SEIA: Imposing fees on Arizona net metering customers premature, unfair

Saturday, 11.16.2013 - 7:12 (Solarserver)

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA, Washington D.C., U.S.) has issued a statement expressing concern over the precedent set by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) decision to impose a charge on some solar photovoltaic (PV) system owners who utilize the state's net metering program. Read more

India's MNRE seeks equipment for Solar Energy Center in Gurgaon

Saturday, 11.16.2013 - 21:03 (Solarserver)

To boost the use of Concentrating Solar Power Technologies (CSP), the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, is implementing a UNDP - GEF supported project on “Market Development & Promotion of Solar Concentrator based Process Heat Applications in India”. The objective of the project is to promote and commercialize CSP for industrial process heat applications in India and facilitating the installation of 45,000 m2 of installed solar collector area by March 2017 through demonstration and replicated projects. Read more

British Solar technology developer BBOXX receives USD 1.9 million from Vinod Khosla

Saturday, 11.16.2013 - 18:26 (Solarserver)

BBOXX (London, U.K.) has received a USD 1.5 million investment from Indian-American businessman Vinod Khosla through his personal fund, Khosla Impact (Menlo Park, California, U.S.), and an additional USD 400,000 from the British venture fund Synergy Growth. The investment is aimed at helping BBOXX, which develops solar photovoltaic (PV) power solutions for the developing world, to achieve its goal of bringing electricity to 20 million people by 2020 and to invest in its entire supply chain. Read more

Envision Solar deploys first fully autonomous electric vehicle PV charging station at San Diego International Airport

Saturday, 11.16.2013 - 18:04 (Solarserver)

Envision Solar International, Inc. (San Diego, California, U.S.) on November 13th, 2013, announced the successful trial deployment of its EV ARC Electric Vehicle Charging Station at the San Diego International Airport. Engineered and manufactured in the United States, the EV ARC is the world's first and only fully autonomous, mobile and standalone solar photovoltaic (PV) charging station that requires no foundation, no trenching, no building permit and no electric grid connection, the company notes. Read more