Order Focus: China Sunergy provides modules for 3MW plant in Romania

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 19:34 (PV-Tech)

Solar cell and module manufacturer China Sunergy?s (CSUN) 240-60P multicrystalline modules were used at the Romanian solar plant and installed on single axis trackers. Read more

Report: ?Explosive? UK PV growth will diminish need for nuclear

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 15:55 (Solarpowerportal)

A new report published by the green campaign group Energy Fair shows that rapid renewables growth in the UK spearheaded by solar photovoltaics (PV) will severely eat into nuclear?s market by the time any new nuclear stations are brought online in 2020 or later. Read more

PSEG, Juwi, SRP dedicate 19 MW-AC PV plant in Arizona

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 12:01 (Solarserver)

PSEG Solar Source (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.), Salt River Project (SRP, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.) and Juwi Solar Inc. (Boulder, Colorado, U.S.) have held a dedication ceremony for the 19 MW-AC PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm in the U.S. state of Arizona. The plant comprises roughly 90,000 crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, mounted on single-axis trackers. The plant features 48 400 kW Power-One inverters, with each inverter comprising six extractable 67 kW modules with a customized configuration for maximum energy harvest. Read more

BLM recommends reduction in size of Desert Harvest PV plant to 135 MW

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 11:53 (Solarserver)

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Desert Harvest solar photovoltaic (PV) project proposed in Riverside County, Southern California. In the EIS, the BLM recommends that the project be reduced from 1,208 acres of public land to 1,044 acres, with a corresponding reduction in output from 150 megawatt (MW) to 135 MW, in order to avoid impacts to rare plant species. EDF Renewable Energy (San Diego, California, U.S.) is developing the plant. Read more

Array Technologies to supply single-axis trackers for 268 MW-DC PV project in Southern California

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 9:51 (Solarserver)

Array Technologies Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.) has been selected to supply its DuraTrack single-axis trackers for a 268 MW-DC solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Southern California's Imperial Valley. The plant will utilize First Solar cadmium telluride thin-film PV modules, and Array Technologies notes that the design of its trackers provides a material-efficient tracking design for mounting these frameless modules. The trackers will be delivered over a 9-month period. Read more

Production and staff cut at Suntech?s module assembly plant in Arizona

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 8:47 (PV-Tech)

A single shift will operate Suntech Power Holdings only module assembly plant in the US with the loss of around 50 jobs. Read more

GCL Solar completes two solar projects in California

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 20:53 (PV-Tech)

GCL Solar Energy?s California PV projects consist of two solar installations totalling 48MW. Read more

Innotech Solar celebrates three years with no hot spots on modules

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 20:44 (PV-Tech)

Solar manufacturer Innotech Solar has gone three years with its solar module production free from any hot spots. Read more

JA Solar to change ADS ratio

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 20:26 (PV-Tech)

Effective 10 December, JA Solar Holdings? ratio of American Depositary Shares (ADS?s) to ordinary shares will change to reflect one ADS representing five ordinary shares. Read more

Power-One, Phono Solar partner to sell PV systems

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 19:47 (PV-Tech)

Power-One, an inverter manufacturer, and module manufacturer Phono Solar signed a strategic alliance to market and sell PV systems using their respective technologies. Read more

Trina Solar's Changzhou Testing Center wins UL certification

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 18:17 (Solarserver)

Trina Solar Ltd. (Changzhou, China) has been awarded Client Test Data Program (CTDP) certification from Underwriters Laboratories (UL, Northbrook, Illinois, U.S.). This enables its Changzhou PV Testing Center to independently conduct testing programs and to issue UL-recognized test data without the on-site presence of UL engineers. The company notes that it is the first solar photovoltaic (PV) company to be awarded this distinction, which goes further than the Witness Test Data Program. Read more

Sorouh Real Estate develops sustainable villas prototype, including solar water heating

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 18:11 (Solarserver)

On November 14th, 2012, Sorouh Real Estate PJSC (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC) have unveiled ready-to-view prototypes of a series of sustainable villas of the Al Ghareba national housing project, including solar water heating. Read more

Order Focus: Deger supplies tracking systems for the two ?largest PV systems in Bosnia-Herzegovina?

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 15:50 (PV-Tech)

Deger, a manufacturer of solar tracking systems, has supplied 30 DEGERtracker 9000 NT tracking systems for installation at two 150kWp solar parks in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Read more

Analysts continue to question Applied Materials presence in solar industry

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 15:47 (PV-Tech)

The significant collapse in the sales within Applied Materials EES division, which contains its solar equipment product offerings, continues to attract questions from financial analysts over the company continuing to absorb losses rather than exit the sector altogether. Read more

Australia to start 2013 without a Solar Credits mechanism

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 14:18 (PV-Tech)

The Australian federal government has announced the phase-out of its Solar Credits mechanism for small-scale, mostly residential, installations six months ahead of schedule, effective 1 January 2013, having already been reduced in July. Read more

Financial Green Lights Signal Upswing in Global Solar PV Development

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The outlook is bright for the future of solar projects worldwide, as evidenced by the news rolling in from a handful of global initiatives that are proving solar's not just a way to provide clean energy, but also an effective way to create jobs and spur economic growth. Read more

