Kyocera marks first project as US independent power producer

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 13:37 (PV-Tech)

Japanese PV panel maker Kyocera has inaugurated its first project as an independent power producer in the US, a 1.6MW installation in Madison School District, Phoenix, Arizona. Read more

UK solar cell manufacturer restarts production after administration

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 12:14 (Solarpowerportal)

G24 Power has re-started production of its solar cells for commercial electronics after it acquired G24 Innovations Ltd which went into administration last year. Read more

Japan announces closing date for residential PV subsidy applications

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 9:42 (PV-Tech)

The Japanese Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced that applications for subsidies under the country’s feed-in tariff programme for residential photovoltaic (PV) installations will close at the end of next March. Read more

PV production technology: Midsummer develops sputtering process for all layers of CIGS solar cells, achieves 15% active area efficiency

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 9:06 (Solarserver)

Midsummer AB (Järfälla, Sweden) has developed a high-speed process for the manufacture of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar photovoltaic (PV) cells based on a sputtering of all layers in the PV cell structure. The company has recently achieved a 15.0% active area efficiency on a 225 square centimeter PV cell using this technology. Midsummer also notes that by basing all process steps on sputtering, process cycles can be drastically shortened, and modules can be made on flexible stainless steel substrates. Read more

1,000 rally at Arizona regulatory body in defense of net metering

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 8:55 (Solarserver)

More than 1,000 solar supporters showed up to a rally at the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) in the U.S. state of Arizona on November 13th, 2013, to express their opposition to a utility proposal to modify the state's net metering policy. This marked the first of two days of hearings that the ACC is holding on Arizona Public Service Co.'s (APS, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.) proposed changes to the policy, which would give solar photovoltaic (PV) system owners a credit at a substantially lower rate than retail electricity rates for the power they produce. Read more

CDU, SPD propose eliminating Germany's feed-in tariff in coalition energy talks

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 8:40 (Solarserver)

Energy talks between Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) have produced initial results which are sharply negative for the nation's Energy Transition, according to an analysis by German Energy Blog. The SPD and CDU have ignored the input of the renewable energy industry, civil society groups, factions of the SPD, the SPD's former coalition partners the Green Party and citizen opinion and are proposing to do away with the feed-in tariff in favor of a market premium model. It is unclear when this would happen. Read more

Wuxi Suntech still owned by Suntech Power Holdings subsidiary, says PricewaterhouseCoopers

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 1:36 (PV-Tech)

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Suntech Power Holdings appointed liquidators in the Cayman Islands have claimed that Wuxi Suntech is owned by Power Solar System Co., a direct subsidiary of Suntech Power Holdings and not Jiangsu Shunfeng Photovoltaic Technology Co. Read more

Northeastern U.S. solar PV markets continue slump in October 2013

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 22:51 (Solarserver)

New Jersey's solar market continued its slump in September 2013 as Pennsylvania reported a spike in projects registered for solar renewable energy credits (SRECs), according to SRECTrade's (San Francisco, California, U.S.) September 2013 Markets Report. Projects newly registered to create SRECs in New Jersey fell 43% sequentially to only 7.7 MW, a new low in an ongoing collapse starting in the summer. Read more

More solar developments for Chile as 181MW approved

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 14:59 (PV-Tech)

Two solar projects, totalling 181MW, have been approved by Chile’s Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA). Read more

Project business drives Canadian Solar back into profit

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 14:13 (PV-Tech)

Canadian Solar has announced a return to profitability, with its project business and new markets leading the way. Read more

Singulus' Solar segment reports ongoing losses, but a big order in Q3 2013

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 13:54 (Solarserver)

Singulus Technologies AG (Kahl Am Main, Germany) has released results for the third quarter of 2013, reporting a 53% year-over-year fall in revenues to EUR 5.9 million (USD 7.9 million), and a -58% operating margin in its Solar segment. While all solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment manufacturers have seen a collapse in business over the last two years, Singulus reports recent successes in the division. Read more

Solar Energy Foundation launches Philippines typhoon relief appeal

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 13:54 (PV-Tech)

