News of the year 2013

Date: 25.02.2013



Photovoltaics

AEG Power Solutions wins inverter order for 30MW Indian PV plant

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 18:15 (PV-Tech)

AEG Power Solutions, a Germany-based provider of renewable energy systems, has won a contract from India-based M and B Switchgears to supply its inverters for a 30MW PV plant which is being built in Madhya Pradesh, India. Read more

TrendForce: MWT technology becomes solar cell and PV module manufacturers? priority choice for efficiency enhancement

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:46 (Solarserver)

On February 21st, 2013, EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, announced that efficiency improvement remains a top priority for solar photovoltaic (PV) cell and module manufacturers. According to EnergyTrend, metal wrap through (MWT) technology has become the priority choice among manufacturers due to its advantages. Read more

JA Solar modules pass another two TÜV Nord tests

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 13:11 (PV-Tech)

JA Solar announced today that all of its PV module series have successfully passed the salt mist corrosion test and the sulfur dioxide corrosion test conducted by TÜV Nord. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

400MW Chinese moudles exported to Japan in Q4 2012, JA Solar sees a huge leap

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 20:47 (PV-Tech)

According to China-based Solarzoom, nearly 400MW of Chinese modules were exported into the Japanese domestic market in the fourth quarter of 2012. Read more

400MW Chinese modules exported to Japan in Q4 2012; JA Solar sees a huge leap

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 20:47 (PV-Tech)

According to China-based Solarzoom, nearly 400MW of Chinese modules were exported into the Japanese domestic market in the fourth quarter of 2012. Read more

Solar Junction, Amonix join forces for solar CPV development

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 19:42 (Solarserver)

Solar Junction (San Jose, California, US) has signed an agreement to co-develop concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technologies with Amonix (Seal Beach, California, US). Read more

Massachusetts Maps its Solar Energy Future

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 18:39 (Renewable Energy World)

Four years ago Massachusetts passed the Green Communities Act in 2008 which included a solar carve-out program. Since then the state's solar PV installed capacity has surged from about 3 megawatts (MW) to over 200 MW, among the fastest in the nation -- ranking ninth in the US, according to the SEIA. The state is rapidly closing in on its goal of achieving 250 MW of capacity by 2017. It's also halfway to the 400-MW cap on its solar carve-out program, and the state's current growth pace means solar projects that can take up to a year (or longer) to develop need some answers about the program's future. Read more

California looks to extend low-income solar programmes

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 18:11 (PV-Tech)

California is proposing new legislation to extend its low-income solar programmes with a budget of US$108 million. Read more

Adept Technology appoints Robert Cain as President and CEO

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 17:31 (PV-Tech)

Adept Technology, a manufacturer of robotics equipment for various markets including solar, has added a new member to its board of directors by appointing Rob Cain as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Read more

Sunrise Global Solar produces 20.3% cell efficiencies verified by Fraunhofer ISE

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 17:12 (PV-Tech)

Rear-side passivated solar cells from Taiwan-based Sunrise Global Solar Energy Corporation have been verified by Fraunhofer ISE with conversion efficiencies of 20.3%. Read more

GT Advanced Technologies hires Linda Reinhard to drive HiCz solar wafer technology business

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:57 (PV-Tech)

GT Advanced Technologies, a specialist PV equipment supplier, has announced it has appointed Linda Reinhard as its Vice President of New Business Development and Product Management for several of the company?s products including its HiCz monocrystalline solar wafer technology. Read more

MNRE: 1.23 GW of grid-tied solar PV added in India to date

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:54 (Solarserver)

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released a new update on grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies, reporting that 1.23 GW of solar power generation capacity has been connected to the grid in the previous three years, as of January 31st, 2013. The ministry reports that it has allotted 185 grid-tied solar plants over the last three years, with 132 plants totaling 369 MW commissioned to date. It also reports an average tariff for solar photovoltaics (PV) under phase 1 of its National Solar Mission of INR 12.16 (USD 0.226) per kWh under batch 1 and INR 11.48 (USD 0.213) per kWh under batch 2. Read more