GT Advanced Technologies buys Twin Creeks' assets, IP

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 12:12 (Solarserver)

GT Advanced Technologies (Merrimack, New Hampshire, U.S.) has bought the capital assets and intellectual property (IP) of Twin Creeks Technologies Inc. (San Jose, California, U.S.) for roughly USD 10 million and royalties based on future sales. The assets acquired by GT relate primarily to the Hyperion ion implanter, as well as Twin Creeks' patent portfolio. GT states that it expects Hyperion technology to offer broad applications in the production of engineered substrates for semiconductors and thin wafers for solar applications as well as display applications. Read more

Solar Cube announces distribution partnership with Trina Solar

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 12:04 (Solarpowerportal)

Stevenage-based solar distributor Solar Cube has announced a new partnership with Trina Solar. Read more

Completion of Concentrating Solar Power Plants in India Delayed

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 11:04 (Renewable Energy World)

India, planning $1.4 billion of solar-thermal power stations, expects half of the projects to be delayed and some to be scrapped as U.S. supplies stall and dust-clouds diffuse the radiation required to drive generation. Read more

LDK Solar receives NYSE delisting warning

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 10:07 (PV-Tech)

Struggling PV manufacturer, LDK Solar has received a delisting notice for its American depositary shares (ADS) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) having had the value of the shares fall below the US$1.0 threshold in October, 2012. Read more

El Paso Electric Company signs PPA for 50 MW-AC Macho Springs PV project in New Mexico

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 9:46 (Solarserver)

El Paso Electric Company (EPE, El Paso, Texas, U.S.) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Element Power (London, U.K.) for the output of the company's 50 MW-AC Macho Springs Solar Project in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The PPA is subject to approval by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. Element Power plans to begin construction of the plant in 2013 and complete it in 2014. Read more

CNPV modules pass PID testing at Intertek

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 9:07 (PV-Tech)

Tested by Intertek Group, both monocrystalline and multicrystalline modules from CNPV Solar Power have successfully passed Potential Induced Degradation (PID) certification evaluation IEC62804. Read more

Military Biofuels Debate Continues: NDAA Could Kill Job, Economic Growth, Report Says

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 20:51 (Renewable Energy World)

The military biofuels debate continues with the release of a new report that claims military investment would generate more than 14,000 jobs by 2020 and $10 billion in economic activity, among other benefits. Commissioned by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), it claims that military investment would spark the biofuels industry and initiate further investment from other industries such as automotive and airline, but the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) could derail progress. Read more

juwi builds off-grid hybrid PV system in Egyptian desert

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 17:00 (PV-Tech)

German renewable energy specialist juwi has constructed its first project in Egypt ? an off-grid hybrid system which consists of a 50kW PV system, four small wind turbines and a battery storage unit. Read more

Kenya Geothermal Set to Replace Hydro with Major Development Plans

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 15:33 (Renewable Energy World)

Kenya Electricity Generating Co., the East African nation's biggest power producer, said it will reduce hydropower's share of total output to less than half within two years as geothermal production increases. Read more

California Energy Commission awards USD 1.5 million for energy research

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 18:07 (Solarserver)

On November 14th, 2012, the California Energy Commission (CEC) announced that it has awarded about USD 1.5 million to fund 18 research projects. "These projects will increase the energy efficiency of buildings, raise renewable energy generation, and improve the reliability of the state's electricity grid," CEC Chair Robert B. Weisenmiller stated. Read more

Why Alternative Energy Stocks Are Down Despite An Obama Victory

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 15:46 (Renewable Energy World)

If you follow the energy sector closely, then you know that many questions regarding the direction of alternative energy companies were looming during the 2012 campaign season. Was the country going to continue with the Obama Administration's "all-of-the-above" strategy with its strong emphasis on renewables, or would there be an accelerated domestic drilling and pipeline bonanza under Republican leadership. Read more

Why Alternative Energy Stocks are Down Despite an Obama Victory

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 15:46 (Renewable Energy World)

If you follow the energy sector closely, then you know that many questions regarding the direction of alternative energy companies were looming during the 2012 campaign season. Was the country going to continue with the Obama Administration's "all-of-the-above" strategy with its strong emphasis on renewables, or would there be an accelerated domestic drilling and pipeline bonanza under Republican leadership. Read more

European grid project seeks to overcome PV integration challenges

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 13:50 (PV-Tech)

A two-year European Commission-funded project has been launched to investigate ways of integrating more PV electricity into the European grid. Read more

Yingli Green margins take massive hit in Q3

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 13:31 (PV-Tech)

China?s Yingli Green Energy has warned that it expects Q3 2012 gross margins to plummet on the back of inventory write downs, lower capacity utilisation and countervailing and anti-dumping duties impact. Read more

Italian PV supplies more than 6% of electricity produced in October 2012

Friday, 11.16.2012 - 9:57 (Solarserver)

Italian grid operator Terna SpA (Rome, Italy) has released electricity system information for October 2012, reporting that photovoltaic (PV) plants produced more than 6% of the nation's electricity generation at 1.36 GWh. This represents a 17% increase in production over October 2011. PV was the third largest source of electricity, following thermoelectric (fossil fuel and nuclear) generation at 72% and hydroelectric generation at 16%. Read more