IHS raises capital spending forecast amid PV industry demand and high utilization rates

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 19:43 (PV-Tech)

Global capital spending in the PV industry is expected to increase at a higher rate than previously expected, says market research firm IHS. Read more

IHS raises capital spending forecast amid PV industry demand and high utilisation rates

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 19:43 (PV-Tech)

Global capital spending in the PV industry is expected to increase at a higher rate than previously expected, says market research firm IHS. Read more

Navigant Research: 2013 the year global PV market stabilises

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 18:36 (PV-Tech)

2013 will be the year of stabilisation for the global PV market, according to clean technology market research and consultancy firm Navigant Research. Read more

Suntech liquidation granted, PwC to assist with restructuring

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 15:18 (Solarserver)

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has approved Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd.'s (Wuxi, China) application for a provisional liquidation, according to a statement by the company. The court has appointed restructuring experts Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC, London) to work with Suntech's board of directors to continue the company's restructuring, which Suntech says is with the consent and support of its board of directors. Read more

Array Technologies completes world’s largest thin film tracking system

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 15:01 (PV-Tech)

Array Technologies has supplied the ‘Mount Signal’ 265MW solar plant in Calexico, California with its Dura Track HZ solar tracking system. Read more

New Solar Cell Is More Efficient, Less Costly

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 14:45 (Renewable Energy World)

American innovators still have some cards to play when it comes to squeezing more efficiency and lower costs out of silicon, the workhorse of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules worldwide. Read more

Vanderbilt Proposes Building Energy Storage Into Solar Cells

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 14:05 (Renewable Energy World)

Imagine a photovoltaic cell or module that actually produces and stores energy, acting as a battery and producing power even after dark. New research into silicon-based supercapacitors at Vanderbilt University shows that it’s possible.  Supercapacitors have long been looked at as a potential alternative to batteries for energy storage, but they rem Read more

Fraunhofer and Wavelabs sign agreement to produce LED PV module tester

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 12:15 (PV-Tech)

German research and development institute Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics (Franuhofer CSP) has announced that it will develop an LED-based solar simulator with Wavelabs Solar Metrology Systems after the two companies signed a cooperation agreement. Read more

Suntech Power Holdings appoints PricewaterhouseCoopers to support restructuring

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 11:41 (PV-Tech)

Having been granted a provisional liquidation order in the Cayman Islands, Suntech Power Holdings has also appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to support its restructuring efforts. Read more

Navigant Research: global market for PV to double to 73.4 GW by 2020

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 9:07 (Solarserver)

Navigant Research (Boulder, Colorado, U.S.) has released a new report which predicts that by 2020, electricity from solar photovoltaics (PV) will be competitive with retail electricity prices “in a significant portion of the world”, without subsidies. “Solar PV Market Forecasts” predicts that annual installations of new PV will more than double to 73.4 GW in 2020. The report also expects a general shift towards “non-distributed” PV systems, with systems smaller than 1 MW accounting for less than half of all installations as early as 2014. Read more

Abengoa reinforces capital structure as business booms in Q1-3 2013

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 19:13 (Solarserver)

Abengoa SA (Seville, Spain) has released results for the first nine months of 2013, reporting a 17% increase in revenues to EUR 5.23 billion (USD 7.02 billion), with growth in the two divisions responsible for the building and operation of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. The company reported a 16% EBITDA margin and net income of EUR 73 million (USD 98 million). Read more

UK’s largest solar farm sold for £43.7 million

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 18:17 (Solarpowerportal)

The largest solar farm in the UK, the 33MWp plant in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, has been sold by Hazel Capital Solar and SAG Solarstrom for £43.7 million to institutional investor Foresight Solar Fund. Read more

UK’s largest solar farm sold for £43.7 million

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 18:15 (PV-Tech)

The largest solar farm in the UK, the 33MWp plant in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, has been sold by Hazel Capital Solar and SAG Solarstrom for £43.7 million (US$70 million) to institutional investor Foresight Solar Fund. Read more

First Ever Women-Oriented Solar Survey Highlights Unveiled at SPI, Part 2

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 15:08 (Renewable Energy World)

This first-ever solar industry survey, which launched on October 9, 2013, gives women homeowners and moms the opportunity to voice their solar marketing preferences. It also provides the solar industry with valuable information about what women are seeking along the five buying stages of the solar sales process.  The five buying stages as they rela Read more

JA Solar to supply 70 MW of solar PV modules for rooftop plants in China

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 14:57 (Solarserver)

System integrator Shanghai CSET Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) has contracted with JA Solar Holding Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) to supply 70 MW of its multicrystalline solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for two commercial rooftop projects in China. Read more

Order Focus: JA Solar supplies modules to major Chinese commercial rooftop projects

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 14:41 (PV-Tech)

JA Solar is supplying 70MW of modules to China-based system integrator, Shanghai CSET Co for several major commercial rooftop projects in the country. Read more

Alliance for Solar Choice condemns move to ‘penalise solar’ in Colorado

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 14:06 (PV-Tech)

The Alliance for Solar Choice (ASC) has condemned a move by utility company Xcel Energy to request permission to pay below market rates for solar electricity produced by rooftop generation in Boulder, Colorado. Read more

Proinso to supply solar PV products for stand-alone facilities in Indonesia totalling 1 MW

