Solar Market Corrections Continue: Shunfeng Photovoltaic Set To Acquire Suntech

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 18:25 (Renewable Energy World)

Chinese solar PV module manufacturer Suntech has been struggling for some time now. Once a leader in the PV industry, the company declared bankruptcy last March and in September announced that is was re-organizing its operations. Read more

Suntech Finds Friend in China, Foe in New York

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 12:38 (Renewable Energy World)

Former solar energy pioneer Suntech (NYSE: STP) is getting caught in an increasingly complex web of global forces as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy, with the latest coming from its hometown of Wuxi and from a bankruptcy court in New York. While such tugs-of-war probably aren’t uncommon in such a complex case, Suntech’s strong international conn Read more

Building integrated DSC technology: Dyesol to join Specific as industrial partner

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 12:06 (Solarserver)

Dye solar cell technology developer and provider Dyesol Limited (Queanbeyan, Australia) has entered formal discussions to finalise the terms for its role as an industrial partner at the Sustainable Product Engineering Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings (Specific). Located at the Baglan Bay Innovation and Knowledge Centre (Port Talbot, Wales, UK), Specific is a USD 19 million, 5-year project to improve dye solar cell (DSC) development and functionalise the building envelope for energy capture, storage and release. Read more

SMA downgrades 2013 forecast

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 9:03 (Solarserver)

SMA Solar Technology AG (Niestetal, Germany) has lowered its 2013 sales forecast to the narrow end of previous expectations at EUR 0.9-1.0 billion (USD 1.2-1.4 billion), with a loss of EUR 80-90 million (USD 110-120 million). The company blames a stronger than expected decline in European PV markets, resulting in negative sales and earnings in its Medium Power Solutions division, and also notes the ongoing restructuring of Chinese subsidiary Zeversolar (Suzhou, China). Read more

Advanced Energy PV inverter sales climb 11% in Q3 2013, restructuring completed

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 8:59 (Solarserver)

Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AE, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.) has released results for the third quarter of 2013, reporting a 11% year-over-year increase in sales in its Solar Energy division to USD 67.5 million at a 0.2% operating margin. Despite company-wide revenues of USD 143 million, AE's USD 19.9 million in restructuring charges during the quarter left it with a loss of USD 1.4 million. The company notes that it has completed “virtually all” of its restructuring following the acquisition of REFUsol's (Metzingen, Germany) three-phase inverter line in April 2013, which it says will save USD 20-22 million annually. Read more

GT Advanced Technology revenues fall on lower polysilicon sales in Q3 2013

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 0:25 (Solarserver)

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (Merrimack, New Hampshire, U.S.) has released results for the third quarter of 2013, reporting a slump in its polysilicon business, coupled with ongoing weakness in solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment sales. Read more

Clouds Lift for Canadian Solar, Suntech

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 18:19 (Renewable Energy World)

Spring is most definitely in the air this week for embattled solar panel makers, with Canadian Solar (Nasdaq: CSIQ) and Shunfeng Photovoltaic (HKEx: 1165) emerging as new sector leaders with different pieces of upbeat news. From my perspective the Canadian Solar news is the most exciting, even though some may say it doesn’t come as a big surprise. Read more

Trina Solar guides Q3 shipments over 750MW

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 17:35 (PV-Tech)

Trina Solar is the second, but likely not be the last PV module manufacturer to revise upwards third quarter shipments due to strong demand. Read more

First Ever Women-Oriented Solar Survey Highlights Unveiled at SPI, Part 1

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 16:11 (Renewable Energy World)

Solar Central, the news hub of the annual Solar Power International U.S. gathering, served as the focal point for a trend at this year’s show – the discussion of women inside and outside the industry and their impact on the growth of solar. Our presentation, Shining a Solar Marketing Light on Women, was comprised of four components:   Feedback from Read more

Trina Solar upgrades Q3 shipment guidance to 750-780 MW

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 15:51 (Solarserver)

Trina Solar Ltd. (Changzhou, China) has revised its third quarter 2013 shipment estimate to 750-780 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, a 15% increase over its previous guidance. Read more

Desert Solar conference: Saudi Arabia will have to install around 10,000 PV panels per day to reach its 2020 capacity goal

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 15:07 (Solarserver)

According to Solarplaza (Rotterdam, Netherlands) of Saudi Arabia’s goal of 6,000 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity by 2020 will require the installation of around 10,000 solar PV panels per day. How to achieve this goal is one of the topics to be discussed at the Desert Solar conference, which will be held on November 13th, 2013, in Riyhad, Saudi Arabia. Read more

SunPower acquires solar PV cleaning robot company Greenbotics

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 15:02 (Solarserver)

SunPower Corp. (San Jose, California, U.S.) has acquired a company that offers module cleaning services for large solar photovoltaic (PV) plants using robots. Greenbotics Inc. (Davis, California, U.S.) estimates that it has washed hundreds of MW of PV plants in the Southwest and Western United States with its CleanFleet robots. Read more

Spanish solar reforms could break EU laws

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 14:51 (PV-Tech)

The proposed retroactive changes to solar support in Spain could be in breach of two EU directives, according to industry bodies. Read more

Kyocera puts Japan's largest solar PV plant online

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 14:31 (Solarserver)

Kyocera Corp. (Kyoto, Japan) and project partners commissioned the 70 MW Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan on November 1st, 2013. This is the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the nation. Read more

Japan’s largest PV power plant goes online

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 12:45 (PV-Tech)

The largest ‘mega solar’ project built in Japan to date has gone online in Kagoshima, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. Read more

