Austrian producer TiSUN supplies solar thermal collectors to sports arena in Abu Dhabi

Friday,.2013 - 21:53 (Solarserver)

TiSUN GmbH (Söll, Austria) has supplied solar thermal collectors for an installation at the "Al Aim stadium" near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The company's 51 TiSUN FM module collectors with a total surface of 130 m² will provide hot water for the stadium’s showers and toilet facilities for athletes and visitors. Read more

BNEF forecasts weaker than expected US solar market; Japanese market soars

Friday,.2013 - 14:06 (PV-Tech)

A new Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) report has significantly raised its PV installation forecast for Japan in 2013, yet points to the US market being weaker than expected. Read more

S.A.G. Solarstrom adds 44MW of UK PV capacity

Friday,.2013 - 13:36 (PV-Tech)

German PV developer S.A.G. Solarstrom has installed and connected three solar parks totalling 44MW of capacity to the grid, beating the Renewable Obligation (RO) deadline. Read more

Waxman Energy signs UK distribution deal with Trina Solar

Friday,.2013 - 13:03 (Solarpowerportal)

Renewable distributor, Waxman Energy, has penned a UK distribution agreement with Chinese module manufacturer, Trina Solar. Read more

Fluor wins O&M contract for AVSE II solar PV project in Arizona

Friday,.2013 - 13:02 (Solarserver)

LS Power Group (New York, New York, US) has awarded Flour Corporation (Houston, Texas, US) a five-year contract to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Arlington Valley Solar Energy 2 (AVSE 2) photovoltaic (PV) plant in the US state of Arizona. Fluor has not disclosed the value of the contract. The company is currently constructing the 125 MW PV plant on 470 hectares in Maricopa County, Arizona, under a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. Read more

Strong volume of applications for solar program in the US state of Georgia

Friday,.2013 - 12:58 (Solarserver)

Georgia Power Company (Atlanta, Georgia, US) has attracted more than 1,000 applications for the first 45 MW available through the small and medium-scale portion of its new solar photovoltaic (PV) power purchase program. The utility began taking applications through the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative (GPASI) on March 1st, 2013. Georgia Solar Energy Association (GSEA) says that this represents an “overwhelming” response to the program, which seeks to install 210 MW of PV by the end of 2015. Read more

Vivint Solar CEO steps down, Enphase relationship renewed for 2013

Friday,.2013 - 12:55 (Solarserver)

Vivint Solar Inc. (Provo, Utah, US) CEO Tanguy Serra has stepped down, and the company's board has appointed Alex Dunn as Interim CEO. Serra will remain involved in an advisory capacity. The company has also renewed its relationship with Enphase Energy (Petaluma, California, US), which will remain Vivint's inverter supplier in 2013. Read more

Borrego Solar plans Puerto Rican expansion with 23.5MW of proposed PV projects

Friday,.2013 - 12:53 (PV-Tech)

Borrego Solar Systems, a developer and installer of grid-connected PV systems, is eyeing up the Puerto Rican solar market and is planning to install 23.5MW of PV capacity in the next couple of years. Read more

S.A.G. Solarstrom AG completes 44MW of UK solar parks

Friday,.2013 - 12:23 (Solarpowerportal)

German solar developer S.A.G. Solarstrom has connected three solar parks totalling 44MW of capacity to the grid, beating the Renewable Obligation (RO) deadline. Read more

SunEdison, Thermax and Azure Power join forces for 5.5 MW Indian rooftop PV project

Friday,.2013 - 11:15 (PV-Tech)

The Indian state-owned Solar Energy has announced plans for 5.5MW of rooftop PV systems in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Gurgaon in India. Read more

Solarbuzz: Solar PV expands to “grid parity” market segments as incentives decline

Friday,.2013 - 8:30 (Solarserver)

Solarbuzz Inc. (Santa Clara, California, US) has released a new analysis which explains that while the fall in incentives led to a reduced level of solar photovoltaic (PV) market growth in 2012, PV is expanding to market segments where the technology can compete without incentives. Solarbuzz Senior Analyst Michael Barker also notes that the collapse in crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV prices has led to major changes in the solar industry, which has made it very difficult for thin-film PV start-ups to compete. Read more

Stabilization of solar PV module prices to impact Indian PV market

Friday,.2013 - 8:24 (Solarserver)

RESolve Energy Consultants (Chennai, India) states that the minor increases in solar photovoltaic (PV) module prices in February and March 2013 confirm its earlier analysis that prices could not fall further. RESolve attributes these increased prices to factors including the anti-dumping duties which are either being considered or have been imposed across various regions, the domestic demand for PV modules in China and the growth of Japan's PV market. The company also states that this has “enormous” implications for projects awarded under various Indian state policies. Read more

Survey: Solar as a service part of “disownership” trend

Friday,.2013 - 8:17 (Solarserver)

A new survey has found that US residents are increasingly choosing to rent or lease items like automobiles, bicycles, clothing, tools and home appliances, rather than owning them. The survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Sunrun Inc. (San Francisco, California, US) during February 2013 also showed that this shift is happening across age groups and across the nation. The company states that this survey places the growth of its business model of offering solar as a service within the context of a larger trend. Read more

Change Is in the Air at NREL's Wind Center

Friday,.2013 - 15:30 (Renewable Energy World)

The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) is at the nexus of a changing landscape, where the mountains meet the plains. It's also where changes in the wind industry are being previewed. And, a visitor or passerby will notice significant yet subtle changes taking place on site, including a new turbine installation and new blades on another of the site's giant turbines. Read more

Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Production Could Revolutionize Alternative Energy Market

Friday,.2013 - 18:25 (Renewable Energy World)

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the world. Read more

France Geothermal Energy Debate: When Is Fracking not Fracking?

Friday,.2013 - 15:53 (Renewable Energy World)

It's an existential question in France: When is fracking not fracking? Read more

8minutenergy, saferay sign 20 MW PPA with Southern California Edison

Friday,.2013 - 21:47 (Solarserver)

On April 1st, 2013, 8minutenergy Renewables LLC (Folsom, California, US) announced that its subsidiary 67RK 8ME LLC and saferay Inc. (Palo Alto, California, US) have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Southern California Edison (SCE). Under the contract, 67RK 8ME and saferay will sell 20 megawatts (MW) of solar energy generation capacity from their Redcrest solar project to SCE. The two companies have a joint agreement to develop and build the Redcrest solar project located in Kern County, California. Read more

The Limits of Renewable Energy: A Call for Research and Development

Friday,.2013 - 20:50 (Renewable Energy World)

We're losing the race against global warming. Worldwide coal production increased about eight times faster than solar- and wind-power generation last year. China added more new coal plants in 2011 than are running in Texas and Ohio, even as it leads the world in wind-power capacity. Meanwhile, the United States is only modestly cutting carbon emissions by transitioning from coal to natural gas, which is still a carbon-rich fuel. Read more

The Regulatory Energy Reform Imperative

Friday,.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Reforming our patchwork of rules directing the electric utility industry is essential. The generation and delivery of electricity is as fundamental to our national prosperity as the air we breathe and the water we drink. Most of us rely on electricity from the moment our alarm buzzes in the morning until we turn out the lights to sleep at night. In the case of regulations affecting our natural resources, we have elected to fight back against their degradation through comprehensive federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations that by comparison to energy rules are clear and effective. By contrast, the current legal framework regulating the electric utility Read more

Malaysia’s 20MW PV quota snapped up in one hour

Friday,.2013 - 11:57 (PV-Tech)

Malaysia’s Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) has received a positive response to its PV tender for PV systems under 500kW for non-individuals. Read more