Renusol, Krannich launch new products in US PV market

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 17:33 (Solarserver)

On December 4th, 2012, Krannich Solar (Hausen, Germany) and Renusol America (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.) announced that they have extended their relationship in the United States solar photovoltaic (PV) market. The companies introduced the Renusol VS Line and the Renusol CS60 PV mounting solutions into the Krannich Solar line of solar products and components carried in the U.S. Read more

Order Focus: Suntech to supply 100MW of modules for two plants in South Africa

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 11:18 (PV-Tech)

Two separate PV power plants to be built in the Northern Cape of South Africa will use 100MW worth of ?V? series modules from Suntech Power Holdings. Read more

Suntech revenues decline in 3Q 2012

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 9:29 (Solarserver)

Suntech Power Holdings Company Ltd. (Wuxi, China) has released preliminary, unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2012, as well as an update on the assets Global Solar Fund SCA, Sicar (GSF), in which it holds an 80% stake. Suntech reports USD 387 million in quarterly revenues, an 18% decline over the previous quarter, a gross margin of roughly 5%, and USD 98 million in operating expenses. These revenues represent a 52% decline from the third quarter of 2011, and the company expects a further decline in shipments and margins in the fourth quarter of 2012. Read more

Soitec to open CPV factory in California

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 9:23 (Solarserver)

Soitec SA (Bernin, France) will hold a grand opening ceremony for its new 1.64 hectare concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) manufacturing facility in San Diego, California, on December 19th, 2012. The plant will have an annual output of 280 MW of CPV modules at full capacity, and will support Soitec CPV projects in California and throughout the US Southwest. The company currently has power purchase agreements for more than 300 MW of CPV projects with California utilities. Read more

Order Focus: Emerson Process Management provides Ovation technology for two CA projects

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 21:34 (PV-Tech)

Emerson Process Management supplied its Ovation control and optimization technology for the 110MW Catalina Solar and the 140MW Pacific Wind project in Kern County, California. Read more

Martifer Solar wins contract from Westfield Group for new solar array in Los Angeles

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 21:25 (PV-Tech)

Solar engineering, procurement and construction firm Martifer Solar, has been awarded its third contract from Westfield Group for a 765kW array at Westfield?s flagship Century City mall in Los Angeles. Read more

Asia Report: India Hopes to Ramp Up Installed Solar Capacity to 9 GW by 2017

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 17:54 (Renewable Energy World)

India has released a draft version of phase two of its Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), which lays out ambitions to build 9 GW of grid-connected solar plants by 2017 ? more than eight times its current capacity. Read more

Intersolar Europe 2013 focuses on roof-mounted PV systems for industry and commerce

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 17:51 (Solarserver)

An increasing number of German companies is investing in renewable energy technologies such as photovoltaics (PV) to provide their own energy supply. In view of unstable price developments, the on-site consumption of solar power offers commerce and industry an attractive and cost-effective alternative to conventionally generated electricity. Combinations involving innovative storage technologies and electric vehicles increase the energy saving potential even further. Next year sees an increased focus on energy self-sufficiency at Intersolar Europe, the world's largest exhibition for the solar industry. Numerous suppliers present their latest developments in the field of on-site Read more

Chinese Government Pledges $1 Billion to JinkoSolar

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 17:43 (Renewable Energy World)

JinkoSolar Holding Co. climbed to a six-month high after it won as much as $1 billion in financing from China Development Bank Corp., a sign that the Chinese government is placing bets on specific manufacturers. Read more

SolarWorld opens Japanese office

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 17:37 (Solarserver)

Noting the recent substantial growth in the Japanese solar photovoltaic (PV) market, SolarWorld AG (Bonn, Germany) has opened a new sales office in Tokyo. SolarWorld reports that its subsidiary SolarWorld Asia Pacific has been active in the Japanese market for over a year. The company also displayed its Sunmodule Plus PV modules at the PV Japan trade show from December 5th to 7th, 2012. Read more

Grasshopper Solar wins innovator award from Canadian Solar Industries Association

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 17:28 (Solarserver)

On December 6th, 2012, Grasshopper Solar Corp. (Toronto, Canada) announced that it received the 2012 Canadian Solar Innovator Award from the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA). The company won the award in the Solar Innovator Award category, which was designed to recognize a company whose initiatives were innovative and creative in terms of promoting the significance and benefits of solar power to broad audiences while attaining its business goals. Read more

Soltech and Solaire 2G agree deal on hybrid module

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 17:16 (PV-Tech)

French solar technology start-up company Solaire 2G has signed a partnership agreement with Belgian module producer Soltech. Read more

Soltech and Solaire agree deal on hybrid module

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 17:16 (PV-Tech)

French solar technology start-up company Solaire 2G has signed a partnership agreement with Belgian module producer Soltech. Read more

Absolute Solar and Wind reports 240% sales growth

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 16:36 (Solarpowerportal)

Against the backdrop of more announced energy bill price rises, Scottish renewable installer Absolute Solar and Wind has reported a huge surge in demand for its energy saving products from both domestic and commercial customers. Read more

Suntech Solar Energy Woes Drag On

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 16:31 (Renewable Energy World)

The woes at fast-fading former solar superstar Suntech (NYSE: STP) keep on coming, with the company releasing its latest earnings report that shows its woes are likely to continue until its increasingly inevitable takeover by the state. That takeover, if and when it comes, is likely to be as filled with fireworks as Suntech's actual decline, with a Read more

12 Solar Power Myths and the Saving Grace of a Worthwhile Cause

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 14:03 (Renewable Energy World)

