News of the year 2012
Date: 14.03.2012
Order Focus: Advanced Energy provides 61 commercial inverters to 8MW of REgeneration PV projects
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 20:43 (PV-Tech)
Advanced Energy Industries revealed that REgeneration Finance had selected it to provide its commercial inverters for 8MW of US distributed generation PV projects. The 61 inverters are being used at three school district projects developed by REgeneration including the 3MW Douglas County School District project in Colorado, the 3.26MW Buckeye Elementary School District project in Arizona and Constellation Energy?s 4.29MW Buckeye Union High School District project. Read moreAsia Continues to Dominate Solar Module Output
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 17:49 (Renewable Energy World)
First Solar and a host of Chinese firms continued to dominate solar module manufacturing in 2011, jockeying over the same positions for more than a year now, according to data from Lux Research. Read moreGTM, SEIA: U.S. PV installations double to reach 1.85 GW in 2011
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 17:27 (Solarserver)
On March 14th, 2012 GTM Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA, Washington D.C., U.S.) released a report which finds that U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) installations increased 109% in 2011 to reach 1.85 GW. GTM and SEIA's U.S. most recent "Solar Market Insight" report estimates that the U.S. installed 776 MW of PV plants in the fourth quarter of 2011 alone, with the total value of the U.S. solar market growing to more than USD 8.4 billion in 2011. Read moreGTM, SEIA: U.S. PV market doubles to 1.85 GW in 2011
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 16:04 (Solarserver)
On March 14th, 2012 GTM Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA, Washington D.C., U.S.) released a report which finds that U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) installations increased 109% in 2011 to reach 1.85 GW. GTM and SEIA's U.S. most recent "Solar Market Insight" report estimates that the U.S. installed 755 MW of solar energy plants in the fourth quarter of 2011 alone, with the total value of the U.S. solar market growing to more than USD 8.4 billion in 2011. Read moreDelaware Electric to build 4 MW PV plant in Sussex County
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 13:26 (Solarserver)
On March 8th, 2012, Delaware Electric Cooperative (Greenwood, Delaware, U.S.) announced that it is building a 4 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) park in Sussex County, Delaware. The PV plant will produce enough energy to power 500 homes. The solar park will be located on 20 acres of land near Georgetown. The park could eventually be expanded to 40 acres with the ability to produce 8 megawatts (MW) of solar power. Read more5.3 MW PV plant with Conergy components connected to the Spanish grid
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 12:50 (Solarserver)
Another solar park equipped with Conergy (Hamburg) products has been connected to the grid in southern Spain. On an area of almost 89 acres near the town of Mazarrón in the Murcia region, the two local Conergy partners Valfortec and Solaer installed components from the system supplier. Now more than 22,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) modules on more than 31 miles of Conergy SolarLinea mounting systems are producing clean energy. Read moreEcobuild: Enfinity set to launch two new smart monitoring systems
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 12:25 (Solarpowerportal)
Enfinity is launching two new products at this year’s upcoming EcoBuild exhibition. Enfinity’s new offerings are designed to help energy users better manage their consumption and effectively manage their solar electricity generation. Read moreDEGERenergie stops production of tracking systems for concentrating photovoltaics applications
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 8:59 (Solarserver)
DEGERenergie (Horb, Germany) will stop the production of its systems DEGERtraker 3000CT and 5000CT and not pursue sales activities in the field of concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) any longer, the company reports in a press release. ?The increased yield which can be achieved with concentrator technology bears no reasonable proportion to the additional expenditure and does not justify the high development effort,? Michael Heck, Vice President Sales & Marketing at DEGERenergie, explains. Read moreFormer Enron executive to lead First Solar?s emerging markets push
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 22:50 (PV-Tech)
James Hughes, a previous long-term executive within the corporate structures of infamous, Enron has been chosen by First Solar?s Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mike Ahearn to lead its major business strategy change to focus on the unsubsidized emerging PV markets - such as Chile. Hughes has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer a newly created role. Read moreCPUC okays SDG&E?s PPA with Catalina Solar
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 21:28 (PV-Tech)
The California Public Utilities Commission gave its approval, without modification, for a 25-year PPA between San Diego Gas & Electric and Catalina Solar. The PPA is for Catalina Solar?s 110MW Kern County, California solar PV project, which is expected to reach partial operation, 50MW, by December 31, and full commercial operation by June 30, 2013. Read moreSolarBridge appoints Craig Lawrence as VP of marketing
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 20:31 (PV-Tech)
Craig Lawrence was named SolarBridge Technologies? new vice president of marketing; a role which will see him responsible for strategic marketing, product management and marketing, and marketing communications for the company?s power electronic solutions. Lawrence joins SolarBridge with over 20 years of experience in product development, marketing and general management, most recently serving as VP of products and GM of SunEdison?s residential and light commercial business unit. Read moreMX Solar declares a founding role in CASM
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 20:18 (PV-Tech)
