KYOCERA to Supply 30 MW of modules for a PV plant in Northern Japan

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 21:58 (Solarserver)

Kyocera Corporation (Kyoto, Japan) 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 units) for a utility-scale PV power plant in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. The project will be designed and constructed by Yonden Engineering Co., Inc. Read more

Kyocera Solar to supply 30MW of solar modules to power plant in Japan

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 20:15 (PV-Tech)

Kyocera Solar announced that it has been tapped to deliver 30MW of its solar modules for a utility-scale solar plant being constructed in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. Nearly 135,000 modules will she shipped for the project, which is being designed and constructed by Yonden Engineering. Read more

AEG Power Solutions? Protect PV.500 certified by TÜV Rheinland to meet UL 1741 certification

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 17:15 (PV-Tech)

AEG Power Solutions advised that TÜV Rheinland recently tested and certified its Protect PV.500 for UL 1741 product safety and standard certification. The inverter is said to be ideally suited for utility-scale PV applications holding an efficiency higher than 98%. Read more

US hit high of 3.77GW PV module shipments in 2011

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 16:15 (PV-Tech)

The US Department of Energy?s Energy Information Administration has released a report on annual PV module shipments in the US. Solar Photovoltaic Cell/Module Shipments Report 2011, states that US shipments reached a record high of 3.77GW, an increase of 43% since 2010. The report lists declining PV cell and module prices, along with an installation rush at the end of the year due to the conclusion of grant programmes amongst its reasons for the increase. Read more

Isofoton, Saudi Arabian company INDSYS announces 300 MW PV projects in Saudi Arabia

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 12:43 (Solarserver)

Isofoton SA (Málaga, Spain) has signed a joint venture agreement with Industrial Systems Corp. (INDSYS, Riyadh), a Saudi Arabian company with a significant interest in the renewable energy sector, in order to install 300 megawatt (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Saudi Arabia. The deal was signed on August 15th, 2012, Isofoton reports in a press release. Read more

Recurrent Energy touts value amid reports of sale by Sharp

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 12:32 (Solarserver)

Recurrent Energy LLC (San Francisco, California, U.S.) has issued a statement in response to media reports that Sharp Corporation (Osaka, Japan) will sell the company for JPY 25 billion (USD 320 million). While Recurrent was unable to confirm whether or not this sale will take place, the company did state that it feels that it offers excellent value to investors. The Kyodo News Agency reported Sharp's plans for the sale as part of a restructuring plan on September 25th, 2012. Read more

SoloPower opens new factory to manufacture flexible thin-film PV in Oregon

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 9:47 (Solarserver)

SoloPower (San Jose, California, U.S.) has opened a new facility to manufacture its flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in Portland, Oregon, United States. The company's Portland operations are eventually expected to have an annual output capacity of 400 MW. The start-up of the factory is supported by a USD 197 million loan guarantee through the U.S. Department of Energy which closed in August 2012. Read more

Paramount Solar partners with Clean Power Finance

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 21:54 (Solarserver)

Paramount Solar (Roseville, California, U.S.) has partnered with Clean Power Finance Inc. (San Francisco, California, U.S.) to provide expanded financing options for solar photovoltaic (PV) customers. Paramount says that in addition to Clean Power Finance's financial products, the company's online sales software allows it to sell, quote and design residential PV customers more efficiently. Paramount customers in California and Arizona are already using Clean Power Finance options. Read more

Solectria Renewables? MSS chosen for 5MW True North solar farm in Massachusetts

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 20:15 (PV-Tech)

Power Partners MasTec has chosen Solectria Renewables to provide its Megawatt Solar Stations (MSS) for MasTec?s 5MW True North solar farm in Salisbury, Massachusetts. The companies noted that the solar farm will be the largest solar installation in New England and the first direct-to-grid farm in the state. Read more

EDP Renováveis begins construction of 39MW Romanian solar plant

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 17:15 (PV-Tech)

EDP Renováveis announced that it has started constructing its 39MW PV project in Romania. Working with its local partner, the Renovatio Group, EDP Renováveis expects for construction to be completed by Q1 2013. Read more

WTO to Probe U.S. Anti-Subsidy Duties on Chinese Imports

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 17:14 (Renewable Energy World)

The World Trade Organization will decide whether U.S. anti-subsidy duties affecting $7.3 billion of Chinese products such as solar panels, thermal paper, wind towers and steel wire violate global commerce rules. Read more

Power-One, Energiebau take partnership to German market

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 17:04 (PV-Tech)

Power-One advised that it will be taking its partnership with Cologne-based wholesaler Energiebau Solarstromsysteme to international markets. Energiebau will offer Power-One?s Aurora Uno and Trio inverters, as well as the Aurora Assure Plus service, to a more comprehensive network of installers in Germany. The offerings will be available immediately. Read more

China Gets Serious on Solar Energy

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 16:56 (Renewable Energy World)

After talking for much of the past year about plans to develop its solar power industry, Beijing may finally be starting to transform its words into action based on the latest signals coming from mid-sized panel maker JA Solar (Nasdaq: JASO) and an unusual move by leading US manufacturer First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR). These two developments are intere Read more

