Chevron, California school district complete 7.1 MW of PV at 13 sites

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 20:06 (Solarserver)

East Side Union High School District (San Jose, Calif.) and Chevron Energy Solutions (San Francisco, California) on May 20th, 2011 announced the completion of construction for the largest K-12 solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy efficiency program in the United States. The program is expected to generate $43 million in savings through a 7.1 MW solar and energy efficiency project on 13 sites. Read more

Yingli announces unaudited financial results for Q1, 2011; decrease in PV module shipments

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 13:14 (Solarserver)

On May 20th, 2011, Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. (Baoding, China) announced unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2011, reporting a 14.4% quarter-to-quarter decrease in net revenues to USD 527 million, and a similar decrease in solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments. The company's results are in line with an updated quarterly guidance released May 11th, 2011, and the company has maintained its full-year guidance. Read more

Main Street Power breaks ground on AWC campus; project to use five different PV technologies

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 23:42 (PV-Tech)

As the day dawns tomorrow, Arizona Western College (AWC) will be teaming with solar industry professionals, Main Street Power and Arizona Public Service as they break ground at the campus? 5MW solar project. Owned and operated by Main Street Power, the solar installation will bear a unique marker, as the five-1MW sites across the campus will include CPV panels from SolFocus and GreenVolts, thin-film panels from Sharp Solar, monocrystalline panels from Solar World and polycrystalline panels from Suntech. Read more

PV manufacturer Innotech Solar expands activities in Asia: Warehouse hub established in Hongkong

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 20:11 (Solarserver)

Innotech Solar, (IST; Narvik, Norway) is one of the few European solar cell and module manufacturers who not only boast high sales in Europe and the USA, but also in Asia, and particularly China., the company reports in a press release. With a background of growing sales figures, the company has now opened a logistics center in Hong Kong, in addition to its existing sales and purchasing office in Shanghai. Read more

Qsolar completes two pilot solar PV installations in Italy and Spain, announces progress with Chinese distributor

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 20:08 (Solarserver)

Qsolar Limited (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) on May 20th, 2011 announced that it has completed pilot solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Verona, Italy and Valencia, Spain that will be used as demonstration models for customers the Company currently is in sales discussions with, Qsolar reports in a press release. The demonstration models are both the highly successful QSolar 230W frameless Spraytek panels. Read more

Phoenix Solar inaugurates two solar parks at former German military airbase

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 16:50 (PV-Tech)

Solar energy systems integrator, Phoenix Solar has inaugurated two PV power plants at a former military air base in Neisse-Malxetal, Brandenburg, Germany for KGAL. Both power plants, (total peak power of 18MW) are separated by a runway which is three kilometres long and therefore belong to different neighbouring municipalities. According to Phoenix Solar, the solar parks were operational in 2010. Read more

Order Focus: GT Solar reaches 3000th DSS furnace shipment milestone

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 16:33 (PV-Tech)

GT Solar has shipped 1,000 DSS multicrystalline ingot growth furnaces in seven months having announced a new milestone of its 3,000th DSS system being shipped to customer, Gigastorage in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It was only in early November, 2010 that GT Solar announced it had reached a new milestone of its 2,000th DSS system shipment, then to another Taiwan-based PV producer, Green Energy Technology (GET). Read more

New technology could break solar PV limits; MU engineer part of team making solar panels more effective in collecting energy

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 13:11 (Solarserver)

Photovoltaic (PV) efficiency is a significant problem for today?s commercial solar panels, which can collect only a theoretical maximum of about 30 percent of available light. Now, a team that includes a University of Missouri (Columbia) engineer is developing a flexible solar film that can theoretically capture more than 90 percent of available light. Prototypes could be produced within the next five years, University of Missouri announces. Read more

LDK Solar maintains guidance: USD 745-755 million in 1Q 2011. Manufacturer of PV products announces June 7th, 2011 for reporting first quarter 2011 results

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 13:08 (Solarserver)

On May 20th, 2011, LDK Solar Company, Ltd. (Xinyu City, China) reiterated its guidance for the first quarter and full year 2011, stating that it expects quarterly revenue between USD 745 to USD 755 million and full-year revenues between USD 3.5 to 3.7 billion. Additionally, the company announced that it will report financial results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2011 after the market closes on Tuesday, June 7th, 2011. Read more

Japan contemplates making solar compulsory on all new builds

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 11:49 (PV-Tech)

The Japanese Government is contemplating making it compulsory for all new buildings to be fitted with solar panels by 2030, according to financial newspaper Nikkei. The proposed legislation illustrates Japan?s desire to promote the use of renewable energy and is expected to be unveiled at the upcoming G8 summit in Deauville, France. Read more