New Jersey-based MX Solar has officially declared its participation, and founding role, in the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), which includes over 160 US companies supporting the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases against China?s state-sponsored manufactures of PV cells and modules. Read moreSupervisory board reshuffle at Payom Solar
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 17:49 (PV-Tech)
Payom Solar has announced the departure of two members of its supervisory board: Philip Moffat and Jörn Reinecke have resigned effective February 29, following strategic realignment of the company. Dr. Rainer Gegenwart, owner of a project development company in the solar energy sector and Alfons L. Kosse, financial auditor and tax accountant will join the board from March 1. Read moreCarlisle MP calls for all new homes to be solar-powered
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 17:26 (Solarpowerportal)
Conservative MP, John Stevenson, believes that it should be compulsory to fit solar panels to all new homes built in the UK. Read moreFirst Solar wins 100% stake in 20MW PV plant in Hagerstown, US
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 17:07 (PV-Tech)
First Solar has announced it has acquired a 100% stake in Maryland Solar, a 20MW PV solar power project in Hagerstown, Maryland, US. Read moreUS surpasses 1GW annual PV installs for the first time
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 16:47 (PV-Tech)
Solar PV installations in the US reached a record 1,855MW in 2011, according to GTM Research and US trade organization, SEIA in a joint report. In 2010, the previous record year for the US, 887MW had been installed. Installations therefore easily surpassed the annual 1GW milestone and grew 109% year-on-year. Read moreIsraeli investor buys 2.3MW solar plant near Cordoba
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 16:29 (PV-Tech)
German PV system supplier Conergy has sold a 2.3MW grid-connected solar park on an 8ha site near the city of Cordoba in Andalucia to Ellomay Capital. The solar plant is equipped with 21 IPG 100kW of inverters and features more than 10,500 of Conergy?s PowerPlus PV modules on 21km of SolarLinea mounting systems. Read moreFirst Solar purchases 20 MW Maryland Solar Farm project
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 15:53 (Solarserver)
On March 14th, 2012 First Solar Inc. (Tempe, Arizona, U.S.) announced that it has purchased a 100% stake in a 20 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant under development in the U.S. state of Maryland, which will employ its cadmium telluride thin film PV modules. The company plans to begin construction of the Maryland Solar Farm in Hagerstown, Maryland, in the second quarter of 2012 and complete the plant by the fourth quarter of the year. Read moreMore Pain Ahead for Solar Stocks
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 14:37 (Renewable Energy World)
Clean Energy Trends 2012, the annual report from Clean Edge by Ron Pernick, Clint Wilder, and Trevor Winnie, was released today. On the surface, it seems like good news for the solar sector. Although headlines in 2011 featured much bad press for Solar PV, the industry has not been "withering on the vine." Read moreOCI Solar Power?s Vineland Solar IV project begins operation
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 13:56 (PV-Tech)
Solar IV, the first solar plant in Vineland, New Jersey, has been completed and begun commercial operation. Vineland Solar IV, developed on 38 acres in Delsea Drive by OCI Solar Power, contains more than 13,000 PV modules and the project generates a total of 3MW. The energy is sold to the Vineland Municipal Electric Utility and will power local homes and businesses. Read moreMage Solar unveils PID-resistant Powertec Plus PV module
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 13:50 (Solarserver)
On March 13th, 2012, Mage Solar (Dublin, Georgia), part of the globally operating Mage Group, announced that tests at Underwriters Laboratories (UL, Neu-Isenburg, Germany) have confirmed its Mage Powertec Plus modules are potential induced degradation (PID)-resistant. Read moreCanadian Solar and Lightsource?s 6.4MW alliance in UK
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 13:44 (PV-Tech)
Canadian Solar and Lightsource Renewable Energy have announced the completion of joint projects in the UK. Ground-mounted PV plants were built in Cornwall (Bodmin), Lincolnshire (Spalding) and Somerset (Taunton), with a combined capacity of 6.4MW. Read moreClean Power Research to receive USD 850,000 grant from California Public Utilities Commission for implementation of new PV simulation tools
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 13:42 (Solarserver)
On March 12th, 2012, Clean Power Research (Napa, California, U.S.) announced that it will receive a grant of about USD 850,000 in a third round of funding from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The funding will be awarded under the California Solar Initiative Research, Development, Deployment and Demonstration (CSI RD&D) Program. Read moreFirst Solar and Suntech led 2011?s module manufacturer rankings, says Lux Research report
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 13:41 (PV-Tech)
Although the top-ranked companies might not come as a surprise to many, Lux Research?s top 10 module manufacturer rankings provides some interesting figures. The research firm?s Solar Supply Tracker has logged the top 10 module manufacturers by percentage of global module production, and sees First Solar in first place at 7% (2.001GW), Suntech in second at 6.5% (1.866GW) and Yingli Green in third at 5.5% (1.554GW). Read more5N Plus forced to reshape supply contracts with First Solar
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 13:34 (PV-Tech)
Although efforts to diversify away from dependence on supplying purified rare earth material to First Solar is a challenge, a handful of thin-film rivals have been successful. Specialty metals firm 5N Plus has had to renegotiate its supply agreements with its biggest customer in the sector: First Solar. In accepting lower prices for cadmium and tellurium, 5N Plus will supply substantially all of the CdTe material required by First Solar. Read morePV Production: Twin Creeks Technologies introduces "Hyperion" manufacturing system for ultra-thin solar wafers
