News of the year 2013
Date: 12.11.2013
Germany meeting goals, controlling PV market by feed-in tariff reductions, “reform” unnecessary
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 10:26 (Solarserver)
Renewable Energy Consultant Bernard Chabot has published his latest analysis of the German solar photovoltaic (PV) market and policies, showing that PV market control is possible by carefully adjusting feed-in tariff rates. The German government agreed on a compromise reduction of feed-in tariff rates in March 2012, with the goal of limiting the nation's deployment of PV from 7 GW to 2.5–3.5 GW annually. As a result, in the first nine months of 2013 the nation has installed 2.70 GW of PV, or 300 MW per month. Read moreIEA expects wind, solar PV to play major role in new power generation to 2035 as focus shifts to Asia
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 22:25 (Solarserver)
The International Energy Agency (IEA, Paris) has released its annual outlook on the world energy system, which predicts that renewable energy sources will account for nearly half the increase in global electricity generation to 2035, with wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) making up 45% of this expansion. Read moreGCL-Poly warns demand greater than supply but prices remain flat
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 21:15 (PV-Tech)
China’s largest polysilicon and solar wafer producer, GCL-Poly Energy said that continued high manufacturing utilization rates at customer facilities meant its production supply could not meet with market demand. Read moreNew Crop of Outlooks See Solar Outlook Brightening
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 17:19 (Renewable Energy World)
Several new reports in the past few days are raising the bar for the solar energy sector over the next couple of years. Some key themes: Demand in Asia is rising, Europe is stabilizing, and manufacturers are starting to ramp up production again. Read moreNew Crop of Reports Indicate Solar Outlook Is Brightening
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 17:19 (Renewable Energy World)
Several new reports in the past few days are raising the bar for the solar energy sector over the next couple of years. Some key themes: Demand in Asia is rising, Europe is stabilizing, and manufacturers are starting to ramp up production again. Read moreIntersolar India: Auction for 4GW mega solar project to start ‘in months’
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 17:10 (PV-Tech)
The joint secretary for the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Shri Tarun Kapoor said invitations for tenders for the 4GW mega solar project in India will begin in a few months. Read moreSTR Holdings sales continue to decline as restructuring continues
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 16:37 (PV-Tech)
Specialist encapsulant supplier, STR Holdings, continues to struggle following the loss of its major customer, First Solar, last year, as third quarter sales continued to decline, forcing further plant closures and restructuring efforts. Read moreCanadian Solar wraps up module deals in Turkey and China
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 16:27 (PV-Tech)
Module manufacturer Canadian Solar has announced two module supply agreements totalling 34.3MW in Turkey and in China. Read moreArray Technologies completes delivery to world's largest solar PV plant with tracking
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 15:50 (Solarserver)
Array Technologies (Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.) has completed shipments of its DuraTack HZ tracking system to a 266 MW-DC solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Southern California near the Mexico border. When complete, the Mount Signal project will be the largest PV plant in the world to utilize tracking technology. abstr Read moreAleo solar nine-month revenue down 55.5% on 2012
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 14:15 (PV-Tech)
Module manufacturer aleo solar has announced that its nine-month revenue for 2013 was €99.1 million (US$132.7 million) a fall of 55.5% compared to the same period last year. Read moreEngynious partners with SEEd to offer solar-generated electricity to schools
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 13:04 (Solarpowerportal)
Solar installer Engynious has joined forces with SEEd, an organisation dedicated to promoting education for sustainable development in schools, to help them benefit from solar-generated electricity. Read morePolls finds blocking solar in Arizona is political suicide
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 12:57 (PV-Tech)
A poll in Arizona has found that 77% of people would be less likely to vote for an election candidate if they proposed ending support for solar. Read morePoll finds blocking solar in Arizona is political suicide
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 12:57 (PV-Tech)
A poll in Arizona has found that 77% of people would be less likely to vote for an election candidate if they proposed ending support for solar. Read moreDeMontfort University combats rising energy bills with new solar installations
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 12:37 (Solarpowerportal)
DeMontfort University in Leicester will cut its annual electricity bill by around £25,500 after three solar arrays totalling 122.6kWp of capacity were installed across campus. Read moreChina awards accreditation to Trina Solar PV research lab
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 12:30 (PV-Tech)
China’s Ministry of Science and Technology has awarded accreditation to Trina Solar’s State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology. Read moreStanton Solar Array Performing Above Expectations
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 12:00 (Renewable Energy World)
On Monday under the beating sun, about 30 POWER-GEN and Renewable Energy World attendees toured the 5.9-MW Stanton Solar Array in east Orange County. Jennifer Szaro, Renewables Manager with the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) was on hand to answer questions and offer specifics about the project. Read moreSolar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, German FHR to collaborate on development of new TCO coatings for solar PV, display applications
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 10:26 (Solarserver)
