Solar Frontier to supply CIS PV modules for Showa Shell Sekiyu service stations

Saturday, 6.18.2011 - 20:08 (Solarserver)

Solar Frontier K.K. and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. on June 16th, 2011 jointly announced that 1 MW of Solar Frontier CIS thin-film solar panels will be installed at Showa Shell service stations in areas grid-supplied by electric service providers Tokyo Electric Power Company and Tohoku Electric Power Company. With possible power shortages expected across these regions this summer, installations will commence June and cover 200 of the 400 service stations by September. Read more

Etrion signs 10 MW agreement with Yingli Green Energy on PV modules for Italian "Helios ITA-3" solar project

Saturday, 6.18.2011 - 20:08 (Solarserver)

Etrion Corporation (Geneva, Switzerland), an independent solar power producer, on June 16th, 2011 announced an agreement whereby Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (Baoding, China), one of the world?s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers, will supply solar modules for Etrion?s 10 MW Helios ITA-3 solar project under construction in Puglia, Italy. Read more

Bentek Solar to supply Borrego Solar with 25 MW of PV BOS products

Saturday, 6.18.2011 - 20:07 (Solarserver)

On June 15th, 2011, Bentek Solar Corporation (San Jose, California, U.S.) has announced that it will supply Borrego Solar Systems Inc. (El Cajon, California, U.S.) with a range of disconnecting combiners, re-combiners and disconnect safety systems for use on commercial and utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. The products will support a total of 25 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) plants. The disconnecting combiners, re-combiners and disconnect safety systems will be shipped over the next 12 months, beginning immediately. Read more

Indium Corporation features copper-gallium and indium rotary sputtering target at Intersolar North America

Saturday, 6.18.2011 - 20:07 (Solarserver)

Indium Corporation (Clinton, NY, USA is featuring its newly developed copper-gallium and indium rotary sputtering targets at InterSolar North America, San Francisco, July 12th ? 14th, 2011. The targets are made by Indium Corporation's vertically integrated proprietary process utilizing aerospace powder metallurgy technology. Read more

BISOL joins forces with Seaway to produce the Greenline 33 solar powered boat

Saturday, 6.18.2011 - 17:43 (Solarpowerportal)

Photovoltaic module manufacturer BISOL and boat development company Seaway have joined forces to construct the Greenline Hybrid, which utilises solar energy. By installing BISOL premium quality photovoltaic modules on the solar roof of the boat, more than 80 proud owners of the Greenline 33 now sail by the power of the sun. Read more

M-Sport gains permission for Cumbria?s biggest solar plant

Saturday, 6.18.2011 - 17:11 (Solarpowerportal)

Motorsport firm M-Sport has recieved planning permission to install 850 photovoltaic solar panels on its workshop roof at Dovenby Hall headquarters, near Cockermouth. Once complete, the project will be Cumbria’s largest solar energy plant. Read more

The best of British renewables are celebrated in annual awards ceremony

Saturday, 6.18.2011 - 17:57 (Solarpowerportal)

On Thurday night approximately 350 people gathered together in boutique Kensington hotel Jumeirah Carlton Tower to celebrate the best of British renewables. The 6th Annual British Renewable Energy Awards paid tribute to the UK renewable energy industry’s achievements over the past year. Read more