News of the year 2013

Date: 07.11.2013



Photovoltaics

Neo Solar Power posts rising profits on increased demand for solar cells and modules

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 13:46 (PV-Tech)

Merchant PV solar cell and module supplier, Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported that accumulated net profits for the first nine-months of 2013 reached NT$200 million (US$6.8 million) as demand, higher ASPs and high utilisation rates continued. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

First Wind celebrates ground-breaking of Massachusetts’ second largest solar PV project

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 21:15 (Solarserver)

First Wind (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) on November 5th, 2013, was joined by state and community leaders, energy officials, and solar industry representatives to celebrate the start of construction of its 14 megawatt (MW, AC) solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the town of Warren (Massachusetts, U.S.). First Wind’s solar PV project will be the second-largest in Massachusetts and, along with a 3 MW (AC) project in Millbury, represent the company’s first renewable energy projects in its home state, and first solar PV developments. Read more

New version of Polysun solar simulation software includes latest battery research results

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 21:09 (Solarserver)

Software provider Vela Solaris AG (Winterthur, Switzerland) introduced Polysun 6.2, the latest version of its design and simulation software. The update takes into account findings from two research projects that Vela Solaris carried out together with the Swiss Federal University of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich). Read more

Swiss 2SOL Alliance, Meyer Burger present hybrid solar thermal/PV collector pilot installation

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 21:04 (Solarserver)

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd. (Thun, Switzerland), founding member of the 2SOL Alliance launched by the Swiss Federal Council for the reduction of CO2 emissions in buildings, aims to realize a sustainable energy system for existing Swiss building stock. The Swiss 2SOL Alliance on November 4th, 2013, held its first public media event to present a pilot installation and projects under construction. Read more

Yingli Solar Takes on World Cup with Global Solar Marketing Strategy

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 20:11 (Renewable Energy World)

. When Yingli Solar first sponsored football’s World Cup in 2010, the most widely watched sporting event in the entire world, it seemed to be an odd — and expensive — marketing move for a solar PV manufacturer. We all know that solar consumers rarely choose the solar panel brand, installers do. So why would Yingli spend the same amount of money as Read more

Real Goods Solar ‘strongly positioned’ for 2014

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 18:54 (PV-Tech)

Real Goods Solar (RGS) has reported higher revenue and gross profit, lower operational costs and lower net loss for the third quarter of 2013. Read more

Real Goods Solar “strongly positioned” for 2014

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 18:54 (PV-Tech)

Real Goods Solar (RGS) has reported higher revenue and gross profit, lower operational costs and lower net loss for the third quarter of 2013. Read more

NPD Solarbuzz: Secondary equipment market could undermine solar PV equipment industry recovery

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 15:59 (Solarserver)

NPD Solarbuzz Inc. (Santa Clara, California, U.S.) has published a new analysis warning that excess, unused solar photovoltaic (PV) production tools in Asia could undermine recovery in the equipment market in 2014. While NPD Solarbuzz VP Finlay Colville says that to date there has been little sign of a secondary equipment market, the danger remains due to stores of unused equipment in China and Taiwan. Read more

Running Out of Precious Land? Floating Solar PV Systems May Be a Solution

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 15:47 (Renewable Energy World)

In June, a 1.18-MW PV system floating on a water reservoir became operational in Japan. The system called “Solar on the Water Okegawa” in Saitama prefecture is currently the biggest system of its kind in Japan. The floating PV system was developed by Ciel el Terre (France), which has been developing large-scale PV systems mainly in France since 2006. Having recognized the issues of land shortage and of protecting natural and agricultural lands, the company noticed many inland water reservoirs, which are located near grid-connection, but under-utilized. Read more

SunEdison secures USD 185 million in OPIC funding for 60 MW solar PV project

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 15:02 (Solarserver)

The U.S. government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) will provide USD 185 million in foreign debt funding to SunEdison Inc.'s (St. Peters, Missouri, U.S.) South African affiliate to support the construction of a 60 MW-AC solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the nation. Read more

Phoenix Solar announces first quarterly profit since 2010

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 14:27 (PV-Tech)

German photovoltaic (PV) systems integrator Phoenix Solar has announced the company’s financial results for the first nine months of this year, in which the group reported its first quarterly profit since 2010. Read more

Brazilian industry groups propose solar-only energy auctions

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 14:15 (PV-Tech)

A Brazilian consortium is proposing three government auctions specifically for 500MW of solar projects each. Read more

SAG Solarstrom upbeat for 2013 despite sales slowdown in Q3

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 13:14 (PV-Tech)

German project developer SAG Solarstrom has insisted it is weathering continued difficulties in Europe’s PV market despite posting a €6.9 million (US$9.3 million) loss for the first nine months of the year. Read more

SolarCity installs and revenues up

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 13:12 (PV-Tech)

The largest US PV installer SolarCity has announced its third quarter results with residential installations hitting 60MW, a 151% increase on the same period last year. Read more

Investigation into ‘flawed’ Danish solar subsidy laws will continue, says speaker of parliament

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 13:00 (PV-Tech)

An investigation into Danish solar panel subsidy laws by the country’s national audit office, Rigsrevisionen, will continue as planned, according to the speaker of parliament Mogens Lykketoft. Read more

