News of the year 2013
Date: 16.01.2013
Conergy expands into Romania with 2.2MW PV plant
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 16:52 (PV-Tech)
German PV developer Conergy is building its first solar plant in Romania in partnership with local developer Solanna Investment. Read morePanasonic HIT solar modules PID tested by Fraunhofer
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 16:31 (PV-Tech)
Panasonic?s high-performance ?HIT? PV modules have shown no sign of being affected by potential induced degradation (PID) characteristics after testing took place at the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon-Photovoltaics (CSP). Read moreReneSola modules achieve high score in Spire flash tester; Company to supply modules for off-grid PV plant in Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 13:55 (Solarserver)
On January 14th, 2013, ReneSola Ltd. (Jiashan, China) announced that its 60- and 72-cell polysilicon and monosilicon solar photovoltaic (PV) modules exceeded the company's power output guidelines when assessed by a recent third-party flash test. ReneSola has participated in a demonstration of Spire Corp. Spi-Sun Simulator 5600SLP flash tester, which exposes the modules to a single long-pulse flash of filtered xenon light to approximate solar irradiation. Read moreLos Angeles Approves Launch of Feed-In Tariff
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 13:54 (Renewable Energy World)
We're thrilled to see that the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has adopted a Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program this week. Read moreFrost & Sullivan: PV systems accelerate their uptake; High installation rates have not translated to higher revenue due to falling sale price of solar modules
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 13:36 (Solarserver)
Solar photovoltaics (PV) will hold its spot as the fastest growing technology in the U.S. energy industry for the next four years, due to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan (Mountain View, California, U.S.). The prices of solar modules have been in a free fall since 2008, accelerating PV systems' commercialization, while encouraging the development of new financing models for the residential sector, the market research company reports. Read moreSuntech regains compliance with NYSE listing requirements
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 12:29 (Solarserver)
Suntech Power Holding Company Ltd. (Wuxi, China) has regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE) listing requirements. In a letter dated January 8th, 2013, NYSE informed Suntech that its average stock price for the 30-day trading period ending December 31st, 2012, was above the USD 1 per share requirement. The company notes that its closing share price on December 31st, 2012, was USD 1.53 per share. Read moreVerified: Heliatek organic solar cell achieves record 12% efficiency
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 11:48 (PV-Tech)
Heliatek has achieved a record 12% conversion efficiency in its organic PV (OPV) cells using a vacuum-deposition process. Read moreGreg Barker?s National Solar Centre speech in full
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 19:00 (Solarpowerportal)
A full transcript of the Minister?s speech for the launch of the National Solar Centre Read moreSunPower installs 7.5MW PV system at Phoenix water treatment plant
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 17:52 (PV-Tech)
US solar developer SunPower has designed and installed a 7.5MW PV system at the Lake Pleasant water treatment plant in the US city of Phoenix, Arizona. Read moreWhite Sands becomes US Army?s largest solar power system
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 17:47 (PV-Tech)
The US Army today dedicated its largest solar photovoltaic system at White Sands Missile Range. The ceremony was led by Brigadier General Gwen Bingham, who was joined by the Honorable Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment. Read moreNew Study Shows Net Metering Is Financial Benefit, Not Burden, to Ratepayers
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 17:44 (Renewable Energy World)
For years, we've been making the case that in addition to the environmental benefits, solar also adds value to the grid. How much value? This week, we released a commissioned report to look at both the costs and benefits of net metering in California. Read moreAnonymous buyer acquires 5MW Pennsylvania solar farm
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 16:29 (PV-Tech)
A 5MW solar farm in Pennsylvania has been acquired by an affiliate of D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments and project manager Bright Plain Renewable Energy. Read moreKomax Solar orders hit rock bottom in 2012; headcount reduced 50%
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 16:20 (PV-Tech)
New orders of back-end module assembly equipment at Komax Solar declined a massive 90% in 2012 on the back of overcapacity, consolidation and capitulation of customers, especially in Asia and China in particular. Read moreOCI selects RES Americas to build first 41 MW phase of Alamo solar PV project
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 15:57 (Solarserver)
