News of the year 2011

Date: 14.09.2011



Photovoltaics

Building-integrated photovoltaics: Konarka Technologies, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe agree to develop solar roofs

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:45 (Solarserver)

On September 12th, 2011, Konarka Technologies Inc. (Lowell, Mass.), an innovator in development and commercialization of Konarka Power Plastic, announced that it entered into agreement with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe (Duisburg, Germany) to develop steel roof and other construction elements for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). Power Plastic is a material that converts light to energy, based on organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar cells. Read more

IMS Research: microinverters, PV power optimizers still represent niche market

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:18 (Solarserver)

IMS Research (Wellingborough, U.K.) has announced that despite a 500% growth in shipments of microinverters and solar photovoltaic (PV) power optimizers in 2010, these technologies still account for less than 1% of PV inverter revenues. The company's 2011 PV Microinverter and Power Optimizer report, released August 31st, 2011, also forecasts that the market for these technologies will grow to over USD 1.3 billion in 2015. Read more

Emcore to provide multi-junction PV cells for satellites to Mitsubishi

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 11:51 (Solarserver)

On September 12th, 2011, Emcore Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) to manufacture, test and deliver multi-junction solar photovoltaic (PV) cells for four satellites. Emcore will build space-qualified PV cells for the Turksat 4A, Turksat 4B, Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites at its Albuquerque facility. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

Collegiate teams from around the world begin construction on houses for Solar Decathlon 2011

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 21:51 (PV-Tech)

This past February students competing in Solar Decathlon 2011 were in an uproar when the US Department of the Interior (DOI) proposed to move the 2011 Solar Decathlon from its long-held place at Washington DC?s National Mall. After lobbying from senators and even President Obama, the DOI decided that it would move the Decathlon from its original place between the Washington Monument and the Capitol, but would keep it on the Mall at West Potomac Park. Read more

REC wafers and modules now eligible for European content premium in Italian solar market

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 21:05 (PV-Tech)

REC?s Norwegian made wafers and modules have both been certified as eligible for the 10% premium available as part of the Italian PV incentive scheme for solar systems that have ?Made in the EU? components as they were certified by TÜV Rheinland to be made with European content. Under the European Economic Area Agreement, all products produced in Norway are treated as European. Read more

Canadian Solar expands US operations with new warehouse in New Jersey

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 20:54 (PV-Tech)

Canadian Solar has furthered its foothold in the US market with the opening of its second warehouse facility located in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. The facility adds PV module storage capacity for the company for the support of its growing customer demands and uses solar energy from its own PV rooftop system. Located within two miles from the port, the facilities location is expected to diminish drayage costs from port to warehouse. The first shipment of modules is anticipated to arrive mid-month. Read more

GE?s 1MW Brilliance solar PV inverters granted UL certification

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 20:41 (PV-Tech)

GE released that its 1MW utility-scale Brilliance solar inverter received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1741 and CSA 22.2 No. 107.1-0 certifications after various testing was performed by the independent UL technicians. The company claims that its 1MW inverter is one of the first rated for 1000vdc to have achieved such certification. Read more

Upsolar noted for innovation in module manufacturing in Solar Industry Awards

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 17:42 (PV-Tech)

Upsolar?s novel solar module business model has been taken notice of by a growing number of people as it received a Solar Industry Award in the ?Module Manufacturing Innovation? category during an offsite event in Hamburg during EU PVSEC last week. Receiving the award from Solar International?s editor, David Ridsdale was Upsolar?s CEO, Zhe Jiang, recently video interviewed by PV-Tech during Intersolar Europe in June. Read more

SolarBridge awarded SunShot grant by DOE

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 17:13 (PV-Tech)

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded leading microinverter manufacturer SolarBridge Technologies a US$2.3 million grant through its SunShot Initiative. In collaboration with SunPower, SolarBridge will use the grant to accelerate development of a low-cost microinverter and a universal connecting mechanism for modules and power conversion electronics. The joint venture will also focus on making its new microinverter part of a field-tested AC module that is fully certified and backed by a 25-year warranty. Read more

The Question Day 2: How Can the U.S. Solar Industry Meet Expectations?

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 16:00 (Renewable Energy World)

RenewableEnergyWorld asked solar executives and our social media community to lend their voices and define what three strategies they think will lead to a thriving solar industry. Answers were varied, and many valid opinions were brought to light. Responses will be updated here daily, and feel free to look at previous insights by clicking on the page links below. Read more

The Question Day 3: How Can the U.S. Solar Industry Meet Expectations?

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 16:00 (Renewable Energy World)

RenewableEnergyWorld asked solar executives and our social media community to lend their voices and define what three strategies they think will lead to a thriving solar industry. Answers were varied, and many valid opinions were brought to light. Responses will be updated here daily, and feel free to look at previous insights by clicking on the page links below. Read more

Solen Energy UK wins further order for preassembled solar kits

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 15:59 (PV-Tech)

Payom?s subsidiary, Solen Energy UK, has won another major order for its preassembled solar kits. The order, valued at ?10 million, was placed by Pinnacle Solar and will see them supplied with kits, ranging in size from 2.3kW and 4kW, until the end of March. Read more

Solen Energy UK wins further order for pre-assembled solar kits

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 15:59 (PV-Tech)

Payom?s subsidiary, Solen Energy UK, has won another major order for its pre-assembled solar kits. The order, valued at ?10 million, was placed by Pinnacle Solar and will see them supplied with kits, ranging between 2.3kW and 4kW in size, until the end of March. Read more

Kyocera solar PV modules powering electric charging station in Germany

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:40 (Solarserver)