Over the course of its terrestrial history, solar industry growth has primarily relied on incentives and subsidies for growth and as a mark of success, instead of healthy margins and profits. For most of the industry's history buyers of technology (cells and modules) have enjoyed price control. The primary reasons that buyers have controlled the price function for most of the PV industry's history are: a) The industry requires incentives/subsidies for its growth b) Without subsidies there is not pull for the technology c) There are many substitutes, both renewable and conventional d) all substitutes enjoy some degree of subsidies themselves e) the task of educating consumers Read more

Solar Energy and Water: Solar Powering Desalination

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Saudi Arabia's newly announced commitment to introducing solar-powered desalination plants marks a welcome and significant step in advancing the technology. In October 2012, Abdul Rahman Al-Ibrahim, governor of the country's Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), which procures the majority of its extensive municipal desalination assets, announced plans to establish three new solar-powered desalination plants in Haqel, Dhuba and Farasan. SWCC is the biggest producer of desalinated water worldwide, accounting for 18% of global output. Read more

Domestic solar installation rates jump another 40%

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 13:02 (Solarpowerportal)

The latest weekly solar installation figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) are beginning to paint a brighter picture for the UK solar industry as installation rates jumped up another 40%. Read more

JinkoSolar, China Development Bank sign strategic cooperation agreement for up to USD 1 billion

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 12:59 (Solarserver)

JinkoSolar Holding Company Ltd.'s (Shanghai, China) Swiss subsidiary has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Guangdong Branch of China Development Bank (CDB), through which CDB plans to provide up to USD 1 billion in financing to JinkoSolar over a five-year period. Final conditions, terms and amount of financing under the agreement will be determined in separate agreements. JinkoSolar states that it will use the financing to develop its overseas expansion, merger & acquisition and downstream business. Read more

SolarReserve wins Platts Global Energy Awards

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 12:44 (Solarserver)

SolarReserve LLC (Santa Monica, California, U.S.) reports that it made the finals in four categories at the 2012 Platts Global Energy Awards, including Leading Technology. The company won an "Award of Excellence" in the Corporate Stewardship category, and its CEO also won the "Rising Star - Individual" award in the Vision and Leadership category. The awards ceremony was held on November 29th, 2012 in New York City. Read more

Order Focus: Queen Creek Solar Farm uses 90,000 modules from Yingli Green

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 12:37 (PV-Tech)

Chinese manufacturer Yingli Green has supplied 90,000 modules for the the Queen Creek Solar Farm in Arizona, which was inaugurated in November. Read more

South Korean consortium launches Japan PV project

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 12:21 (PV-Tech)

South Korean manufacturer STX Solar has joined forces with Korea South-East Power to develop a 45MW PV project in Japan. Read more

Hanwha SolarOne inks 155MW module supply deal in South Africa

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 11:57 (PV-Tech)

PV manufacturer Hanwha SolarOne has signed a contract to deliver 155MW of PV modules for two projects in South Africa. Read more

Tamil Nadu opens competitive bidding program for solar projects

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 9:18 (Solarserver)

On December 5th, 2012 the Indian state of Tamil Nadu opened the first year of its competitive bidding program for solar electric plants 1 MW and larger. Bidding for the first 1 GW of contracts will be open through April 1st, 2013, and Tamil Nadu seeks to reach 3 GW of solar generation through the program by 2015. Natural Group has noted the similarity of the program's price escalation framework to Tamil Nadu's wind program. Read more

Paul Winnowski named president and CEO of Mainstream Energy

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 20:53 (PV-Tech)

Paul Winnowski will now oversee all operations at Mainstream Energy and its subsidiaries REC Solar, AEE Solar and SnapNRack in his new position as president and chief executive officer. Read more

Order Focus: GCL-Poly to procure modules for two 75MW PV power plants in South Africa

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 17:44 (PV-Tech)

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings is to arrange the procurement of modules for two 75MW PV power plants earmarked for the South African government?s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP). Read more

Clenergy optimises mounting system for China desert project

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 14:01 (PV-Tech)

Chinese solar technology company Clenergy has won a bid to build a 30MW PV plant in Alar, in the desert region of Xinjiang, China. Read more

Clenergy optimises mounting system for desert project in China

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 14:01 (PV-Tech)

Chinese solar technology company Clenergy has won a bid to build a 30MW PV plant in Alar, in the desert region of Xinjiang, China. Read more

Doha Climate Talks Bring $100 Billion Green Climate Fund Into Question

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

One of the key issues occupying much of the debate in Doha as climate talks rage against a looming deadline is the UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF), a proposed $100 billion global fund that would be paid by richer nations and used to assist developing countries in their efforts to combat climate change. Read more

Brazilian state of Amazonas unveils sustainable energy plans

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 13:55 (PV-Tech)

Solar energy looks set to play a central role in newly published plans to increase the development of renewable energy in Amazonas, Brazil?s largest state. Read more

Renewable Energy Goes Mainstream NOW in Orlando, Florida

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 13:19 (Renewable Energy World)

Back in February, we announced that Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo, North America would be co-locating with Power-Gen International at the end of the year. PGI is the largest trade show for the power generation industry, attracting more than 20,000 executives from around the world to hear the latest information about the politics, economics and advances in the production and supply of power to communities. The show officially starts tomorrow but tech tours and workshops have already begun. Read more

UN Climate Change Conference concludes in Doha with progress on Kyoto Protocol extension

Monday, 12.10.2012 - 12:53 (Solarserver)

The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded in Doha, Qatar on December 8th, 2012, with agreements on extension of the Kyoto Protocol and other key items. Despite ending a day late due to negotiations over a final motion, various parties including the government of China have expressed satisfaction with the outcome. However, EU Climate Commissioner Hedegaard called the outcome "modest" and both the UN and environmental organizations have stressed that the pace of progress is inadequate. Read more