News of the year 2013

Date: 12.03.2013



Photovoltaics

Magnolia Solar touts 13% flexible CIGS solar cell

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 17:12 (PV-Tech)

In collaboration with the SUNY NanoCollege and U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium, flexible CIGS thin-film start-up, Magnolia Solar has claimed it has demonstrated a solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 13%. The company did not state aperture area dimensions. Read more

Suntech: Factory Closure and a Train Wreck in the Making

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 16:41 (Renewable Energy World)

Suntech Power, feeling the sting of the tariff the U.S. government imposed on silicon solar cells from China, said Tuesday it will shutter its Arizona factory on April 3 and let go of 43 employees. Read more

Suntech to close factory in Arizona

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 16:30 (Solarserver)

On March 12th, 2013 Suntech Power Holdings Company Ltd. (Wuxi, China) announced that it will stop production at its solar photovoltaic (PV) module factory in the US state of Arizona, affecting 43 employees. Read more

Mercom: 34.5 GW of PV to be installed in 2013

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 14:54 (Solarserver)

Mercom Capital Group LLC (Austin, Texas, US) has released its predictions for the global solar photovoltaic (PV) market in 2013, forecasting 34.5 GW of installations during the year. Mercom expects China to be the largest PV market at 8.5 GW, followed by the US at GW, with Germany falling to third place at 4.2 GW. Mercom also predicts that trade wars will continue to be a main focus in 2013. Read more

Suntech?s Arizona plant faces permanent shutdown

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 14:15 (PV-Tech)

Suntech Power Holdings has decided to permanently close its module assembly plant in Arizona with the loss of 43 jobs, citing US government imposed duties on imported solar cells and aluminium used in solar module frames. Read more

KACO targets 100MW of inverter business in Japan in 2013

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 13:15 (PV-Tech)

PV inverter manufacturer KACO new energy has opened a sales and support office in Tokyo, Japan, to support its business growth in the country. Read more

ABB secures 200MW of PV inverter orders in India

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 12:54 (PV-Tech)

ABB has expanded PV inverter manufacturing in India to meet current orders of over 200MW for utility-scale power plants in the country. Read more

PV production technology: CVD opens new facility for chemical vapor deposition systems

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 11:45 (Solarserver)

CVD Equipment Corporation (Ronkonkoma, NY), a provider of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, on March 8th, 2013, announced that it has completed renovations and is moving to its new headquarters located at South Technology Drive, Central Islip, New York. CVD offers a broad range of equipment that is used amongst others to research, design and manufacture semiconductors, solar photovoltaic (PV) cells, LEDs and batteries. Read more

SunPower commissions 5 MW PV plant on Oahu

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 9:43 (Solarserver)

On March 8th, 2013 Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie and representatives of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) and Hawaiian Electric Company dedicated the five-megawatt Kalaeloa Solar Farm in West Oahu. The solar photovoltaic (PV) plant will be managed by Bright Plain Renewable Energy, L.L.C. (BPRE). SunPower Corp. (San Jose, California, U.S.) designed and built the project. The solar farm is the first utility-scale solar project on state land, located on 36-acres leased from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

PG&E solar billing named in California?s top utility ?money wasters?

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 23:23 (PV-Tech)

Pacific Gas & Electric?s ?pre-Gutenberg? manual billing has been named as one of the top five biggest money wasters for California utilities. Read more

PG&E solar billing named in California?s top utility money wasters

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 23:23 (PV-Tech)

Pacific Gas & Electric?s ?pre-Gutenberg? manual billing has been named as one of the top five biggest money-wasters for California utilities. Read more

DEK Solar claims up to 40% silver paste reduction with fine screen printing

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 18:31 (PV-Tech)

Tests conducted by DEK Solar and DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) have resulted in silver paste consumption reductions and possible conversion efficiency gains of 0.5% when using fine line screen printing of conventional crystalline solar cells. Read more

Solar Frontier?s CIS thin film modules added to UniCredit?s bankability list

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 17:47 (PV-Tech)

UniCredit Leasing has added Solar Frontier?s CIS thin film modules to its bankability list of PV suppliers after quality tests were undertaken by Fraunhofer ISE. Read more

Funding solution brings solar PV to 6,000 residents

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 17:13 (Solarpowerportal)

Gatehouse Energy, Styles&Wood Group PLC?s carbon abatement and clean energy division, has announced that it will be partnering with Consesus Capital Private Equity to provide renewable energy technology free of charge. Read more

SolarWorld delays financial reporting as it talks with creditors

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 16:58 (PV-Tech)

Financial troubles at SolarWorld continue as the struggling PV module manufacturer delays reporting its full-year financial results as it talks with creditors over restructuring its debts. Read more

"Solar suitcases" win Solar Flare Award

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 16:34 (Solarserver)