SunEdison’s Q3 loss hides boosts of solar segment revenue and plans

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 11:06 (PV-Tech)

SunEdison posted a loss of US$112.1 million in the third quarter of 2013, yet its Solar Energy segment revenue soared to US$441 million, a 75% increase over the previous quarter. Read more

juwi granted planning permission for 5.3MW solar farm in flood zone

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 10:59 (Solarpowerportal)

Birmingham-based solar developer, juwi Renewable Energies, has received planning permission to construct a 5.35MW solar farm in a flood zone. Read more

Antaris Solar agrees wholesale deal with Thermo Dynamic UK

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 10:44 (Solarpowerportal)

Glasgow-based Thermo Dynamic UK Ltd has agreed to become a key wholesaler for German solar manufacturer Antaris Solar. Read more

Canadian Solar chooses ABB, Bondfield to supply, build 100 MW solar PV plant in Ontario

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 9:32 (Solarserver)

A subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. (Guelph, Canada) has selected ABB Inc. (Zurich) and Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd. (Concord, Canada) to supply and provide construction services for a 100 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Canadian Province of Ontario. Canadian Solar Solutions is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the project, and has already begun site work. The project is located on First Nations land as the solar portion of the Grand Renewable Energy Project, and will be Canada's largest PV plant when complete. Read more

U.S. DOE awards USD 12 million to eight teams to address soft costs for rooftop solar PV

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 9:14 (Solarserver)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has revealed the eight teams who will receive roughly USD 12 million in DOE funding and USD 4 million in outside funding to streamline and standardize solar permitting, zoning, metering and connection processes. The eight teams span the United States, and include a team led by the California Center for Sustainable Energy, which was awarded USD 1.3 million to help make permitting and interconnection processes more uniform, rapid and transparent across the state. Read more

Real Goods Solar revenues grow in Q3 2013 as company absorbs two other PV installers

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 9:00 (Solarserver)

Real Goods Solar Inc. (Louisville, Colorado, U.S.) has released results for the third quarter of 2013, reporting a 29% year-over-year increase in revenues to USD 34.0 million, a -4.1% operating margin, and a net loss of USD 2.1 million. The company deployed 10.7 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems during the quarter. Real Goods also acquired and began integrating Syndicated Solar (Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S.) and signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mercury Solar Systems (Port Chester, New York, U.S.), which is still subject to shareholder approval. Read more

Total/SunPower and Sonnedix chosen to build solar PV plants under round 3 of South Africa's REIPPP

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 8:54 (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). Total SA (Courbevoie, France) and a consortium led by Sonnedix BV (Amsterdam, Netherlands) have each been selected to build 75 MW-AC solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. SunPower Corp. (San Jose, California, U.S.) will provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for Total's PV project, which will utilize its PV modules, tracking systems and Oasis Power Plant modular system. Read more

SMA Solar reports nine-month loss of €26.9 million

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 8:15 (PV-Tech)

Citing a sharp decline in sales, strong ASP pressure, product mix sales changes and underperformance of its Chinese subsidiary, Zeversolar leading PV inverter company, SMA Solar Technology reported a nine-month loss of €26.9 million. Read more

SolarCity reports record growth in Q3 2013 results

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 0:00 (Solarserver)

SolarCity Corp. (San Mateo, California, U.S.) has announced financial results for the third quarter of 2013, reporting a record 78 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems deployed, and 91 MW of new projects booked. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

The Four Horsemen of the Biofuels Financials: Gevo, Solazyme, Amyris Report for Q3

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 16:34 (Renewable Energy World)

In years gone by, it was not too hard to write up a summary of Gevo, Solazyme and Amyris — all aimed at fuels, all in the development stage, all used synthetic biology in closed fermenters, all had big backers ranging from brand-name equity partners to big-time strategics, all went public in the same 2010-11 IPO window. Read more

The Four Horsemen of Biofuels Financials: Gevo, Solazyme, Amyris Report for Q3

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 16:34 (Renewable Energy World)

In years gone by, it was not too hard to write up a summary of Gevo, Solazyme and Amyris — all aimed at fuels, all in the development stage, all used synthetic biology in closed fermenters, all had big backers ranging from brand-name equity partners to big-time strategics, all went public in the same 2010-11 IPO window. Read more


Wind Energy

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Hydropower

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Hydrogen/Fuel Cell

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Geo Thermal/Heat Pump

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Energy Policy/Climate/CO2

Record Renewable Energy Transfers Illustrate Investors' Appetites, Utilities' Pain

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 20:28 (Renewable Energy World)

Wind farms and solar parks are changing hands at record rates, signaling both an increased taste for the assets among pension funds and hard times for utilities that are the biggest sellers. Read more

Massachusetts Sets Itself Apart as Global Clean Energy Hub

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 11:41 (Renewable Energy World)

Massachusetts, a state filled with top-tier universities, is known for its entrepreneurial vision, history of innovation and spawning scientific advances. The technological gains have spread to the clean energy sector and helped expand the industry. What is it that gives the commonwealth such a forward-thinking mentality, and what tangible lessons Read more

UK charities set up carbon-cutting network

Thursday, 11.7.2013 - 10:50 (Solarpowerportal)

The National Trust and the sustainable energy charity, Ashden, have partnered to create a carbon-cutting network which includes some of the UK’s largest charities and landowners. Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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