Siliken to supply Japan Railway Group with PV modules

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 18:51 (Solarserver)

Japan Railway Group, a state-owned company, has chosen Siliken (Paterna, Spain) as its solar photovoltaic (PV) panel supplier for the first installation carried out by the Group. Siliken will provide its PV modules to Kyushu Railway, one of the new companies within the Japan Railway Group. The project starts with the construction of a PV solar park with a generating capacity of 2 MW, which Siliken will supply in addition to two other international providers of solar PV solutions. Read more

Order Focus: Kyocera supplying modules to 30MW PV power plant in Hokkaido, Japan

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 16:31 (PV-Tech)

Already claiming to have the largest share of the Japanese market for installation volume of large and industrial-scale PV installations in Japan, Kyocera Solar is supplying approximately 135,000 modules to Yonden Engineering for a 30MW plant being built in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. Read more

LG Electronics celebrates high efficiency gains in its module range

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 13:04 (Solarpowerportal)

LG Electronics has announced that its new range of solar cells achieved an efficiency-average of 20.6 percent and a maximum efficiency of 20.7 percent, placing the South Korean electronics giant?s PV modules amongst the highest performing in the industry. Read more

Order Focus: Suntech to supply modules to EDP Renovaveis in Romania

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 11:15 (PV-Tech)

Suntech Power Holdings has signed a polycrystalline module supply deal with Portugal?s EDP Renovaveis for PV projects in Romania worth 39MW. In total, EDP Renovaveis is undertaking four projects in Romania that are expected to be connected between late 2012 and early 2013. Read more

Mercom finds that VC funding in Q3 2012 is at lowest point since 2008

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 23:15 (PV-Tech)

In its newly released mergers and acquisition report for Q3 2012, Mercom Capital Group found that venture capital (VC) funding in the solar industry was at its lowest point since 2008 totaling only US$72 million in 14 deals, compared to US$376 million in 32 deals in Q2 2012. Read more

Report: EBRD makes first investment in Ukraine?s solar industry

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 23:15 (PV-Tech)

According to a report from Bloomberg, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a ?5.7 million financial package for a solar plant in Ukraine. This will be the EBRD?s first solar project in the country and will see the organisation provide a ?4.1 million eight year loan in order to develop aMW solar plant in the Vinnytsya region to Rengy Development. As stated by Narek Harutyunyan, director of Rengy Development, the total cost of the solar project is ?10 million. Read more

Sunpreme, SMA inverters help power two rooftop solar installations in California

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 22:15 (PV-Tech)

Sunpreme announced that it had completed its installation of rooftop solar projects for two dental clinics in Northern California?s east bay. The solar systems, built for the Shoker Clinic, are supposed to provide enough electricity to offset around 90% of the clinic?s annual power needs. The installations feature 47kW of Sunpreme solar panels and SMA SunnyBoy inverters, which will generate almost 65,209kWh of electricity every year. Read more

Thuringia inaugurates its largest solar plant in Ronneburg

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 19:15 (PV-Tech)

Thuringia?s Minister for Trade and Industry Matthias Machnig has officially inaugurated the state?s largest PV plant located in Ronneburg, Germany. Built on 40 acres of a former uranium ore mining site, the plant has a PV capacity of 20MW and an output of 19 million kWh of electricity per annum. Read more

SolarMax installs more than 600 residential PV systems in Southern California in the summer of 2012

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 19:10 (Solarserver)

On October 3rd, 2012, SolarMax Technology Inc. (City Of Industry, California, U.S.) announced that it has installed sold more than 600 residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Southern California in the summer 2012. Read more

SmartShield overwhelmed by Solar Power UK response

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 18:59 (Solarpowerportal)

Loughborough-based SmartGen Ltd has revealed that it was overwhelmed by the UK industry?s response to its SmartShield system. Read more

Solar renewable energy credit prices remain depressed in India

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 18:55 (Solarserver)

Prices for solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) have remained the roughly the same in September 2012, with demand outstripping supply as more solar projects are commissioned, according to an analysis by ReConnect Energy Solutions. The market clearing price for SRECs was INR 12,500 (USD 241) on the India Energy Exchange (IEX) and INR 12,900 (USD 249) on the Power Exchange India (PXIL) during the month. In September 2012, 1,160 SRECs were sold, a tripling of market volume over the 379 sold in August 2012. Read more

NLP Solar Sales Training | 2 New Residential Loan Programs | Live Webinar October 17th & 18th