On September 12th, 2011, Kyocera Corp. (Kyoto, Japan) announced that it has supplied its high-performance solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for a carport roofing installation in southern Germany, which provides power for a charging station for electric cars and bikes. The 248 high-efficiency, 215-watt Kyocera PV modules, which are installed by Blue Solar Group GmbH (Burghausen, Germany), produce an output of 53.32 kW. Read more

Struthers Wells to supply steam generators for two Spanish CSP plants

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:35 (Solarserver)

On September 13th, 2011, Struthers Wells (Houston, Texas, U.S.) announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply steam generators and associated equipment for two 50 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in the Extremadura Region of Spain. The two plants, owned by an un-named energy provider, will utilize parabolic trough CSP technology and molten salt thermal storage systems. Struthers Wells' first delivery of equipment is scheduled for the first quarter of 2012. Read more

UK properties fit for solar installation revealed by new mapping program

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:32 (Solarpowerportal)

A new solar mapping program developed by The GeoInformation Group (TGG) identifies UK properties suitable for solar photovoltaic (PV) installation, as well as calculating each building’s potential for solar productivity. Read more

Hanwha Solar supports U.S. DOE's 2011 Solar Decathlon, Southern California Institute of Architecture

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:29 (Solarserver)

On September 12th, 2011, the Southern California Institute of Architecture (Los Angeles, Calif.) announced Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd. (Qidong, China) made a USD 350,000 cash gift to the SCI-Arc/Caltech entry to the U.S. Department of Energy's 2011 Solar Decathlon. Further, Hanwha Solar offers the solar photovoltaic (PV) modules needed to power the SCI-Arc/Caltech team solar home, which is now called the SCI-Arc/Caltech Hanwha Solar CHIP House. Read more

Principal Solar acquires 110-kW PV facility in Maine

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:23 (Solarserver)

On September 8th, 2011, Principal Solar Inc (Addison, Texas) announced that it acquired Talmage Solar Engineering/Solar Market's SunGen Step Guys solar facility. The company did not disclose the purchase price. The SunGen Step Guys is a 110-kW roof-mounted facility in Alfred, Maine. The acquisition advances the business roll-up platform of Principal Solar and builds upon the momentum that began with the company's acquisition of Capstone Solar news and networking community for solar professionals. Read more

Gujarat secures US$100 million ADB loan for solar park

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:18 (PV-Tech)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered a US$100 million loan to the Indian state of Gujarat to help speed up construction of its new large-scale solar power facilities. ADB?s 25-year loan will finance the Gujarat Solar Power Transmission Project, funding a substation, transmission lines and other equipment to collect and distribute power generated by systems in the Charanka Solar Park in Gujarat?s Patan district. Read more

NREL tests confirm performance advantage of SolOptics FUSION technology, increasing the energy output of solar PV modules

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:11 (Solarserver)

On September 12th, 2011, SolOptics (Englewood, Colorado, U.S.) announced the result of tests by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL, Golden, Colorado, U.S.) confirming that its FUSION optical surface technology can increase the energy output of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. In outdoor tests performed by NREL, FUSION increased the overall energy production of the PV modules tested up to 4%, with performance improvements in all types of light conditions. Read more

SolarWorld supplies modules for 1.53 MW of PV plants in U.S. island territories

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 11:57 (Solarserver)

On September 12th, 2011, SolarWorld AG (Bonn, Germany) announced that it has supplied modules for more than 1.5 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in the U.S. island territories of the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. The company will unveil the largest of these systems, a 450 kW PV plant at Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, on September 14th, 2011. The company notes that installing PV can help customers counter high retail electricity rates. Read more

Canadian Solar?s new ELPS modules reach efficiencies of up to 19.5%

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 11:46 (Solarpowerportal)

Solar module manufacturer Canadian Solar has now officially launched its new solar modules, which incorporate the company’s efficient, long-term photovoltaic solution (ELPS) high-efficiency solar photovoltaic cell technology. The monocrystalline version of the ELPS module is capable of reaching cell conversion efficiencies of up to 19.5%, making it one of the most efficient on the market. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

Fly the (Hic!) Friendly Skies: Renewable Jet Fuel From Alcohol

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 15:40 (Renewable Energy World)

When most of us think of highly customized aviation alcohols, we probably think of the little bottles of Johnnie Walker. But a handful of companies such as Cobalt, Gevo, Terrabon, LanzaTech and ZeaChem are shaking up the emerging aviation biofuels markets by developing renewable aviation fuels from ethanol and/or biobutanol. Read more

Hawaii Utility Turns to Biofuel To Lessen Reliance on Oil

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 15:22 (Renewable Energy World)

Isolation has its merits, but in Hawaii the same seclusion that lures planeloads of tourists also severs the state from its sources of energy. Read more


Wind Energy

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Hydropower

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Hydrogen/Fuel Cell

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Geo Thermal/Heat Pump

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Energy Policy/Climate/CO2

Bringing Energy Closer to Home: Why Distributed Generation Works

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

For all the talk in the last few years about smart grid, it's amazing how little has changed in the American electric industry since Thomas Edison first fired up his power station on Pearl Street, New York City in 1882. In many ways, Edison would have no trouble recognizing today's grid. It still relies on the same basic tenets that allowed him to found the Edison Illuminating Company. His pioneering construct of a central station power generator with transmission and distribution lines linking inexpensively to provide power to businesses and homes persists today, supplying nearly all the electricity needs in the Western world. Read more

Ever Energy to manufacture Day4 Energy DNA PV cells

Wednesday, 9.14.2011 - 12:05 (Solarserver)

On September 12th, 2011, Day4 Energy Inc. (Burnaby, Canada) announced that it has signed an agreement with Ever Energy Company Ltd. (Jhongli City, Taiwan) for the manufacture of Day4 DNA cells using Day4 Stay-powerful technology. Ever Energy will also apply the blueprint of Stay-powerful technology as a platform to launch new cell designs. Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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