Stiftung Solarenergie - Solar Energy Foundation Germany - and its counterpart in the Philippines have launched an appeal for aid as the two organisations attempt to help some of the areas worst affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Read more

M+W lands deal to build 70MW solar factory in Argentina

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 13:27 (PV-Tech)

German based construction and engineering company, M+W, has been awarded a contract to construct a 70MW solar module factory with Schmid Group in Argentina. Read more

Google, KKR and Recurrent Energy team up for US$400 million solar projects

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 12:41 (PV-Tech)

Internet giant, Google, has once again teamed up with the global investment firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) and North American solar project developer, Recurrent Energy, for US$400 million worth of solar projects, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read more

JA Solar supplies 30MW of modules to British Solar Renewables

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 12:27 (Solarpowerportal)

Chinese solar manufacturer JA Solar has announced that it has shipped 30MW of modules to British Solar Renewables. Read more

Centrosolar, Johnson Melloh complete solar PV plant at Fronius USA headquarters

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 9:11 (Solarserver)

Centrosolar America Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.) and Johnson Melloh Solutions (Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.) have completed a 61 kW rooftop and pole-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at Fronius International GmbH's (Wels, Austria) new U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility in the U.S. state of Indiana. The project comprises 244 Centrosolar B-Series 250 watt PV modules and ten different Fronius inverters, ranging from 3 kW to 12 kW. 55 kW of the project is mounted on the roof, with the remaining 6 kW utilizing Wattsun dual-axis trackers on pole mounts. Read more

Canadian Solar announces PV module supply agreements in China, Turkey

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 8:45 (Solarserver)

Canadian Solar Inc. (Guelph, Canada) has announced that it will supply 32 MW of its CS6P250P multicrystalline silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp. (Shanghai) for a project in China. The company also reports that it has completed the supply of 2.3 MW of its CS6X-P multicrystalline PV modules to a consortium of Turkish companies for a project located in Kayseri, Turkey. This is a very large project for the nation's emerging market, and the two deals were announced a day before Canadian Solar's third quarter 2013 results where it reported its first quarterly profit in nine quarters. Read more

Is Shrub Willow a Viable Biomass Feedstock in the US?

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 15:15 (Renewable Energy World)

Shrub willow — the short rotation crop that kept the world in wicker baskets for centuries — is gradually finding new life as a cold-resistant biomass, particularly in upstate New York where it’s augmenting traditional energy supplies of wood residues and heating oil. Read more

Is Shrub Willow a Viable Biomass Feedstock for the US?

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 15:15 (Renewable Energy World)

Shrub willow — the short rotation crop that kept the world in wicker baskets for centuries — is gradually finding new life as a cold-resistant biomass, particularly in upstate New York where it’s augmenting traditional energy supplies of wood residues and heating oil. Read more

Dutch VPP using Solar PV and Fuel Cell Tech

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 15:18 (Renewable Energy World)

The Dutch island of Ameland is to be the location of a novel Virtual Power Plant (VPP) trials based around 6 MW of solar PV capacity and 45 fuel cell-based micro-combined heat and power (m-CHP) units. Read more

Google, Facebook Up the Renewable Energy Ante

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 17:17 (Renewable Energy World)

Underscoring the affinity between technology operations and renewable energy, some of the world's biggest IT and service provider companies continue to line up to back more renewable energy investments. Read more

Wal-Mart Will Fail to Meet Its Post-Katrina Renewables Pledge, Say Critics

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 16:08 (Renewable Energy World)

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pledged to rely fully on renewable energy and sell products that sustain the environment. Read more

Does Your State Have the Right Stuff to Build a Clean Energy Economy?

Thursday, 11.14.2013 - 16:05 (Renewable Energy World)

To help you answer this question, last month, IREC, along with the Vote Solar Initiative, released our annual Freeing the Grid report card for state net energy metering (NEM) and interconnection policies. After seven years of grading state net metering and interconnection policies, we have a bit of perspective on how they have changed over time.  O Read more