OCI Solar Power LLC (San Antonio, Texas, US) has selected Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas, Broomfield, Colorado, US) to serve as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the first 41 MW phase of its Alamo solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the US state of Texas. In July 2012, OCI signed a contract with public utility CPS Energy (San Antonio, Texas, US) to build 400 MW of PV plants in and around San Antonio, Texas. OCI has also contracted with KACO New Energy GmbH (Neckarsulm, Germany) to supply inverters for the project. Read moreIRENA releases Global Atlas of solar, wind resources
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 15:53 (Solarserver)
On January 13th, 2013, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA, Abu Dhabi, UAE) released the world's first open-access global atlas of renewable energy resources at its annual general assembly in Abu Dhabi. The Global Atlas currently charts solar and wind resources, and will expand to other forms of renewable energy over 2013 and 2014. A day later on January 14th, 2013 China announced that it will join IRENA, which brings IRENA to 160 member states and signatories. Read moreUK solar centre formally launched
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 15:47 (Solarpowerportal)
Energy Minister Greg Barker has today officially launched the BRE National Solar Centre (NSC). Read moreScreening Device Tosses Out Unusable Solar PV Wafers
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)
Silicon wafers destined to become photovoltaic (PV) cells can take a bruising through assembly lines, as they are oxidized, annealed, purified, diffused, etched, and layered to reach their destinies as efficient converters of the sun's rays into useful electricity. Read moreSolar for Everyone: How Community Solar Can Work
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)
It?s no longer breaking news that on-site solar has grown sharply over the past few years, both in the number of programs and participants. Today, 43 states and Washington, D.C. have adopted net metering policies, which let individuals and businesses offset their electricity bills with self-generated energy. Participation more than doubled each of Read moreADAS planning 75-hectare solar farm in Oxfordshire
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 13:46 (Solarpowerportal)
A local farmer is considering installing Oxfordshire?s largest solar farm across 74.5 hectares of land between Barton and Beckley, Oxfordshire. Read more30-hectare solar farm planned for Oxfordshire
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 13:46 (Solarpowerportal)
A local farmer is considering installing Oxfordshire?s largest solar farm across 30-hectares of land between Barton and Beckley, Oxfordshire. Read more75-hectare solar farm planned for Oxfordshire
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 13:46 (Solarpowerportal)
A local farmer is considering installing Oxfordshire?s largest solar farm across 74.5 hectares of land between Barton and Beckley, Oxfordshire. Read moreCanadian Solar, Algonquin Power enter 10 MW solar PV module supply agreement
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 13:45 (Solarserver)
On January 14th, 2013, Canadian Solar Inc. (Ontario, Canada) announced that its Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. subsidiary has signed a solar module supply agreement with Algonquin Power Co. (Ontario, Canada). Under the agreement, Canadian Solar will provide 10 megawatts (MW) of AC PV modules to Algonquin Power for a utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power project in Cornwall, Ontario. Read moreNREL unveils silicon solar wafer screening device
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 13:40 (Solarserver)
On January 11th, 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced that its scientist have developed a Silicon Photovoltaic Wafer Screening System (SPWSS), a cube-shaped furnace about 15 inches each side, that can be retrofitted into an assembly line. Read moreOCI Solar Power 400MW project underway
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 13:30 (PV-Tech)
OCI Solar Power has started to construct the first phase of its proposed 400MW solar project in San Antonio, Texas. Read moreDistrict council in South East England approves 18 MW solar PV plant
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 12:23 (Solarserver)
A local district council in South East England has resolved to approve an 18 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project proposed by BNRG Renewables (Dublin, Ireland). The Sycamore Farm PV plant will be located on 46 hectares of agricultural land in Old Romney (Kent). Shepway District Council expects to issue a formal decision in the week of January 13th-19th, 2013. Read moreMorocco calls for phase II bidders for Ouarzazate solar project
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 12:22 (PV-Tech)
Morocco is expected to open up the bidding for the second phase of the proposed 500MW solar park at the Ouarzazate Solar Complex by the end of 2013. Read morealeo solar sales down 39% in 2012
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 11:59 (PV-Tech)
PV module manufacturer aleo solar has warned of a ?substantial net loss? on preliminary full-year revenue of ?279.9 million, down 39% compared with 2011. Read moreOrder focus: TMEIC receives 100MW of orders
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 11:20 (PV-Tech)
Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) is celebrating 100MW of orders of its Solar Ware range of inverters launched last summer. Read moreSungevity Raises $125M To Line Up Customers and Expand Services Beyond Solar
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 10:41 (Renewable Energy World)
Sungevity is starting the year off with a new, $85 million round to finance solar panel installations and expand its presence in the nine states it already is serving, said the startup's CEO, Andrew Birch. Read moreChile inaugurates 1.2 MW solar PV plant, announces solicitation for CSP project
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 9:54 (Solarserver)
On January 10th, 2013 Chilean Energy Minister Jorge Bunster officially inaugurated Kaltemp's (Santiago, Chile) 1.2 MW Tambo Real solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, the first utility-scale PV plant to be connected to the nation's central (SIC) grid. The plant is comprised of 5,200 PV modules, and is located on 2.5 hectares near Vicuña, in the Coquimbo Region. During the inauguration Bunster also announced a pending solicitation for Latin America's first concentrating solar power plant. Read moreCanadian developers sign PPA for 50 MW-AC of solar PV projects in Ecuador
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 9:40 (Solarserver)
Public utility CONELEC has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with a consortium of Canadian renewable energy developers for the output of 50 MW-AC of solar photovoltaic (PV) plants under development in Ecuador. Under Ecuador's feed-in tariff, CONELEC will pay Solexica Energy Corporation (Markham, Canada), JCM Capital (Toronto, Canada) and Radical Energy (Quito, Ecuador) USD 0.400/kWh for electricity generated by the plants. Read moreThere are no news available
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Why the Renewable Energy Industry Needs Green Banks
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 18:48 (Renewable Energy World)
On October 25, 2012, the world watched as Hurricane Sandy swept up the east coast. Over these past few years, we have seen storm after storm leave our homes battered, our possessions ruined, and our towns and cities without power for weeks on end. Most of us in the renewable energy world take it for granted that man-made climate change contributes to the increased intensity of these major weather events, and that renewable energy will reduce the already adverse effects of climate change. But the recent barrage of natural disasters has also revealed something else: the utility company model ? based on the centralized delivery of a commodity product ? leaves something to be Read moreU.K. Green Bank Chief Plans to Allocate $4.8 Billion to Clean Energy by 2015
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 18:01 (Renewable Energy World)
The U.K. Green Investment Bank may allocate all of the 3 billion pounds ($4.8 billion) provided by the government to stimulate investment in clean technology by as early as 2015, Chief Executive Officer Shaun Kingsbury said. Read moreLen Jornlin appointed ViSole Energy CEO
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 16:35 (PV-Tech)
ViSole Energy has announced that Len Jornlin, founder & CEO of Empower Energies and a former senior executive at SunEdison, is joining the company as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Read moreDepartment of Energy Sued for $675 Million Over ATVM Clean Energy Loans
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)
President Barack Obama's administration played favorites on clean-energy loans while improperly blocking a carmaker and a related technology company from receiving millions in aid, according to two lawsuits. Read moreBloomberg New Energy Finance: New investment in clean energy dropped by 11% in 2012; Japan and South Africa leading new markets
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 12:18 (Solarserver)
Clean energy investment declined 11% in 2012, weighed down by regulatory uncertainty and policy changes in big markets such as the US, India, Spain and Italy, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNF) reports. Sharply lower prices of solar and wind technology due to BNF also exerted downward pressure on investment volumes, though they allow higher installation levels per dollar of funding. Read moreUS research project looks for ways around rare earth scarcity
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 11:52 (PV-Tech)
A team led by Ames Laboratory in the US is to undertake research into solutions to the shortage of materials that are essential in the manufacturing of renewable energy equipment. Read moreCanadian consortium inks PPA for 50MW PV plants in Ecuador
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 11:49 (PV-Tech)
A Canadian consortium composed of renewable energy developers Solexica Energy Corporation, JCM Capital and Radical Energy have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with electric utility firm Conelec for a 50MW PV plant in Ecuador. Read moreEnergy storage association formed to represent growing industry in Germany
Wednesday, 1.16.2013 - 11:44 (PV-Tech)
An umbrella organisation called the Federal Association of Energy Storage has been formed to advance the development of a stable energy storage market in Germany. Read moreThere are no news available