The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) and FHR Anlagenbau GmbH (Ottendorf-Okrilla, Germany) plan to collaborate on the development of a new transparent conductive oxide (TCO) coating with applications for the manufacture of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and flat panel displays. SERIS notes that TCOs need to be both optically highly transparent as well as highly conductive, and that there is room for progress in the elimination of toxic, scarce and expensive materials. FHR has provided SERIS with an in-line magnetron sputtering platform, which it says offers excellent process control and which is capable of depositing a variety of TCO materials onto substrates Read moreS.A.G. Solarstrom AG completes sale of 33 MWp PV plant in Wymeswold, UK
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 10:25 (Solarserver)
S.A.G. Solar UK Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of S.A.G. Solarstrom AG (Freiburg, Germany) has completed the sale of the 33 MWp Wymeswold solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant as planned together with Hazel Capital Solar 2 LLP (London, UK). The PV plant, which can produce around 30,650 MWh of solar power annually, is currently the largest in the United Kingdom. Read moreTrina Solar laboratory receives Chinese ministry accreditation for PV technology and research
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 10:21 (Solarserver)
Trina Solar Limited (Changzhou, China) on November 11th, 2013, announced that the Company's State Key Laboratory of photovoltaic (PV) Science and Technology has received accreditation from China's Ministry of Science and Technology. The laboratory, covering 15,000 square metres and located within the Changzhou Trina PV Industrial Park, includes research on PV materials, cell and module technologies, and system level performance. Read moreGerman residential customers abandoning SolarWorld but European trade business grows
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 10:15 (PV-Tech)
Impacted by its financial woes and ingoing restructuring, SolarWorld said that PV product shipments within its German domestic market continued to decline in the third quarter of 2013. Read moreIHS increases solar PV capital spending forecast to USD 3.3 billion in 2014
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 8:54 (Solarserver)
IHS Inc. (Englewood, Colorado, U.S.) has raised its forecast for 2014 solar photovoltaic (PV) capital spending to USD 3.3 billion, a 42% increase over 2013 levels. The company's previous forecast predicted a 37% increase. 2014 will mark the end of two years of declining spending levels caused by “slowing growth and massive oversupply”. IHS has also increased its 2015 forecast, and now expects a further 32% increase in capital spending to USD 4.3 billion. Read morePVA TePla solar PV equipment revenues bottom out, but new orders show promise for 2014
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 8:47 (Solarserver)
PVA TePla (Wettenberg, Germany) has released results for the first nine months of 2013, reporting a collapse in revenues to only EUR 757,000 (USD 1.01 million) and an operating loss of EUR 5.3 million (USD 7.1 million) in its Solar Systems Division. However, the division also reports a recovery to EUR 7.8 million (USD 10.5 million) in orders. An order for crystal-growing systems from an un-named solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer in Asia comprises most of this order volume, and the company predicts recovery in the PV equipment industry. Overall, the company's sales fell 44% to EUR 46.5 million (USD 62.3 million), with a -19% operating margin during the period. This is the Read moreCanadian Solar confirms MoU with Punjab government
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 5:07 (PV-Tech)
Canadian Solar has confirmed to PV Tech that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Punjab for future solar developments. Read moreGlobal Excellence: Project of the Year Award Winners Announced
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 9:00 (Renewable Energy World)
From electrifying remote villages in India to tackling landfill waste in California, this year’s Project of the Year Award winners represent the ever-shifting global renewable energy landscape. The 2013 awardees display excellence in five renewable energy technologies: Solar, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal and Hydro. Read moreThere are no news available
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IEA urges flexible support for renewables and end to fossil fuel subsidies
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 20:00 (PV-Tech)
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called for increased support for renewable energy through “flexible” tariffs and for the end of market “distorting” fossil fuel subsidies. Read moreYingli Green narrows losses helped by stable ASPs and cost reductions
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 15:15 (PV-Tech)
Yingli Green Energy reported third quarter 2013 revenue of US$596.3 million and net loss of US$38.5 million as PV module shipments increased 5.1%. Read moreYingli continues growth in Q3 2013 as sales shift to China and the United States
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 15:08 (Solarserver)
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (Baoding, China) has released results for the third quarter of 2013, reporting a 63% year-over-year increase in revenues to USD 596 million, but a -1.9% operating margin and a net loss of USD 45.3 million. While not yet reaching a profit, the company's margin progress is slightly better than its forecast, with revenues and margin improvement driven by record shipment levels. Read moreMerge the Ministries of Power and Renewable Energy in India
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 14:13 (Renewable Energy World)
Can India leverage the dramatic changes occurring in the electric utilities industry, and rid itself of electricity shortages? Yes, it can leapfrog the traditional coal-based power paradigm, exactly as it did by embracing wireless telecom, and with equally spectacular results. Read moreHow Vermont Has Promoted Local Renewable Energy
Tuesday, 11.12.2013 - 14:04 (Renewable Energy World)
“A lot of the utilities don’t totally understand this new paradigm that’s coming.” David Blittersdorf of AllEarth Renewables has been working to advance renewable energy in Vermont for years, and was instrumental in getting the state’s standard offer program (a feed-in tariff) passed in 2009. He’s adamant that the state should accelerate its stand Read moreThere are no news available