPEL Solar, Inc. Enhances Solar Project for Aquarion Water Company

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 15:53 (Renewable Energy World)

OPEL Solar International Inc. (TSX VENTURE:OPL) ("OPEL" or "the Company"), a leading global developer and supplier of ground-based and rooftop photovoltaic tracker systems, and high concentration photovoltaic ("HCPV") solar panels, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to install a tracker-based solar system at the Aquarion Water Company's ("Aquarion") D.W. Loiselle Water Treatment Plant at Trap Falls Reservoir in Shelton, Connecticut. This Aquarion solar facility advances OPEL's and Aquarion's commitment to environmental stewardship. The project will showcase OPEL Solar's superior solar tracker products. This solar facility will use both the TF-800 Read more

Wirsol Solar helps Corby Council to become UK?s first ?Solar City?

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 15:27 (Solarpowerportal)

Corby Borough Council has today revealed that it has chosen Wirsol Solar UK as its chosen installer for one of the largest commercial council solar projects in the country. Wirsol Solar will install solar arrays on as many council owned properties as practicalities permit, demonstrating Corby’s commitment to becoming the UK’s first ‘solar city’. Read more

First Solar breaks ground on 250MW PV module production plant in Vietnam

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 13:24 (Solarserver)

On March 22nd, 2011 First Solar Inc. (Tempe, Arizona, U.S.) announced that it has broken ground on a solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing facility in Vietnam with an annual output of more than 250MW. The USD 300 million facility, in the Dong Nam Industrial Park near Ho Chi Minh City, is scheduled to begin commercial production in the second half of 2012. Read more

Order Focus: 3U Solar seizes 25MW module supply agreement with Canadian Solar

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 1:46 (PV-Tech)

3U Solar Systemhandel has entered into a framework contract where it will acquire 25MW of Canadian Solar PV modules. The contract is valued at ?30 million for 2011 with its parent company, 3U Holding guaranteeing the financing of the agreement. Additionally, 3U Solar signed a second supply contract with an unidentified trading and project company based in Berlin, Germany. The second contract holds a ?18.5 million value. Read more

Order Focus: Abound Solar closes sales deal with Solarsis, enters Indian market

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 1:30 (PV-Tech)

Abound Solar is making its entrance into the Indian market under a long-term sales agreement with Solarsis. The companies aim to promote Abound?s thin-film modules to project developers in the country?s burgeoning solar market. Additionally, Solarsis will create a test facility catering to the enhancement of balance of system (BoS) designs that center on Abound Solar?s thin-film modules. The collaboration?s first project will be a 1MW ground-mount solar array in Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Specifics about the financial terms of the agreement or the amount and timing of module shipments were not revealed. Read more

SunPower signs PPA with Hawaiian Electric to build and operate 5MW PV power plant

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 1:13 (PV-Tech)

In 2008, Hawaiian Electric sent out renewable energy project proposal requests for Oahu, Hawaii under the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) competitive bidding framework. As a result of that request, SunPower and Hawaiian Electric have agreed to a 20-year PPA with energy being produced from a 5MW solar farm at Kalaeloa in West Oahu. SunPower will design, build and operate the plant using its solar panels and SunPower Tracker system. Read more

Siemens launches new solar power purchase agreement option that targets public sector projects

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 0:51 (PV-Tech)

Siemens Industry has debuted a new program that allows customers to take advantage of solar power benefits without making a large initial capital investment. The Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) platform from Siemens building technologies division presents all different customers the chance to take part in the PPA, but is especially aimed to entice the public sector who is unable to take advantage of solar federal tax incentives. Read more

Peak Oil Risk in Muni Bonds

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 5:48 (Renewable Energy World)

Meredith Whitney predicts a wave of defaults in municipal (muni) bonds, followed by indiscriminate selling and potential buying opportunities for some. She's been widely criticized for the prediction of defaults, but I'm a lot more interested in the prediction of the market's reaction. Read more

Top 5 themes in offshore wind power infrastructure addressed..

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 16:07 (Renewable Energy World)

Hear from Alastair Dutton from The Crown Estate at the 3rd annual Offshore Wind Power Infrastructure Summit and be at the forefront of this burgeoning industry. Hear from 30+ forward-thinking CEOs and directors from the leading offshore wind companies and discover the key challenges they face and solutions that will facilitate project delivery to 2015 and beyond. Read more

Advent of Ultracapacitors Signals Change in Wind Turbine Capabilities

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 4:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The pitch of a wind turbine's three rotor blades can be adjusted to respond to current conditions and create electricity. Pitch adjustments allow wind turbines to maximize the amount of clean energy they can generate. In order to adjust the blades, turbines need power. To date, wind turbine manufacturers have relied on battery-driven energy storage systems for that power. Read more

Priority List: DOI Considers Nearly 500 MW of Geothermal Projects in 2011

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 5:00 (Renewable Energy World)

In Washington, D.C., five geothermal projects are on a list of 19 that the US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) consider as priority projects for developing renewable energy within the National System of Public Lands in 2011. Read more

Neither blowing snow or ice gets in the way of another successful clean energy workforce education conference

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 21:41 (Renewable Energy World)

Despite blowing snow, ice and rain, and some delayed flights into Albany, hundreds of participants from across the U.S. and Canada packed plenary and breakout sessions at the fourth Clean Energy Workforce Education Conference, March 8-10 in Saratoga Springs. Read more

POET CEO to join panel at Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 20:27 (Renewable Energy World)

POET CEO Jeff Broin will discuss advancements in ethanol production and the industry's future at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit 2011 next month in New York. Read more

Boreal Renewable Energy Development measures Manhattan breezes with Second Wind technology

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 15:55 (Renewable Energy World)

Second Wind, a leader in wind measurement systems, announced that Boreal Renewable Energy Development is using its Nomad 2 Wind Resource Data Loggers to help bring wind power to New Yorkers this year. The site is being considered for a rooftop turbine installation that will contribute to New York's energy needs and add a powerful symbol to the city skyline. Read more

Virtual Power Plants Aren't Just Virtual -- They're Real

Thursday, 3.24.2011 - 7:00 (Renewable Energy World)

As Japan starts rebuilding after this month's devastating earthquake and tsunami, it must do so with a significant shortfall of electricity. With almost four percent of the country's baseload capacity offline due to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and problems at other generation facilities, rolling blackouts are common around Tokyo, hampering the country's manufacturing sector. Read more