Silicon Valley Investors Shifting to Power Grid After Solar Sours

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:52 (Renewable Energy World)

Silicon Valley investors that helped build the solar industry are shifting cash into electricity-grid technology and energy-storage developers after bets on panel manufacturers failed to pay off. Read more

Canadian Solar to partner with Strata Solar on 85 MW of solar PV projects in North Carolina

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:51 (Solarserver)

Canadian Solar Inc. (Guelph, Canada) has partnered with Strata Solar LLC (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US) to develop 15 solar photovoltaic (PV) plants totaling 85 MW in the US state of North Carolina. The first project to be commissioned will be the 6.4 MW Fuquay Farm PV plant, which the company expects to commission by the end of February 2013. Canadian Solar will additionally invest in Strata Solar. Read more

Minnesota bill introduced to put state on path to 10% solar power

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:47 (Solarserver)

On February 20th, 2013, Minnesota State Senator Chris Eaton (DFL ? Brooklyn Center) and State Representative Will Morgan (DFL ? Burnsville) introduced the Solar Energy Jobs Act at the State Capitol. The new bill will require utilities in Minnesota to generate 10 % of the electricity sold from solar-powered resources by 2030. Read more

UNEP: Solar PV lighting depreciates in less than one year

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:40 (Solarserver)

On February 20th, 2013, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced that it assessed the development and climate benefits of off-grid lighting. Countries that switch from conventional lamps, candles, flashlights and other traditional lighting systems to solar power can recover the costs in less than one year, according to UNEP. Read more

Solar Junction and Amonix to marry CPV technologies

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 13:40 (PV-Tech)

In a surprise move, concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) firms Solar Junction and Amonix have signed a ?co-development agreement?. Read more

Yingli ups 4Q, full year solar PV shipment predictions

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 13:02 (Solarserver)

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. (Baoding, China) has released selected preliminary information for the fourth quarter and full year 2012, reporting a sharp increase in solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments. Yingli estimates a 40% increase in PV module shipments over the third quarter, and expects full year shipments to reach 2.3 GW. However, the company also expects its gross margin to fall to between -8% and -8.5%, due to a non-cash inventory provision and a depreciation expense related to reduced capacity utilization. Read more

Yingli ups 4Q, full year solar PV shipment estimates

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 13:01 (Solarserver)

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. (Baoding, China) has released selected preliminary information for the fourth quarter and full year 2012, reporting a sharp increase in solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments. Yingli estimates a 40% increase in PV module shipments over the third quarter, and expects full year shipments to reach 2.3 GW. However, the company also expects its gross margin to fall to between -8% and -8.5%, due to a non-cash inventory provision and a depreciation expense related to reduced capacity utilization. Read more

Galmet to begin manufacturing solar thermal collectors in SW Poland

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 12:55 (Solarserver)

Galmet Sp. zoo (G?ubczyce, Poland) will add solar thermal collector production capability to a factory in G?ubczyce, as reported by Solar Thermal World. The new line will produce 1.6 square meter and 2.0 square meter collectors, both under the Galmet brand and for OEM customers. Galmet will also produce thermal absorbers and is considering manufacturing pumps for solar thermal systems. Read more

SEIA calls on Massachusetts to quadruple solar target

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 12:52 (PV-Tech)

The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has requested Massachusetts to establish a more aggressive solar programme to bring it up to the same level as other north-eastern US states. Read more

US DOE makes USD 17 million available to improve solar reliability, grid integration

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 12:49 (Solarserver)

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to USD 17 million in funding through its SunShot Initiative for projects to make solar electric generation more reliable and to assist the integration of more electricity from solar technologies into the grid. Up to USD 12 million will be available through the ?Solar Utility Networks: Replicable Innovation in Solar Energy? (SUNRISE) project. Another USD 5 million will be available through the ?Physics of Reliability: Evaluating Design Insights for Component Technologies in Solar? (PREDICTS) project. Read more

Canadian Solar and Strata Solar to build 15 utility-scale PV projects in North Carolina

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 12:46 (PV-Tech)