Sonnedix wins 86MW solar project in South Africa tender

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 12:37 (PV-Tech)

Independent power producer Sonnedix has revealed that its 86MW PV proposal was one of the successful bids in the most recent renewable energy tender in South Africa. Read more

Centrosolar America supplies Credit Plus Inc. with 668.5 kW of PV modules to eliminate grid electricity consumption

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 11:54 (Solarserver)

Centrosolar America (Scottsdale, Arizona) supplied Credit Plus Inc., a mortgage information service company located in Salisbury, MD, with 668.5 kW of Centrosolar 250W photovoltaic (PV) modules. The installation of the 2,674 solar panels has eliminated the electricity bill at the Credit Plus location on Winterplace Parkway, Centrosolar notes. Read more

REC Solar supplies 2.15MW of modules for Ohio university project

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 10:57 (PV-Tech)

International solar panel manufacturer, REC Solar, has supplied a 2.15MW ground-mounted installation with more than 8,700 solar panels in Ohio. Read more

Ivanpah Solar Project Stars in New Video from The Fray

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 10:43 (Renewable Energy World)

While the 377-megawatt Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System is a star among the solar community, the project recently got to be a star in another way. The Denver-based rock band, The Fray, used the monolithic solar project as the background for their latest video “Love Don’t Die,” which features a kaleidoscope of swirling images as the band walks Read more

Canadian Solar to supply 100 MW PV project in Gansu Province, China

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 9:09 (Solarserver)

China Three Gorges New Energy Co. Ltd. (CTGNE, Beijing) has awarded Canadian Solar Inc. (Guelph, Canada) with a contract to supply 100 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to a PV project in China's Gansu Province. Canadian Solar will supply its 60-cell CS6P250P and CS6P-255P modules for the project, which it says produce over 6% more solar power annually than comparative modules. The company has already begun delivering modules, and is expected to complete shipments in December 2013. Read more

Biodiversity focus for potential 6.5MW Devon solar farm

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 6:55 (Solarpowerportal)

Lightsource Renewable Energy has announced that it is investigating installing a 6.5MW solar farm at a local farming business near Yelverton, Devon. Read more

Lightsource Renewable Energy agrees two-year contract renewal with GCube

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 18:59 (Solarpowerportal)

Renewable energy underwriter, GCube, has announced that it has signed a two-year contract renewal with Lightsource Renewable Energy. Read more

EU offers first glimpse of renewable support rules for member states

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 17:56 (PV-Tech)

The EU has published a set of guidelines for renewable energy support that offers a first glimpse at the possible shape of new state aid rules expected next year. Read more

Ed Davey reiterates that renewable investment incentives are safe from ‘green levies review’

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 17:14 (Solarpowerportal)

Ed Davey has publically reiterated the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s pledge that support for renewables will not form part of the Prime Minister’s pledged ‘green levies review’. Read more

Total and SunPower team on 86MW PV power plant in South Africa

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 16:57 (PV-Tech)

Total S.A. has become a preferred bidder in the third phase of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) to build an 86MWp PV power plant using SunPower’s ‘Oasis Power Blocks’ integrated system. Read more

Microsoft vs. Apple Still Making Headlines — in Renewable Energy

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 16:07 (Renewable Energy World)

Microsoft vs. Apple wars have played out in the electronics industry for decades. That bitter competitive landscape, though, has changed significantly in this digital age with Apple's iUbiquity. Read more

UK government boosts energy storage innovation with USD 8 million

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 15:00 (Solarserver)

Baroness Verma, British Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) on November 4th, 2013, announced that two British entrepreneurs have been awarded a share of USD 8 million to spur on innovation in energy storage. Contracts have been awarded to Redt UK Ltd (Wokingham, UK) and Moixa Technology Ltd (London, UK) as part of DECC’s innovation competition to support energy storage research and demonstration. Read more

On-site energy generation predicted to save UK business £33 billion by 2030

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 14:45 (Solarpowerportal)

On-site energy generation will save UK businesses £33 billion between 2010 and 2030, according to a new study by energy consultancy Utilyx. Read more

Daqo guides higher polysilicon shipments

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 13:15 (PV-Tech)

China-based polysilicon and wafer producer, Daqo New Energy has revised upwards its expected shipment levels for the third quarter of 2013. Read more

ESN warns that energy storage delays could cost taxpayers £100 million a year

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 13:12 (Solarpowerportal)

The Electricity Storage Network (ESN) has warned government that failing to install an additional 2GW of electricity storage by 2020 will result in £100 million-a-year costs for tax payers and investors. Read more

Daqo New Energy Corp. ups polysilicon, wafer shipment guidance for Q3, 2013

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 12:00 (Solarserver)

Polysilicon manufacturer Daqo New Energy Corp. (Chongquing, China) on November 4th, 2013, revised its guidance for the third quarter of 2013, and now expects its polysilicon shipments to be in the range of 1,200 MT to 1,275 MT, compared to a prior guidance of 1,000 MT. The Company expects its wafer shipment to be in the range of 7.4 to 7.5 million pieces, compared to a prior guidance of 8.9 million pieces. Read more

Renewable Energy World LIVE is One Week Away

Tuesday, 11.5.2013 - 10:15 (Renewable Energy World)

Next week, renewable energy stakeholders from all across the world, representing all facets of the industry, will head to Orlando, Florida for one of the best all-inclusive renewable energy events of the year. Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo North America, co-located with POWER-GEN International (celebrating its 25th anniversary), Nuclea Read more