Manz AG raises US$37 million in cash for battery business

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 16:39 (PV-Tech)

Manufacturing equipment firm Manz AG has raised around €26.9 million (US$36.6 million) an increase in cash capital, to be used for the ‘internal and external growth of the company’. Read more

Goldpoly buys stake in 195MW of Chinese PV plants

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 12:55 (PV-Tech)

PV manufacturer Goldpoly New Energy Holdings has signed a framework agreement to acquire an 80% stake in 195MW of photovoltaic (PV) plants in China. Read more

Canadian company to build 5MW PV plant at Suriname gold mine

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 18:32 (PV-Tech)

Canadian gold producer IamGold has announced that it will build a 5MW solar power plant at its Rosebel Gold Mine in Suriname, South America. Read more

Is the End Near for LDK Solar?

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

I haven’t written about LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) for a while, so it seems like the release of its latest quarterly results might be a good chance for a final look before the lights go off permanently at this struggling solar panel maker. Somewhat appropriately, LDK announced its results on the same day it also said it continues to negotiate with inter Read more

German general contractor Greencells completes two large solar PV parks in Romania totalling 5.5 MW

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 13:34 (Solarserver)

Solar PV plant general contractor Greencells, based in Saarbrücken, Germany, has conceived and constructed two solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in the Greater Bucharest area, on behalf of a Romanian investor, within merely six weeks. The PV plants have been connected to the power grid on time, on October 25th, 2013. Read more

EU PV Parity Project calls for more support for PV self-consumption

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 13:04 (PV-Tech)

A European Commission-financed project aimed at increasing PV penetration has concluded with a call for a new regulatory structure to support self-consumption of solar power in the EU. Read more

Centrosolar installs 3.7MW of rooftop PV in France

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 13:03 (PV-Tech)

German PV rooftop installer, Centrosolar, has completed the installation of 190,000 PV modules across rooftops in France. Read more

Hadstone Energy gives £10,000 boost to locals affected by solar farm

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 12:18 (Solarpowerportal)

Watchfield’s 80-year-old village hall will be reclad, insulated and repainted following a £10,000 donation from Hadstone Energy which is developing a 10MW solar farm in the area. Read more

Juwi wins EPC contract for 86MW South Africa solar park

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 12:16 (PV-Tech)

Renewable energy project operator Juwi’s South African arm has been selected as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the 86MW ‘Mulilo Sonnedix Prieska’ solar park in South Africa. Read more

SolarCity's Good News Trifecta: Cash, Closure, And Growth

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 12:00 (Renewable Energy World)

It's been a good couple of weeks for the benchmark third-party solar installer, from financing to expansion, and it's quieted a pesky argument too. Read more

SunEdison to build 10 MW solar PV plant in New York City

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 11:56 (Solarserver)

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has announced that SunEdison Inc. (St. Peters, Missouri, U.S.) will build solar photovoltaic (PV) plant up to 10 MW in size on a former landfill in the city's Staten Island borough. The PV plant at Freshkills Park will be the largest in New York City and could increase the city's renewable energy capacity by 50%. The mayor's office reports that SunEdison was chosen by a public bidding process. Read more

European PV Parity Project: Solar PV market moving to self-consumption instead of feed-in tariffs

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 11:48 (Solarserver)

The European PV Parity Project has released a report which finds that the solar photovoltaic (PV) market is increasingly moving from an investors' market to an energy savings market. “Analysis of the costs of current photovoltaic support schemes” says that this can be achieved by moving from feed-in tariff driven markets to regulatory frameworks that emphasize self-consumption. It also finds that self-consumption measures must be accompanied by fair compensation for the electricity which producers supply to the grid. Read more

Frost & Sullivan: Rapid shift in production dynamics powers Asian solar PV materials market to reach USD 4.80 billion in 2018

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 10:22 (Solarserver)

With Asia emerging as the production hub for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules over the last few years due to the obvious cost advantage, PV material suppliers too have shifted their production base to the region. The strong commitment to reduce carbon emissions, along with growing consumer awareness on environmental issues has fuelled the use of renewable energy, further widening market potential for PV materials. Support from governments in the form of subsidies, tax credits and feed-in tariff mechanisms has added to the demand for PV modules, and thereby PV materials in the region, according to a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan (Mountain View, California, U.S.). Read more

Canadian Trio Resources joins consortium to research use of arsenic in solar PV panels

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 10:15 (Solarserver)

Trio Resources, Inc. (Toronto, Canada) has joined a consortium that is researching on the use of arsenic, a waste product commonly found in mines across Canada, in the production of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Trio will work with scientists in Europe and North America to develop a replacement for silicon in PV cells with Gallium arsenide ("GaAs"), the company announced. Trio will contribute to the consortium by developing environmental improvements to capture arsenic from its ore bodies that can be used in the development of the GaAs. Read more

ARPA-E announces USD 30 million to develop fuel cell technology to support renewables

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 11:34 (Solarserver)

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced USD 30 million in funding through the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) for projects to develop fuel cell technology with goals including supporting the integration of higher levels of wind and solar photovoltaics (PV). DOE says that the Reliable Electricity Based on Electrochemical Systems (REBELS) program will allow the development of innovative, low-cost technologies that can act as distributed storage devices, which will support the grid and allow for more distributed generation. Read more

Is Geothermal the Only Baseload Power Replacement that Makes Sense?

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

There are no plans for new coal plants to be built in the United States. This opens doors for the geothermal industry possibly more than ever before in U.S. history. In an Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast to 2018, coal was one of the top-cost commissioning technology options; geothermal was one of the lowest. Read more

Sweden tops new energy transformation rankings

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 12:59 (PV-Tech)

Sweden has come top of the new Energy Transformation Index (ETI) developed by the Fraunhofer Institute ISE and the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Read more

Germany's New Coalition Seeks Greater Control Over Renewables

Thursday, 11.28.2013 - 12:25 (Renewable Energy World)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her prospective coalition partners agreed to more tightly control the expansion of clean energy to contain costs. Read more