Sovello taps Celestica for PV module assembly

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 16:36 (PV-Tech)

?String Ribbon? technology co-user, Sovello is to use manufacturing outsourcing firm, Celestica to assemble solar modules in Ontario, Canada to meet local content rules for PV installations. Allocated capacity was said to be 167MW, almost the same capacity (180MW) Sovello has at its three plants in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Read more

Order Focus: Q-Cells to supply 83MW of solar cells to SunPower

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 14:17 (PV-Tech)

SunPower has tapped Q-Cells to supply c-Si solar cells for selected commercial and utility-scale projects being undertaken by the company. The cell supply agreement is for 83MW, though no timeline or commercial details were disclosed. Read more

CVD Equipment Corp?S backlog boosted by R&D efforts

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 13:10 (PV-Tech)

Small-cap equipment supplier, CVD Equipment Corporation posted its seventh consecutive profitable year with revenue of US$16.2 million and net earnings of US$375,000. Read more

CVD Equipment Corp?s backlog boosted by R&D efforts

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 13:10 (PV-Tech)

Small-cap equipment supplier, CVD Equipment Corporation posted its seventh consecutive profitable year with revenue of US$16.2 million and net earnings of US$375,000. Read more

SEMA announces their first technical conference and exhibition

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 23:23 (PV-Tech)

The first technical conference and exhibition by the Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association (SEMA) is scheduled to take place May 24 through 26 at the Wyndham Hotel in San Jose, California. In addition to a technical conference and exhibition, the event will feature training courses for PV manufacturing technology and troubleshooting manufacturing issues. Furthermore, there will be a detailed review of existing and developing solar standards presented during the conference. The schedule of events for the conference can be found here. Read more

AEG Power Solutions buys Spanish solar installation specialist OpciónDos

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 22:33 (PV-Tech)

AEG Power Solutions has acquired OpciónDos, a Madrid-based company focused on the integration of PV technologies into a built-in environment. OpciónDos won the Best PV Installation award for the Province of Madrid in 2008 for their La Vaguada solar installation and was also responsible for the Ikea solar project in La Coruña. OpciónDos will be a member of AEG Power Solutions strategic business unit. Read more

Tioga Energy releases ?open-source? solar power purchase agreement into public domain

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 21:33 (PV-Tech)

Tioga Energy?s SurePath Solar power purchase agreement has become publicly available through the company?s website. The online PPA can be viewed online, with annotations to explain the PPA in common terms, and downloaded in an editable form free of charge. Read more

Magnolia Solar names research veteran Thomas Surek to its technical advisory board

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 20:56 (PV-Tech)

Dr. Thomas Surek is known as a pioneer of terrestrial PV research who started his 37-year career with his growth of shaped silicon crystals at Harvard University in 1973. Recently, Surek has been appointed to Magnolia Solar?s technical advisory board (TAB) where he will be able to help the company further its promotion of PV systems as an alternative energy source. His experience in the field includes research at Mobil Tyco Solar Energy and a contributor to the large-scale commercialization of the edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG) process through his shaped crystal growth of silicon. Read more

Shams Power closes financing on 100MW Shams 1 plant

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 18:25 (PV-Tech)

Shams Power has closed financing on its 100MW Shams 1 concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Madinat Zayed, United Arab Emirates. When completed, Shams 1 will be one of the largest CSP systems in the world, with investment coming from 10 major financial institutions and totalling US$600 million. Read more

Don?t Crush this Solar Revolution: UK solar industry forces team up to save solar

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 17:40 (Solarpowerportal)

The UK solar industry has teamed up with WWF, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth to call on the Government to increase its solar ambitions in an advert in this week's New Statesman.  The one page advert - 'Don't Crush this Solar Revolution' - ends by asking readers to tell DECC Secretary of State Chris Huhne to 'Rethink solar and go for growth'. Read more

Order Focus: Orbotech receives first order for anti-reflective wafer coating product

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 16:24 (PV-Tech)

Orbotech LT Solar has received the first order for its newly-developed anti-reflective wafer coating product. The beta site order is to be delivered in the second quarter of 2011 and follows on from the successful initial testing of the product. Read more

Transphorm launches new power converters

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 15:41 (PV-Tech)

Transphorm is set to tackle the problem of electrical energy wastage in solar panel inverters with the launch of its EZ GaNTM technology power diodes. The product, which is claimed to reduce energy loss by 20%, is being unveiled at this week?s Applied Power Electronics Conference in Texas. Read more

Australian solar companies join forces in the UK

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 15:11 (Solarpowerportal)

Australian solar energy provider, Beyond Building Solar has made its entrance into the UK’s renewable energy market. As part of this move the company, which will be based in London, has also partnered with another major Australian solar supplier and wholesaler, Sunny Roo Products (SRP). Read more

Foresight adds to UK-based management team

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 15:00 (Solarpowerportal)

Foresight Group has boosted its UK-based solar investment team with the appointment of Ricardo Piñeiroas Investment Manager.  Based in Foresight’s Sevenoaks office, Piñeirowill be primarily focused on managing Foresight’s existing solar portfolio and assisting on new transactions across UK and Europe. Read more

BlueChip Energy buys land for 40MW solar farm

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 13:09 (PV-Tech)

BlueChip Energy has bought a large plot of land in Lake County, Florida for the development of a 40MW solar farm. When completed, the ground-mounted system will be the largest in the state and generate around 64-million kWh of electricity per annum. Read more

Renewable Heat Incentive to be revealed this week

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 10:36 (Solarpowerportal)

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) expects to receive proposals for the UK’s renewable heat incentive (RHI) later this week. The long-awaited enticement for UK residents to switch from fossil fuel heating to renewable sources will work in a similar way to the solar PV feed-in tariff, increasing the UK’s potential... Read more

Leading US Utilities and Operators Commit to Wind Energy Post Warranty O&M Meeting

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 11:14 (Renewable Energy World)

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Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Come Closer to Reality

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 6:21 (Renewable Energy World)

Not just ships but wind turbines too could soon be floating off the Portuguese coast as the wind industry charters deeper, windier seas. Read more

Economic Thaw Releasing Some Capital for Stalled Geothermal Projects

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The United States' geothermal industry is cautiously celebrating the return of investors to hot projects that had cooled off with the recession. Read more

2011 Excellence in Renewable Energy Award Winners Unveiled

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 21:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Today, the Renewable Energy World Network of editors unveiled the winners of the 2011 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. These awards recognize the leading people, projects and technologies in the North American clean energy industries. Read more

Mexico's Nuevo Leon Plots Wind Expansion

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 16:41 (Renewable Energy World)

Mexico's Mexico's Nuevo Leon state is planning to grow its wind power industry and hopes to launch an international tender in the next year with a view to installing as many as 250 wind turbines, sustainable development director Fernando Gutierrez Moreno revealed. Read more

New online planning tool helps save CO2 in building development

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 15:57 (Solarpowerportal)

Enplanner, the online tool for local authority planning departments, developers and individuals wishing to work out how much carbon dioxide proposed developments will produce, was launched last week during the ecobuild exhibition in London. Read more

DECC publishes UK Carbon Plan

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 11:04 (Solarpowerportal)

The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today published its Carbon Plan, outlining the anticipated steps to reaching the country’s 2020 emissions targets. The document has been released in draft format, with a full version expected this autumn. Read more

Piraeus Equity Partners, Positive Energy form joint venture to install PV rooftop systems

Tuesday, 3.8.2011 - 10:58 (PV-Tech)

Piraeus Equity Partners and Positive Energy have joined forces to create an investment programme to help install PV systems on industrial rooftops in southeastern Europe. Read more