Dr. Laura Stachel and her husband, Hal Aronson, based in Berkeley, California, have received a Solar Flare Award from Soluxe Energy Solutions (Darien, Connecticut) for developing "solar-powered suitcases". Working with her husband, a solar energy educator, Stachel created portable solar photovoltaic (PV) packages to deliver electricity and recharge batteries, designed for use in harsh environments. Read more

Unirac awarded new US patent for solar mounting design

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 16:25 (Solarserver)

On March 7th, 2013, Unirac Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.) announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 8,128,044 covering the company's system for mounting a solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, thus extending the number of patents in the SolarMount design family to four. The patent centers on an apparatus and method for adjustably mounting one or more PV modules on an object such as a roof or a pole, and includes one or more track rails. Read more

Solar Sell-Off As Suntech Delays

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 15:50 (Renewable Energy World)

Solar investors are feeling decidedly bearish this week, bidding down shares in most major solar panel makers even as a few major names including Suntech (NYSE: STP), Canadian Solar (Nasdaq: CSIQ) and JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) tried to prime the market with upbeat news. But truth be told, the news from all three of these companies looks marginally pos Read more

Tamil Nadu solar policy orders new net meters for residential PV

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 14:50 (PV-Tech)

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (TANGEDCO), a state-owned energy firm, will be required to provide new net meters for households with rooftop PV systems installed under Tamil Nadu?s net metering scheme. Read more

JA Solar ships 35 MW of PV modules for projects in Israel

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 14:50 (Solarserver)

JA Solar Holding Company Ltd. (Shanghai, China) has announced that in January 2013 it began shipping 35 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) for five projects in Israel. Three of these PV projects are located in the Arava Desert, with another two in the Negev Desert. Arava Power Company Ltd. (Ktura, Israel) is the owner of the projects, and Siemens will serve as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor. Read more

Clean Power Finance forges new partnerships to expand solar financing options

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 14:36 (PV-Tech)

Solar finance broker Clean Power Finance has formed partnerships with installers Roof Diagnostics and Trinity Solar to expand the availability of its residential solar financing options to installers in Connecticut, Maryland and New York. Read more

Conergy builds 500kW solar plant in Sparta, Greece

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 14:11 (PV-Tech)

PV manufacturer Conergy has announced the installation of a 500kW solar plant in Molai, in the province of Laconia in southern Greece. Read more

Solarcentury set to develop 70MW of solar across the UK

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 13:54 (Solarpowerportal)

Solarcentury has announced that it plans to develop 70MW of new solar capacity across the UK by the end of March 2013. Read more

Order Focus: Upsolar to supply 10MW of modules to Pristine Sun projects

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 13:05 (PV-Tech)

California-based PV project developer, Pristine Sun has selected modules from Upsolar for PV power plants to be built in California, USA. Read more

Gestamp Solar brings 40MW online in Peru

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 13:02 (PV-Tech)

Spanish PV developer Gestamp Solar has confirmed that the Tacna Solar and Panamericana Solar PV plants in Peru have become operational. Read more

How Solar PV is Winning Over CSP

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 13:00 (Renewable Energy World)

More and more, renewable energies are competing against each other, instead of against conventional energy sources. If you read the reports from major energy agencies and industry associations, you might be tempted to conclude that there is a bright future where all types of renewable energies will flourish and coexist peacefully. Well, they will n Read more

Asia Report: Suntech Debt, Chinese Solar Saga Still Playing Out

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 13:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Suntech has managed to delay a major bond payment for another two months until May 15, but there's still considerable buzz surrounding the company and this $541 million debt deadline, widely anticipated as a major test of China's drive to consolidate its solar industry. Read more

Japan Recommends Cutting Solar Tariff as Equipment Prices Fall

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 13:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Japan's solar developers would get 10 percent less for the power they feed to utilities under a recommendation a government panel made after taking into account a plunge in the cost of panels. Read more

Domestic solar installations climb to 7MW a week

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 12:59 (Solarpowerportal)

The latest solar installation figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show a marked increase in domestic-scale solar installations over the last month. Read more

JA Solar delivers 35MW of modules for five Israeli solar projects

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 12:17 (PV-Tech)

Chinese PV equipment manufacturer JA Solar has started to ship 35MW of its modules to Siemens for installation at five PV projects in Israel owned by Arava Power Company. Read more

Advanced Solar Photonics increases capacity for glass-to-glass and bifacial solar PV panels

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 11:39 (Solarserver)

Advanced Solar Photonics, LLC (Lake Mary FL.) on March 11th, 2013, announced that it is focusing its production capacity on highly engineered solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and customized PV applications using glass-to-glass (G2G) and bifacial cell technology. These specialty PV products include bifacial and glass-to glass modules in 60 cell configurations in both framed and frameless models. Modules are made up of 60 bifacial crystalline silicon cells with up to 20.5% module efficiency on both sides. The total rated power output of the panel will range from 283 Watts to 333 Watts. Read more