SPUK: Carbomat ready to shine at Solar Power UK

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 16:53 (Solarpowerportal)

After a rollercoaster 12 months for the solar industry, Carbomat believes that next week?s SPUK event couldn?t have come at a better time, giving industry the perfect platform to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead. Read more

Solar-generated electricity in the UK increases by 840 percent in one year

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 16:10 (Solarpowerportal)

Official statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show that the UK?s 1.38GW of installed solar capacity generated 0.5TWh of electricity in the second quarter of 2012. Read more

First Solar May Supply Panels for Biggest Solar Project

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 16:07 (Renewable Energy World)

First Solar Inc. (FSLR), the world's largest maker of thin-film panels, may win a contract to supply NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) for what would be the world's biggest solar farm. Read more

Martifer Solar continues PV power plant expansion goals for 2012

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 15:59 (PV-Tech)

Martifer Solar?s plans to expand its PV power plant projects business remains on-track after completing two of the largest PV power plants in Portugal that have a combined capacity of 22.4MWp. The project developer had around ?235 million worth of projects in its backlog at the end of the first-half of 2012, with management expectation of increasing installations by a double digit amount this year, compared with around 200MW installed in 2011. Read more

The Question Day 2: What is the Most Difficult Issue Facing the Solar Industry?

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 15:00 (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

Andrah Pradesh enacts renewable energy credit-based solar policy

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 9:42 (Solarserver)

The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has enacted a new solar policy, which Bridge to India (New Delhi, India) says is likely to create a boom of projects in the nation as well as beginning the transition to a market based on renewable energy credits (RECs). "Andhra Pradesh State Solar Policy (APSSP) 2012" does not offer feed-in tariffs, but includes exemptions from charges including transmission and wheeling, cross subsidy surcharges and electricity duty, as well as refunds on value added taxes, stamp duties and registration charges for purchases of land. Read more

JinkoSolar to supply China Power International with 40 MW of modules for PV projects in Gansu Province

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 9:33 (Solarserver)

JinkoSolar Holding Company Ltd. (Shanghai, China) has won a bid to supply China Power International New Energy Holdings Company Ltd. (Shanghai, China) with 40 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for two PV projects in China's Gansu Province. JinkoSolar will deliver 163,000 high-efficiency PV modules to the two projects in the cities of Baiyin and Wuwei. The company estimates that locations for the plants receive 2550 to 3030 hours of sunlight annually, feature flat terrain and offer easy access to both the electricity grid and transportation. Read more

What Happened to the Solar Renewable Energy Credit Market in New Jersey?

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 8:19 (Renewable Energy World)

Earlier this summer, New Jersey policymakers tried to fix the solar renewable energy credit (SREC) market that had helped the state to become one of the largest solar energy producers in the country. Is the legislative solution working? Not so much, said a solar project developer at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in San Francisco on Thursday. Read more

Idaho Utility and Wind Power Generators Still Battling Over Wind Energy Curtailment

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 20:46 (Renewable Energy World)

Idaho Power says it will appeal the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) rejection last week of its proposal to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission that would allow it to curtail certain of its existing wind power PPAs in conditions of low network load. Read more

Mega-Turbines Poised for Serial Production

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

What are the challenges involved in serial production of the new generation of huge offshore wind turbines? So far nobody really knows, as Vestas' plans for a 7 MW turbine are on hold until 2014, and Siemens' 6 MW SWT-6.0 and Alstom's 6 MW Haliade 150 are both still in the testing phase. After winning the French tender for 1.43 GW, Alstom plans to roll out its monster turbine by scaling up its prototype manufacturing facility in St Nazaire, France using lessons learned from automotive manufacturing. Read more

EDF, Dong Energy Boost Europe's Wind Power to 100 Gigawatts

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 14:46 (Renewable Energy World)

The European Union has reached 100 gigawatts of installed wind-energy capacity, equivalent to the output of 62 coal-fired power stations, the European Wind Energy Association said. Read more

Sundog Energy switches on 240kWp BIPV system at UK?s King?s Cross station

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 18:54 (PV-Tech)

Sundog Energy and Kier Construction have officially turned on the 204 kWp rooftop BIPV system at King?s Cross railway station in London, UK. Dubbed as one of the largest and most complex building-integrated PV systems in the UK, it is projected to have an output of around 175,000 kWh per annum. Read more

Obama Versus Romney: Everything You Need to Know About Where the Candidates Stand on Energy Policy

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 17:02 (Renewable Energy World)

Clean energy is an important part of the economy of Colorado, which is the location of the first presidential debate on October 3rd. Read more

OPIC approves US$250 million financing for investment support of renewable energy projects in Turkey

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 16:55 (PV-Tech)

The US Government?s development finance institution, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), has given its approval to provide US$250 million in financing in order to support investment in renewable energy, energy efficient projects and SMEs in Turkey. Read more

How We Use and Save Energy

Friday, 9.28.2012 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

When I picked up a gallon of milk at the store today, I looked at it in a new way. I was buying energy. This insight came courtesy of the US Energy Information Administration?s recent  ?Today in Energy? article about industrial energy consumption. It turns out that we use about 30 percent of our energy for industrial processes, according to the fed Read more