China Sunergy receives MCS Certificate to produce solar photovoltaic panels

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 23:23 (Solarserver)

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nnajing, China), a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, on May 5th, 2011 announced that the Company has been awarded a Certificate under the UK Microgeneration Certification Scheme issued by BABT (British Approvals Board for Telecommunications) for its modules. BABT is an accredited MCS certification body and one of the world's leading certification bodies, whose global brand is widely respected. Read more

Q-Cells SE: Gerhard Rauter resigns from Executive Board

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 23:16 (Solarserver)

Gerhard Rauter has stepped down from his position as a member of the Executive Board of PV producer Q-Cells SE (Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany), at his own request effective immediately. The Supervisory Board of Q-Cells approved his decision in its meeting on 4 May. Read more

Natcore researchers demonstrate gains in LPD-applied antireflective coating for texturized PV cells

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 20:11 (PV-Tech)

Natcore Technology scientists working at Ohio State University have continued to make progress on the development of the company?s liquid-phase deposition (LPD) process, demonstrating how it can be used to apply an antireflective coating to textured solar cells as well as standard planar cells. The company said this could help open the door for the industry to achieve even further wafer thickness reductions by eliminating the thermal vacuum AR coating process. Read more

Sanyo to supply PV modules to Westburne electrical distributor outlets throughout Canada

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 19:56 (PV-Tech)

Sanyo Canada will supply the Westburne division of Rexel Canada Electrical with solar modules, which will be available at the distributor?s locations across the country. The strategic partnership will help facilitate the supply of quality PV components to the growing number of electrical contractors in Canada operating in the solar field, according to the companies. Read more

WWK to provide cost and productivity management expertise to emerging solar cell company

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 19:44 (PV-Tech)

Wright Williams & Kelly has partnered with another solar cell manufacturer. The cost and productivity management software and consulting services company will provide operational modeling software tools to validate and demonstrate the cost advantages of the unnamed Silicon Valley-based PV company?s disruptive technology and intellectual property. Read more

Spire Corporation to Hold First-Quarter 2011 Conference Call on May 11, 2011

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 15:45 (Renewable Energy World)

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment and turn-key manufacturing lines to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules and Engineering, Procurement and Construction integration services for solar systems, today announced that the Company will host its first-quarter 2011 financial results conference call on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. (EDT). Read more

Order Focus: Emcore secures new solar cell supply deal with Space Systems/Loral

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 15:45 (PV-Tech)

Billed as its second largest ever supply win, Emcore is to supply an unspecified number of multi-junction solar cells for space power applications being undertaken over an unspecified timeframe with Space Systems/Loral (SS/L). According to Emcore, it has previously shipped more than 800,000 solar cells in the past decade to SS/L. Emcore noted that the multi-junction solar cells had efficiencies of nearly 30%. Read more

China revises PV installations targets

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 14:52 (PV-Tech)

According to reports, the Chinese Government has increased the country?s target for PV installations from 5GW by 2015 to 10GW. Citing an official from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the reports claim that the government has also increased installation targets for 2020 to have 50GW of PV installations, up from 20GW target previously planned. Read more

China revises PV installation targets

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 14:52 (PV-Tech)

According to reports, the Chinese Government has increased the country?s target for PV installations from 5GW by 2015 to 10GW. Citing an official from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the reports claim that the government has also increased installation targets for 2020 to have 50GW of PV installations, up from 20GW target previously planned. Read more

Solar funding in Italy: New Conto Energia by June 1st; feed-in tariffs for photovoltaic systems to be reduced on a monthly basis; cap for large PV arrays

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 8:08 (Solarserver)

On May 5th, 2011 the Italian government reached an agreement in changes to solar funding. From June 2011, current tariffs will be reduced on a monthly basis. In addition, a funding cap is also to be put in place from this time. A further introduction worth noting is a premium for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems that mainly consist of components produced in the EU, the market research company EuPD Research (Bonn, Germany) reports. Read more

3S Swiss Solar Systems to supply MegaSlate BIPV system for Umwelt Arena

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 23:27 (Solarserver)

On May 4th, 2011, 3S Swiss Solar Systems (Lyss, Switzerland) announced that it will supply building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) modules for the roof of the Umwelt Arena in Spreitenbach, Switzerland. The company will provide products including its MegaSlate roof system for the Arena, which will be the nation's largest BIPV installation to date. Read more

Solar mounting systems: Applied Energy Technologies opens 43,100 square feet manufacturing and warehousing space, tripling U.S. production capacity

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 23:25 (Solarserver)

Applied Energy Technologies (AET, Maumee, Ohio), a provider of solar mounting solutions, opened a new 43,100 square feet secured manufacturing/warehousing space in Maumee, tripling their U.S. production capacity. The company invested heavily in their new location, implementing a high end ERP system, an advanced security system, and an ergonomic work environment. Read more

