Suntech files for liquidation

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 18:51 (Solarserver)

Suntech Power Holdings Company Ltd. (Wuxi, China) has filed an application for provisional liquidation in the Cayman Islands, where it is incorporated. The company is also considering a Chapter 15 filing in the United States to protect its U.S. assets during the process. Read more

Advanced Energy building order backlog as shipments of 1MW PV inverter ramps

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 16:08 (PV-Tech)

Advanced Energy (AE) reported Solar Energy (PV inverter) segment sales of US$67.5 million in the third quarter of 2013, flat with the prior quarter, but ahead of a flagship new product launch that has helped boost its order backlog to US$45 million. Read more

Suntech Power Holdings seeking US Chapter 15 liquidation

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 14:15 (PV-Tech)

The latest but not unexpected twist to Suntech Power Holdings financial position is that the company is seeking US court, Chapter 15 liquidation, according to an SEC filing by the NYSE-listed company. Read more

Enphase posts record quarterly revenue as commercial market gains momentum

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 12:45 (PV-Tech)

Enphase Energy has cited the roll-out its fourth generation microinverter and an expanding commercial rooftop as factors behind its record quarterly revenue posted this week. Read more

Skytron to install grid stabilising controller in 50MW Romanian PV plant

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 12:33 (PV-Tech)

Skytron Energy is to install a power control system in a 50MW Romanian photovoltaic plant, allowing the plant to provide frequency stabilisation without energy storage equipment. Read more

Microinverter and DC power optimiser market worth US$2 billion by 2020, predicts Navigant

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 12:15 (PV-Tech)

The market for microinverters and DC power optimisers could be worth as much as US$2 billion by 2020, according to a new report by Navigant Research. Read more

Ontario Power Authority opens new feed-in tariff window, releases rates

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 11:51 (Solarserver)

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA, Toronto, ON, Canada) on November 4th, 2013, announced that it is now accepting applications for small Feed-in Tariff (FIT) projects with a proposed capacity of more than 10 kilowatts (kW), and generally up to 500 kW. The OPA will award up to 123.5 megawatts (MW) worth of contracts as a result of applications received during this FIT application period. This includes the 2013 Procurement Target of up to 70 MW plus 53.5 MW remaining from the previous application period. Read more

Enphase revenues, shipments climb slightly in Q3 2013 as margins improve

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 0:20 (Solarserver)

Enphase Energy Inc. (Petaluma, California, U.S.) has released results for the third quarter of 2013, reporting a 1.9% year-over-year increase in revenues to USD 62.0 million, and a -8.5% operating margin. The company shipped 94 MW of microinverters during the quarter, a 1.7% increase over a year prior. Read more

UK to become Europe’s largest solar market in Q1 2014: NPD Solarbuzz

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 17:58 (Solarpowerportal)

The UK is set to become the largest solar market in Europe for the first time during the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest date from NPD Solarbuzz. Read more

UK to become Europe’s largest solar market in 2014: NPD Solarbuzz

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 17:58 (Solarpowerportal)

The UK is set to become the largest solar market in Europe for the first time during the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest date from NPD Solarbuzz. Read more

European solar market set to stabilise this quarter: NPD Solarbuzz

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 17:42 (PV-Tech)

The European solar market is set to stabilise in the final quarter of 2013 as it recovers from 18 months of turmoil, according to the latest data from the consultancy NPD Solarbuzz. Read more

US government to slash rooftop solar redtape

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 17:08 (PV-Tech)

The US Department of Energy has launched the second round of its Rooftop Solar Challenge. Read more

Solarbuzz: European PV market to begin recovery in Q4 2013

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 16:34 (Solarserver)

NPD Solarbuzz Inc. (Santa Clara, California, U.S.) has predicted that the European solar photovoltaic (PV) market will see the first signs of a return to growth in the fourth quarter of 2013, and to recover further over the course of 2014. Read more

NTD signs manufacturing deal with Romag for hybrid PV-Thermal panel

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 15:54 (Solarpowerportal)

Northumberland-based Natural Technology Development has signed a three year manufacturing deal with Romag to launch NTD’s Solar Angel hybrid photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal panel in the UK market. Read more

Reaching Beyond the Roof: Three Strategies for Corporate Investments in Solar

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 15:51 (Renewable Energy World)

There are many options available to corporations interested in investing in solar projects. The market for investing in solar projects is an expanding financial sector that provides corporate investors with an opportunity to diversify their investment portfolios and develop or expand tax credit platforms. In 2012, the volume of solar projects being Read more