First Solar joins Dii, extends commitment to desert power

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 11:34 (Solarserver)

First Solar (Tempe, Arizona, U.S.) joined the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii, Munich, Germany) as a new shareholder in March 2013. The company was previously a Dii associated partner. ?Our extended dedication to Dii as a shareholder emphasizes First Solar?s commitment to the MENA region, where we see tremendous potential to build a sustainable market for solar power. Dii is the ideal industrial initiative to bring power from the deserts into reality,? said Christopher Burghardt, First Solar?s Vice President of Business Development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Read more

Solarbuzz: Global PV demand to reach 31 GW in 2013; China to become the leading solar market

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 9:51 (Solarserver)

Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand will increase by two gigawatts (GW), from 29 GW to 31 GW during 2013, up 7% Y/Y according to the new Marketbuzz 2013 published by NPD Solarbuzz (Santa Clara, Calif.). For the first time, China will outpace Germany to become the leading PV market, while the top 10 PV territories will still account for 83% of global PV demand. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

New Twist to the Renewable PTC Extension: Defining "Under Construction"

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 13:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Once again the race is on to get new renewable energy projects under construction by year end. While the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ("ATRA") provided the long sought extension of the Production Tax Credit ("PTC") and Investment Tax Credit ("ITC") for certain renewable resources through 2013 (wind, biomass, geothermal, landfill gas, trash, hydropower and marine and hydrokinetic facilities), the extension comes with terms that present new challenges for developers. Read more


Wind Energy

Clean Wind Energy Tower changes name to Solar Wind Energy Tower

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 16:30 (Solarserver)

On March 8th, 2013, Clean Wind Energy Tower Inc. (Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.) announced that it has changed its corporate name to Solar Wind Energy Tower Inc. to more accurately define the nature of its business, and to eliminate the confusion of associating its technology with traditional wind turbine technology. "We view ourselves as a hybrid solar/wind technology, now reflected in the name, Solar Wind Energy Tower Inc. The simplicity of our solution is comprised of harnessing the natural power of a downdraft created when water is introduced to hot, dry air within the confines of our Tower structure," Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ronald W. Pickett stated. Read more


Hydropower

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Hydrogen/Fuel Cell

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Geo Thermal/Heat Pump

UT Energy Forum: What are Viable Advancements for Geothermal Technology?

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 13:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The Advanced Geothermal Systems panel at the University of Texas Energy Forum reviewed both current and promising new advanced geothermal systems, much of which receives DOE support. "I am in full support of R&D that provides electrical power at lower risks and lower costs," said Douglas Hollet, director of geothermal technologies in Washington, D.C., who attended the forum. Read more


Energy Policy/Climate/CO2

New Report on green jobs in the U.S.: California, North Carolina and Florida leading

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 16:17 (Solarserver)

A new report by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) states that more than 300 clean energy and clean transportation projects were announced in 2012 across the United States and are expected to create 110,000 jobs. "It's now crystal-clear that clean energy and clean transportation are helping our economy recover. The projects and job announcements like we saw in 2012 can continue - as long as we don't let smart energy policies get hijacked by special interests," E2 Executive Director Judith Albert stated. Read more

Community-Owned Transmission?

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The enormous growth in local renewable energy is decentralizing the electricity system, often supplanting energy from centralized power plants.  But not all renewable energy is built locally, even in a country like Germany with massive local ownership of its renewable energy systems.  The Germans are undergoing significant upgrades to their electri Read more

Report: Policy obstructing instutional investment in renewables

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 12:40 (PV-Tech)

Institutional investors could supply more than a quarter of the capital needs of renewable energy up to 2035 but are being held back by policy and regulatory barriers, a study claims. Read more

OECD: Italy making progress with renewable energy

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 11:26 (Solarserver)

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has recognized the significance of Italian policies to move to renewable energy in its ?Environmental Performance Review: Italy 2013? report. The report cites the significance of the nation's feed-in tariff and green certificates, noting that renewables supplied 28% of electricity production in 2011. Italy has been particularly successful in rapid deployment of solar photovoltaics (PV), which represented 6.4% of total electricity produced in 2012. Read more

ANPIER calls for overhaul of Spanish electricity price setting

Tuesday, 3.12.2013 - 9:47 (Solarserver)

Contrasting the massive profits made by Spanish power companies with the nation's tariff deficit, Spain's National Association of Renewable Energy Producers and Investors (ANPIER) has called for changes in the mechanisms for setting electricity prices. The organization notes that Spanish residents pay the highest rates for electricity in the EU. It also cites a European Commission statement that the tariff deficit is the result of insufficient competition in the sector and excessive compensation for nuclear power plants. Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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