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 18:01 (Renewable Energy World)

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Order Focus: First Solar to supply over 585,000 thin-film modules to projects in Rajasthan

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 17:35 (PV-Tech)

Continuing with its dominance of the Indian market, First Solar will provide a total of over 585,000 CdTe thin-film modules to two large-scale PV power plants planned for India?s Rajasthan state. First Solar noted that the selection of its modules was due to the high ambient temperatures and diffuse sunlight conditions, which in recent studies by the company have nearly negated the higher yields of crystalline silicon modules. Read more

First Solar Falls on Concerns About Panel-Reliability Issues

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 16:15 (Renewable Energy World)

First Solar Inc., the world's biggest maker of thin-film panels, fell the most in five weeks after the company said as many as 232,000 panels in the field may need to be replaced. Read more

Market conditions worse than expected says aleo solar

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 15:45 (PV-Tech)

Weaker than expected demand in key markets of Germany, Italy and UK in the third quarter have led to aleo solar further lowering its revenue expectations for 2012. The module manufacturer had said at the beginning of August that it expected a ?surge in sales? especially from the German market in the second-half of the year with stability restored after the feed-in tariff changes. Read more

The Question Day 5: What is the Most Difficult Issue Facing the Solar Industry?

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 15:27 (Renewable Energy World)

It's been a year of both continued expansion and mounting challenges for the global solar industry. RenewableEnergyWorld asked solar industry executives to share their thoughts and insights on one burning question: Read more

Kyocera to supply 30MW of PV modules for solar power plant in Northern Japan

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 14:57 (Solarserver)

Kyocera Corporation (Kyoto, Japan) on October 8th, 2012 announced that its subsidiary in charge of domestic sales of solar equipment, Kyocera Solar Corporation, will provide 30 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules (approximately 135,000 panels) for a utility-scale solar power plant in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. The PV project will be designed and constructed by Yonden Engineering Co., Inc. Read more

Juwi Solar commissions 20 MW PV plant on former mine in Thuringia

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 12:43 (Solarserver)

Juwi Solar GmbH (Wörrstadt, Germany) has commissioned a 20 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on the site of a former uranium mine in Ronneburg in the German state of Thuringia. The PV plant comprises over 83,000 modules on an area of 40 hectares. An inauguration ceremony for the plant held on October 4th, 2012 featured Thuringian Minister for Trade and Industry Matthias Machnig. Read more

Nedap?s PowerRouter makes its UK debut at Solar Power UK

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 12:39 (Solarpowerportal)

Visitors to this year?s Solar Power UK event in Birmingham were introduced to Nedap?s new PowerRouter system, designed to help solar owners get the most benefit from the electricity generated on site. Read more

Concentrating Solar Power: World?s largest linear fresnel solar thermal power station commences operation

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 12:32 (Solarserver)

Puerto Errado 2 (PE2; Calasparra, Spain), the 30 MW solar thermal power station built by Novatec Solar GmbH (Karlsruhe, Germany) using its proprietary solar field technology, has been completed and is in operation. PE2?s solar boiler includes a mirror surface of 302,000qm making it the world?s largest operational solar thermal power station based on linear Fresnel collector technology, Novatec Solar emphasizes. Read more

SolarCity to file for IPO, expands to New York

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 9:09 (Solarserver)

SolarCity Corporation (San Mateo, California, U.S.) has publicly filed the first paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company has filed Form S-1, however the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not been determined. SolarCity also announced that it will expand to the U.S. state of New York with two new locations. Read more

PSEG Solar Source, Juwi commission 19 MW-AC PV plant in Arizona

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 9:02 (Solarserver)

PSEG Solar Source LLC (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.) has commissioned a 19 MW-AC solar photovoltaic (PV) plant roughly 50 miles from Phoenix in the U.S. state of Arizona. The Queen Creek Solar Farm is comprised of roughly 90,000 crystalline silicon PV modules, mounted on a single-axis tracking system. Juwi Solar Inc. (Boulder, Colorado, U.S.) developed the plant, served as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor and will supply operations and maintenance services. Read more

Greece tops 1GW mark in August

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 17:06 (PV-Tech)

Between January and August 2012, Greece?s PV capacity doubled to 937MW, according to the latest report from the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A. (HEDNO). This comes amid political and economic turmoil in the country. Read more

Jobs Blow Away as Congress Fails to Act on Wind Energy

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 16:36 (Renewable Energy World)