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 13:59 (Solarserver)

Proinso SL (Fustiñana, Spain) on November 5th, 2013, announced it will be supplying 1 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) products to stand-alone facilities in West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia. The PV systems, equipped with storage batteries, will be 150, 100, 75 and 50 kWp facilities installed in homes and schools in Gesa Baru, Trimuris, Poiwai, Barapasi and Nodofai. Read more

SERIS and FHR Anlagenbau collaborate on cost-cutting thin-film tech

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 13:33 (PV-Tech)

The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) and Germany-based FHR Anlagenbau announced a collaboration to develop high-performance Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) coatings. Read more

GoodWe hopes UK will become ‘solar engineer’ for EU PV

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 13:15 (Solarpowerportal)

Chinese solar inverter manufacturer, GoodWe, has hit out at the European Commission’s “continental protectionism” by enforcing anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar module manufacturers. Read more

New UK certification boosts JinkoSolar’s EU market credentials

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 13:15 (Solarpowerportal)

Chinese module manufacturer JinkoSolar has had its polycrystalline products certified by the independent UK-based engineering consultancy OST Energy. Read more

New UK certification boosts JinkoSolar’s EU market credentials

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 12:46 (PV-Tech)

Chinese module manufacturer JinkoSolar has had its polycrystalline products certified by the independent UK-based engineering consultancy OST Energy. Read more

Intersolar India 2013: India’s largest exhibition for PV, PV production technologies, energy storage and solar thermal technologies gets underway

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 12:28 (Solarserver)

The international solar industry is gathering in Mumbai for the Intersolar India Conference to discuss current developments and trends within the Indian and international solar markets. The 100 speakers, 170 exhibitors and 700 attendees from around the world are also exchanging the latest information and technologies on the topics of photovoltaics, PV production technologies, energy storage and solar thermal technologies. The Intersolar India exhibition kicks off at 10:00am (IST) on Tuesday, November 12th. Read more

Manz reaches record revenue, despite only €7.5 million from solar segment

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 12:11 (PV-Tech)

Strong revenue growth from its Display segment helped major manufacturing equipment firm, Manz report record revenue for the first nine-months of 2013. Read more

Revival of Gujarat solar tariff-cut petition expected to fail

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 9:34 (PV-Tech)

The state of Gujarat’s electricity board, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVN) is appealing the rejection of its petition to lower solar tariff rates, but is widely expected to fail. Read more

Etrion to begin construction of 79 MW of solar PV plants in Chile within 90 days

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 9:02 (Solarserver)

Etrion Corp. (Geneva) reports that it expects to begin construction of 8.8 MW Aguas Blancas and the 70 MW Project Salvador solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Chile in the next 90 days. Project Salvador will be built in collaboration with Total SA (Courbevoie, France) and Solventus Energías Renovables (Alcázar de San Juan, Spain), and the company has confirmed plans to begin work on this plant in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Chilean government has provided environmental approval for over 5 GW of PV projects, but as of an October 2013 report only 126 MW are under construction and 6.7 MW operational. Read more

German Wind Power Industry Says Too Early to Panic on Aid Cuts

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 15:18 (Renewable Energy World)

A German agreement to cut support for wind energy isn’t a reason for the industry to panic as the extent of the changes is undecided, a lobby group said. Read more

Four Green Dividend Stocks that IPO'd In 2013

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 10:02 (Renewable Energy World)

Canada’s stock exchanges have long had the lead as the place for energy infrastructure companies to list. This includes green energy, as well as the fossil fueled sort. Because Canada’s reporting rules are somewhat less stringent, and its markets less liquid than those in the U.S., the large number of offerings trade at lower valuations and higher yields than do their (few) U.S.-listed equivalents. Read more

European Commission calls for phasing out of feed-in tariffs, promotes renewable energy auctions

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 9:59 (Solarserver)

The European Commission has released a new report which includes a call for the phasing out of feed-in tariffs and increasingly subjecting renewable energy to market forces. “Delivering the internal market in electricity and making the most of public intervention” promotes auction systems as a low-cost alternative for the deployment of renewables. The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has criticized these recommendations, including noting that bidding systems would exclude small-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) and other renewables. Read more

City of Boulder moves further towards municipalization

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 9:50 (Solarserver)

Citizens of the city of Boulder in the U.S. state of Colorado have approved a measure to allow the city to borrow up to USD 214 million to purchase private utility Xcel Energy's (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.) electricity assets within the city, as well as defeating a measure that would have required voter approval for the debt. The approval of Measure 2E and the defeat of Measure 310 further pave the way for the municipalization of Boulder's electric utility, with the explicit goal of increasing the amount of renewables in the electricity mix. This follows on other measures approved in the fall of 2011 which permitted the study to create the utility. Read more

Energy storage: UTRC wins R&D 100 award for new flow battery technology

Monday, 11.11.2013 - 8:57 (Solarserver)

R&D Magazine has chosen a flow battery energy storage technology by United Technologies Corp.'s (UTC, East Hartford, Connecticut) research and innovation arm as a recipient of one of its 2013 R&D 100 Awards. United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) says its PureStorage system was chosen for the ability to provide energy-efficient and readily deployable electricity storage at 5–10 times the power density of conventional flow battery cells. Additionally, the system can serve both short-duration high power and long-duration high energy applications. Read more