A total of 15 PV projects equal to approximately 85MW are to be built by project developer, Strata Solar and module manufacturer Canadian Solar in 2013. Read more

AEG to install 450MW of PV capacity in Pakistan

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 12:12 (PV-Tech)

German solar company AEG will construct a 400MW and a 50MW PV project in Cholistan, Pakistan, media reports have revealed. Read more

PvXchange: Solar PV module prices increased in February

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 9:34 (Solarserver)

PvXchange GmbH (Cologne, Germany) has released an analysis which estimates that for the first time in two years, prices for both crystalline silicon and thin film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules increased in February 2013. PvXchange notes that manufacturing over-capacities are still affecting the PV market along the entire value chain, but states that stock clearances have been successful. The company predicts that the price rise is the beginning of a trend, and notes the role that strong Japanese and Chinese demand is playing. Read more

5.75 GW of large solar PV plants added globally in the last 12 months

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 9:28 (Solarserver)

Wiki-Solar reports that 5.75 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) plants larger than 10 MW will have been commissioned around the world in the 12-month period leading up to March 2013. This is led by 75 PV plants totaling 1.96 GW in China, followed by 29 plants totaling 1.13 GW in the United States and 38 plants totaling 1.11 GW in Germany. This will bring the global total to 12.2 GW of large-scale PV at 488 sites. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

Cultivating Bipartisan Support for Biofuel From Germs

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 22:38 (Renewable Energy World)

People attending a Washington event this week may witness something almost unheard of in political circles: Republicans praising a clean-energy program supported by President Barack Obama. Read more

Biomass Charter targets 100,000 domestic biomass boilers by 2020

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 19:52 (Solarpowerportal)

A group of companies across the biomass supply chain have come together to draft a Biomass Charter which aims to ?set the foundations for a meaningful collaboration with government on the decarbonsiation of domestic heating in the UK by 2030?. 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

Weekly statistics reflect stabilisation of the domestic market

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 17:49 (Solarpowerportal)

The latest installation statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show the continued stabilisation of the domestic solar market in the UK. Read more

Boulder steps closer to creating clean energy-based municipal utility

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 17:45 (Renewable Energy World)

Boulder, Colorado?s residents decided not to renew their contract with Xcel Energy to continue to serve as the utility for the city and its residents in November 2011 and instead pursue creating a municipal utility powered by solar and other clean energy sources. Since then there?s been speculation as to whether the city and county could create suc Read more

Boulder Steps Closer to Creating Clean Energy-based Municipal Utility

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 17:45 (Renewable Energy World)

Boulder, Colorado?s residents decided not to renew their contract with Xcel Energy to continue to serve as the utility for the city and its residents in November 2011 and instead pursue creating a municipal utility powered by solar and other clean energy sources. Since then there?s been speculation as to whether the city and county could create suc Read more

Tri-State opens RFP for renewable energy projects in Colorado, New Mexico

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:52 (Solarserver)

Tri-State Generation and Transmission (Westminster, Colorado, US) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable energy generation projects totaling 400 TWh annually. Projects must deliver at least 15 GWh annually and meet renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requirements in Colorado and New Mexico. Only 20-25 year power purchase agreements (PPAs) will be considered. Read more

Nevada Senator Harry Reid calls to increase RPS

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:42 (Solarserver)

On February 20th, 2013, Nevada Senator Harry Reid addressed a joint session of the Nevada State Legislature, calling on lawmakers to make an update to state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS), which requires Nevada utilities to produce 15% of their energy from a combination of renewable resources and energy efficiency measures by 2013. Read more

Project developer DESERTEC Power launched in Saudi Arabia

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 15:34 (Solarserver)

DESERTEC Power, endorsed by DESERTEC Foundation (Hamburg, Germany), recently has been launched in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to address the in-kingdom needs for both renewable energy and desalinated water production. Read more

Report: Only 40% of consumers trust energy suppliers

Monday, 2.25.2013 - 12:09 (Solarpowerportal)

Britain?s energy suppliers are facing a crisis of consumer confidence after new research has revealed that just four in ten consumers trust their energy supplier. Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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