DECK Monitoring partners with NREL to track the performance of innovative solar PV projects

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 23:19 (Solarserver)

DECK Monitoring (Eugene, OR) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to support its PV Data Acquisition (PVDAQ) project, which aims to develop and communicate a broad picture of photovoltaic (PV) field performance across the U.S. Read more

STR Solar achieves net sales of USD 68.0 million in 1Q 2011

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 23:11 (Solarserver)

On May 4th, 2011, STR Holdings Inc. (Enfield, Connecticut, U.S.) announced financial results for the first quarter of 2011, reporting net sales of USD 92.9 million, including Solar segment net sales of USD 68.0 million. The company also reports that it has renewed a number of key contracts, as sales to Asia continue to grow. Read more

Bentek Solar snares UL listing, CSA certification for PV system circuit breaker recombiners

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 22:43 (PV-Tech)

Bentek Solar has received UL 1741 listing and CSA 22.2 certification for its circuit breaker recombiners for commercial and utilty-scale PV solar power systems. The San Jose-based balance of systems design and manufacturing firm said it has shipped more than 100MW recombiner products to several North American customers. Read more

Algatec Solar to build PV module factory in Ontario

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 19:07 (PV-Tech)

Algatec Solar?s Ontario subsidiary plans to build a highly automated PV module manufacturing facility in the province. The 50,000 sq ft site, located in Windsor, will initially be ramped to 50MW capacity and employ about 100 workers. The German company will be investing more than CDN$10 million in the project. CEO Rainer Ruschke said that a second phase of operation eventually will be added and another 100 employees brought on board. Read more

Australian Government phases out Solar Credits system

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 13:32 (Solarserver)

On May 5th, 2011, Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet announced the phase-out of the nation's Solar Credits program over the next two years, with the incentive program to effectively end on July 1st, 2013. Minister Combet states that these changes are a response to continued strong growth in the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, impacts on electricity prices, and an over-availability of credits. Read more

United Solar BIPV laminates to power 565 kW PV system at Chinese railway station

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 13:20 (Solarserver)

IntroUnited Solar (Auburn Hills, Mich.), a leading global manufacturer of lightweight, flexible thin-film solar modules and a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices announced through its joint venture in United Solar Ovonic Jinneng Limited, a project to supply 565kW UNI-SOLAR brand photovoltaic (PV) solar laminates for the solar power system on the roof of the Tianjin West Railway Station in Tianjin, P.R. China. Read more

Burns & McDonnell to test PV modules at Southwest Solar Research Park

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 13:17 (Solarserver)

IntroOn May 4th, 2011, Southwest Solar Technologies Inc. (Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.) announced an agreement with Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company Inc. (Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.) to perform research and performance tests of various solar photovoltaic (PV) module types at its Southwest Solar Research Park in Phoenix. Read more

WSTE Not, Want Not

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 20:06 (Renewable Energy World)

A truly sustainable economy would produce no waste: everything would be recycled or reused for some productive purpose. We're a long way from that ideal today, but the rising cost of commodities makes recovering used material through recycling increasingly economic. Further, the rising cost of energy makes converting municipal and industrial waste into advanced biofuels or combusting it to produce electricity an increasingly economic option. Read more

Second-Generation Biofuels Gain Traction But Growth Challenges Remain

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 11:53 (Renewable Energy World)

Some 5 billion gallons of second-generation biofuels could hit the market in five years, a new research report by consultancy Frost & Sullivan revealed last month. However, analysts say the fledgling sector remains challenged by high feedstock and production costs due to a complex production chain. Read more

Baltic Sea Could Be Home to 1 GW of Wind Power Capacity

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 19:55 (Renewable Energy World)

The Baltic Sea is poised to become Europe's second biggest wind energy hub after the North Sea following the launch of Germany's first commercial offshore wind power park. Read more

ManTech awarded DOE contract to supply SETA services for SunShot initiative

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 23:13 (Solarserver)

On May 4th, 2011, ManTech International Corporation (Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.) announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to supply scientific, engineering and technical support assistance (SETA) for the agency's SunShot Initiative. Read more

EPIA presents its Global Market Outlook until 2015: PV is well on the way to contributing an important share of the future energy mix; up to 200 GW of globally installed PV projected

Friday, 5.6.2011 - 13:28 (Solarserver)

Over the past decade, the photovoltaic (PV) market has experienced unrivalled growth among all energy generating technologies. At the end of last year, the global PV market has reached a cumulative installed capacity of some 40 GW, with an added capacity of 16.6 GW during 2010. These developments are just some of the highlights in the "Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics until 2015", presented in May 2011 by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). Read more