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 12:40 (Solarserver)
Twin Creeks Technologies, (San Jose, California, U.S.), provider of manufacturing equipment for solar and semiconductor producers, on March 13th, 2012 announced Hyperion: a wafer production system that due to the company dramatically reduces the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and semiconductor devices by reducing the amount of silicon and other substrate materials by up to 90 percent. Read moreEuropean Solar Days events expect more than a half-million participants
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 12:27 (Solarserver)
Hundreds of thousands of European citizens will gather at events across the continent to show their support for solar energy during European Solar Days (ESD), demonstrating the huge potential contribution of solar toward meeting EU energy goals. The events, which will take place in hundreds of locations from Tuesday, May 1st to Sunday, May 13th, have been designed to help audiences including European policy makers and companies, but particularly individual citizens, to understand the benefits that available solar technology offers them today. Read moreWeb community SolarThermalWorld: Solar thermal use "heats up" in colder climes
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 12:17 (Solarserver)
Many people associate solar energy with hot regions like Arizona and Southern California. However, solar thermal water heating (SWH) can be used by families and firms in colder areas, such as Wisconsin and Oregon. In fact, Germany is a solar thermal market leader in Europe, SolarThermalWorld emphasizes in a press release. "Many people assume that SWH is not an option for them because they do not live near a scorching desert or by a sun-drenched beach," said Nigel Cotton, OEM Team Leader of the International Copper Association (ICA) and founder of SolarThermalWorld.org, a web community for solar thermal professionals. Read moreIsraelis target further solar panel sites in West Bank for demolition
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 12:17 (PV-Tech)
The Guardian has reported Israel?s plans to demolish solar panels in Imneizil in Area C of the West Bank. The two ?30,000 panels, constructed by Spanish NGO Seba in 2009, have been labelled ?illegal? by Israeli authorities due to building work carried out without a permit. Read moreESA Renewables initiates solar PV performance guarantee in O&M division
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 12:08 (Solarserver)
On March 8th, 2012, ESA Renewables (Lake Mary, Florida, U.S.), a turnkey solar solutions provider, announced that it has launched its Solar Power Production Guarantee. The new program guarantees specific monthly energy production for solar energy generating systems under an ESA operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement. Read moreKLNE launches new Solartec range
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 11:38 (Solarpowerportal)
Bejing-based inverter manufacturer KLNE has announced a new range of inverters which include models designed specifically for the UK market. Read moreSolar Industry's Exponential Growth in 2011 Indicates Healthy US PV Market
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 5:05 (Renewable Energy World)
It wasn't too many years ago when the installing more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of solar PV in the U.S. in one year was a pipedream. But according to the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, in 2011 the industry didn't just eek out more than 1 GW of solar: it blew that threshold away. Read morePresident Obama Launches EV-Everywhere Challenge
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)
President Obama on March 7 launched DOE's EV-Everywhere Challenge, allowing scientists, engineers, and businesses to collaborate to make electric vehicles (EV) more affordable than gasoline-powered vehicles in 10 years. The challenge is part of a strategy to help reduce dependence on foreign oil. Read moreNew report finds global PV market reached over US$91 billion in 2011, installations up 69%
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 21:07 (PV-Tech)
According to the Clean Energy Trends 2012 report by Clean Edge, worldwide clean-energy markets expanded significantly in 2011, despite economic, political and pricing obstacles. Global revenue for solar PV, wind power and biofuels rose 31% to US$246.1 billion, over 2010?s US$188.1 billion. The expansion can be traced to double-digit growth rates for the wind and solar markets. Read moreThere are no news available
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Winners of National Geographic climate competition show the next generation is full of green ideas
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 16:11 (Solarpowerportal)
Solar panels adorn the roof of Parliament and solar-powered pedal buses ferry tourists across Westminster Bridge in 12-year old Ciara’s vision of what the capital should look like in 2050. Read moreWhy Does the EU Need a Higher Carbon Price?
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)
At the end of last week EU environment ministers met to discuss how to fix the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) by raising the price of carbon. Zoë Casey, EWEA blog editor, spoke to Rémi Gruet, EWEA’s senior regulatory affairs advisor on climate change, to discover just what the ETS does and why the EU needs a higher carb Read moreClean Energy and the Challenge of Low-Cost Natural Gas
Wednesday, 3.14.2012 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)
There is a strong case for an energy future that moves beyond highly polluting coal and extremely volatile nuclear power, and towards a marriage of efficiency/smart grid, renewables, and natural gas. But in a world of low-cost natural gas, currently at less than $2.50 per million BTU in the U.S. (it's closer to six times that amount, or $15, in Europe and Asia), how can solar, wind, and other clean energy sources compete? Does low-cost natural gas, which could last for years or decades in the U.S., mean the end of clean tech as we know it? Read moreThere are no news available