Leeco Steel LLC's fortunes rose even during the Great Recession thanks to a single customer: the burgeoning U.S. wind-energy industry. Read more

Vestas Gains as Denmark Commits to Renewables Despite Struggling Economy

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 15:05 (Renewable Energy World)

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest wind turbine maker, topped gainers in Copenhagen as Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said tough economic conditions shouldn't deter investment in renewable energy. Read more

Powering Half the World with Wind by 2030

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Last year, nearly 200,000 wind turbines met 2.5 percent of global energy needs. These numbers are impressive, but wind energy has the potential to pack an even bigger punch ? according to a new study, wind could power half the world with clean energy by 2030. Read more

Creating a Hybrid Hydro-Wind System on a Spanish Island

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The island of El Hierro, a part of the Canary Islands chain off the coast of Spain, is implementing a hybrid hydroelectric and wind plant to meet its energy needs using renewable sources. This facility integrates a pumped-storage plant with 11.32 MW of generating capacity and 6 MW of pumping capacity with an 11.5 MW wind farm. Working together, the two technologies will help create reliable, efficient and stable power supply for the 10,960 persons residing on the island. Read more

Report: Terra Firma, CDB plan multi-billion dollar fund for investment in renewable energy

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 23:15 (PV-Tech)

A report from Reuters has found that private equity firm Terra Firma is supposedly partnering with China Development Bank for a multi-billion dollar fund, which will go towards investments in renewable energy. Although Terra Firma declined to comment to Reuters, a source told the news outlet that the companies are expecting to start raising between US$3 and US$5 billion in the next few months. Read more

elcom Rossija 2012 featured top-level Siberia International Energy and Energy Efficiency Forum

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 19:03 (Solarserver)

The 1st elcom Rossija 2012 international trade fair on renewable and conventional energy, energy efficiency, electrical engineering, lighting and automation took place at the brand-new Novosibirsk Expocentre on September 18th-20th, 2012. Read more

REC announces the REC Global Partner Award 2012 winners

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 17:57 (PV-Tech)

Module supplier, Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), awarded the REC Global Partner Awards to six of its partner distributors. Read more

Energy giants threaten to cut UK investment over lack of green commitment

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 17:31 (Solarpowerportal)

The Times has obtained a letter written by seven of the world?s leading electricity and nuclear companies that warns that current anti-green policies are damaging the UK?s investment prospects. The companies warn that George Osborne?s repeated attempts to scale back Government?s green ambitions will force them to cut millions of pounds of planned investment. Read more

Wind Developers For Sale: 11 Clean Energy Stocks for 2012, October Update

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 16:45 (Renewable Energy World)

September was another quiet month for my Clean Energy model portfolio and the stock market in general, with the exception of Finavera Wind Energy (TSX:FVR, OTC:FNVRF), which put itself up for sale last Monday (see below.) Read more

GCL-Poly to lower polysilicon costs by using FBR technology

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 16:33 (PV-Tech)

Major polysilicon producer, GCL-Poly, has successfully initiated trial production of its high-purity polysilicon silane system that produces silane gas in-house. The development would ultimately lead to the use of fluidized bed reactors (FBR) that offer lower polysilicon production costs due to its almost continuous production process. REC and more recently MEMC have been pioneers of the FBR process and technology developments. Read more

Germany's Unlikely Renewable Energy Revolutionaries

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 15:13 (Renewable Energy World)

Another misunderstanding about Germany?s clean energy shift is the idea that somehow ?the state? or green treehuggers are behind it. Well, it ain?t so. For the most part, Germany?s new energy producers are home owners, small and medium-sided businesses, and farmers, many of the latter who faced ruin only a decade ago. At the heart of Germany?s alte Read more

Under the Election-Season Radar, Signs of Bipartisan Support for Clean Energy

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

I'm not optimistic that our nation's clean-energy future will suddenly turn into the campaign issue that it should be. But looking beyond the November 6th election, I've seen some recent signs that a more bipartisan push for clean-tech growth might be possible. Read more

Chilean Senate approves 20% by 2020 renewable energy goal

Monday, 10.8.2012 - 12:49 (Solarserver)

A proposal to increase the share of "non-conventional" renewable energy in the Chile's electricity generation mix to 20% by 2020 has unanimously passed the Chilean Senate and was presented to the Committee on Mines and Energy on October 3rd, 2012. An agreement has already been reached in the Committee on Mining and Energy in the nation's House of Representatives, and the legislation will now be processed. Chilean President Sebastián Piñera originally proposed this goal in May 2010. Read more