Biofuel Firms Expand into Beauty, Nutraceutical Products

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

As they continue to feel the pinch from high production costs, biofuel players are increasingly getting creative about ways to boost their bottom line. One of those strategies, which analysts see as a growing trend, has been to use manufacturing by-products to sell as feedstock for the beauty, nutraceutical and lubricant industries. Read more

Windpower 2011 Highlights Industry Trends, Job Creation

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 20:30 (Renewable Energy World)

As thousands of wind industry members converged on the city of Anaheim, Calif., for the world's largest annual wind energy event, the WINDPOWER 2011 Conference & Exhibition immediately turned into a hub for the discussion of industry trends and new developments. Read more

3TIER Releases 90 Meter Wind Prospecting Tools

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 19:13 (Renewable Energy World)

3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy risk analysis, today announced the release of new 90 Meter Wind Prospecting Tools. The web-based service gives wind project developers and financiers immediate access to 90 meter resolution wind resource data across the continental US ? the highest resolution data currently available on-demand. Such finely detailed data reveal how even small terrain features will affect wind power generation, enabling anyone with a financial stake in a project to better manage spatial risk during the earliest stages of project development. Read more

WINDPOWER 2011 highlights industry trends, job creation

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 17:11 (Renewable Energy World)

As thousands of wind industry members converged on the city of Anaheim, Calif., for the world's largest annual wind energy event, the WINDPOWER 2011 Conference & Exhibition immediately turned into a hub for the discussion of industry trends and new developments. Read more

Alteris Renewables chooses remote sensing technology to aid in wind assessment study for Jamestown, RI

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 16:46 (Renewable Energy World)

Second Wind, a leader in wind measurement systems, today announced Alteris Renewables, the largest renewable energy installer in New England, will use its wind measurement technology to provide comprehensive wind resource analysis to the town of Jamestown, RI. The town is conducting the analysis at the Taylor Point wastewater treatment plant to determine if it is an efficient location for a wind turbine. This is the first wind project the town of Jamestown has initiated. The town hopes to generate up to 1.65 Mw of energy. Read more

Gamesa to invest USD 70 million in emerging PV, energy storage, off-grid technologies

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 20:04 (Solarserver)

On May 20th, 2011, Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica S.A. (Zamudio, Spain) announced a new technological diversification strategy in renewable energy, including a 28.7% investment in SkyBuilt Power Inc. (Arlington, Virginia, U.S.) and a 25% investment in WorldWater & Solar Technologies (Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.). Read more

World?s first green development bank revealed

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 18:33 (Solarpowerportal)

Speaking at a London-based event organised by Climate Change Capital, Nick Clegg today revealed what the world’s first national green development bank will look like. Confirming that the Green Investment Bank will begin lending as early as April 2012, the Deputy Prime Minister reiterated that this was a giant... Read more

Plant Optimization Now Crucial for Large-scale CSP

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 17:41 (Renewable Energy World)

The United States has emerged as a leader in the new global energy economy, with the development of super-scale CSP plants set to revolutionize energy markets in the US ? recently announced figures show there is 10,989MW of capacity in development today, and with $ 4.85bn of co-financing mobilized CSP looks set to dominate the renewable energy market in the US. Read more

Marshall University uses Second Wind's wind data collection solutions to plan clean energy futures of West Virginia surface mine sites

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 16:52 (Renewable Energy World)

Coal mined from West Virginia's mountains has powered this country for decades, and now Second Wind's wind data collection solutions are helping former and active coal mining sites find second energy-producing lives as homes for wind farms and other renewable energy facilities. Read more

U.S. Department of Energy to invest in silicon PV ink manufacturer Innovalight

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 13:05 (Solarserver)

Innovalight, Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), a privately-held company selling silicon ink and advanced solar photovoltaic (PV) cell process technology, on May 20th, 2011 announced it has been selected for funding under the SunShot initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Innovalight will receive $3.4 million to accelerate the development and production of silicon ink material and processes for high efficiency solar cells at its operations in Silicon Valley. Read more

India Balances Development against Emissions

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 12:00 (Renewable Energy World)

One of the key challenges facing fast developing economies such as India is how to fuel and sustain economic growth while simultaneously reducing emissions. Like China, India is strongly opposed to setting emission reduction targets, arguing that any constraints would adversely impact economic growth, with this resistance unlikely to weaken before the current first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ends in December 2012. But this emission constraint resistance should not be confused with sustainable market development. Read more

New draft EEG for Germany touted by Jeffries

Monday, 5.23.2011 - 11:40 (PV-Tech)

Investment bank, Jeffries has outlined key changes expected in a new Renewable Energy Legislation (EEG) draft set to be discussed by the German Government at a cabinet meeting to be held on June 6th. Amendments to the German EEG were not due to be debated by Parliament until September, according to the research note but go in hand with the cabinet meeting on proposed legislative changes that could see the phasing out of nuclear power. Read more