SunEdison boosts solar PV projects under construction in Q3 2013, plans business changes

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 15:44 (Solarserver)

SunEdison Inc. (St. Peters, Missouri, U.S.) has released results for the third quarter of 2013, reporting a 5.4% year-over-year increase in Solar Energy division revenues to USD 381 million and a more than doubling of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects under construction to 588 MW. Read more

SunEdison secures US$185 million funding for 60MW project in South Africa

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 13:37 (PV-Tech)

SunEdison has secured ZAR1.8 billion (US$185 million) in funding for a 60MW solar project in South Africa. Read more

Solar3D to follow ‘First Solar model’ with acquisition of PV installer SUNworks

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 13:28 (PV-Tech)

Solar3D, the start-up which is developing a three-dimensional solar cell, has signed a definitive purchase agreement for 100% of California-based solar panel installer and energy consulting corporation Solar United Networks (SUNworks). Read more

Apple to build solar PV powered factory in Arizona

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 12:01 (Solarserver)

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on November 4th, 2013, announced that Apple (Cupertino, California, U.S.) will build a new manufacturing plant in Arizona powered entirely by solar power. The manufacturing plant in Mesa once belonged to a solar photovoltaic (PV) panel manufacturer and the new facility is being built in conjunction with GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (Merrimack, New Hampshire, U.S.). Read more

ABB and Bondfield to build 100MW Ontario PV array

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 11:58 (PV-Tech)

Canadian Solar has subcontracted European power company ABB and construction firm Bondfield to build and install a 100MW Ontario PV plant, said to be Canada’s largest PV array. Read more

Hanergy orders 5.25 GW of CIGS solar PV manufacturing equipment

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 9:05 (Solarserver)

Hanergy Group (Beijing) has altered supply agreements with subsidiary Fujian Apollo to include 5.25 GW of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing equipment. The equipment will be based on technology gained through Hanergy's acquisition of CIGS PV makers Global Solar Energy, MiaSolé and Solibro. Under a series of amended contracts, Fujian Apollo will also continue to supply Hanergy with thin-film silicon PV equipment. Read more

ABB, Total, Sonnedix among chosen solar CSP, PV bidders for round 3 of South Africa's REIPPP

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 8:53 (Solarserver)

South Africa's Department of Energy (DoE) has published the remaining “preferred bids” for round three of the nation's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP). A partnership between ABB (Zurich) and FG Emvelo (Johannesburg) has been selected to build a 100 MW-AC concentrating solar power (CSP) project in Northern Cape Province. Additionally, Total SA (Courbevoie, France) and Sonnedix BV (Amsterdam) have each been selected to build 75 MW-AC solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. Read more

Honda to close Honda Soltec CIGS solar PV subsidiary

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 8:41 (Solarserver)

Citing the fall in crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) prices, Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) has announced that it will end operations and dissolve thin-film PV subsidiary Honda Soltec Co. Ltd. (Kumamoto, Japan) in Spring 2014. Honda Soltec makes copper indium gallium diselenide thin-film PV at a production facility in Southern Japan with a annual capacity of 30 MW. The company will continue to take new orders until mid-February 2014, and after sales services will be continued through another Honda subsidiary. Read more

Expanding Solar Ambitions in ASEAN Countries Cannot be Overlooked

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 8:12 (Renewable Energy World)

The bullish news from Deutsche Bank on the solar industry's strong prospects for 2014 will come as welcome relief after this year's trade-war turmoil. But emerging concerns about supply constraints on the back of the fast-growing markets in China and Japan merit a note of caution and underline the need for all firms in the global solar supply chain to adopt a balanced international strategy, spreading risk between different markets. Read more

European Commission To Member States: Follow Our Lead for Renewable Energy Policy

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 19:58 (Renewable Energy World)

The European Commission has offered up some new guidelines about managing electricity markets among its Member States, offering direction for design and support schemes for renewable energy, managing capacity, and addressing demand at the consumer level to mitigate new generation investments -- which, while technically not binding, likely will inform future regional environmental and aid policies. Read more

Southern Company and Turner Renewable Energy acquire 20MW PV plant

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 16:18 (PV-Tech)

Southern Company and Turner Renewable Energy – owned by US media mogul Ted Turner – will jointly acquire a 20MW photovoltaic (PV) installation in California. Read more

Shocked into Pursuing Renewables: What Will Jolt Us Next?

Wednesday, 11.6.2013 - 15:12 (Renewable Energy World)

Historical events have a way of jolting us – again and again and again – into the reminder that energy plays a big role in our well-being. Read more