News of the year 2013
Date: 01.05.2013
Suntech’s 2012 sales declined 48% to US$1,625 million
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 15:40 (PV-Tech)
Suntech Power Holdings has released preliminary fourth quarter and full-year 2012 financial results which indicate that the struggling PV manufacturer continued to generate losses last year. Read moreOfgem confirms feed-in tariff rates for July 1st, 2013
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 15:22 (Solarserver)
The UK Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has confirmed feed-in tariff rates for solar photovoltaic (PV) generation from July 1st through October 1st, 2013. Read moreProject Focus: Soitec finalises financing for South Africa CPV project
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 11:42 (PV-Tech)
Global manufacturer Soitec has finalised a US$100 million bond to finance a utility-scale concentrating PV (CPV) plant in Touwsriver, South Africa. Read moreMarch installations trigger 1.8% monthly reduction in German feed-in tariffs
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 5:14 (Solarserver)
Germany's Federal Network Agency has confirmed that 290 MW of solar photvoltaic (PV) capacity was installed in March 2013 through the nation's feed-in tariff. Read moreSolar3D partners with College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to manufacture prototype cell
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 14:33 (PV-Tech)
US-based three-dimensional solar cell start-up Solar3D is in discussions with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to facilitate the fabrication of its new cell technology. Read more2013 Solar Industry Trends: A Look at US Geographical Markets
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)
Trends in the geography of solar development are determined by three primary drivers: solar insolation (the quantity of sunlight during the year), local electricity rates (the higher the rate the better) and local regulatory and incentive programs. Good projects are found where bountiful solar resources, costly electricity rates, and generous incen Read moreIBM, Swiss Developing Swiss Army Knife of Solar Arrays
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)
IBM, which revolutionized the personal computer, is bringing its technological knowhow to solar through a new partnership with Airlight Energy, ETH Zurich and Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs NTB. The group recently won a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation to develop low-cost high-c Read moreGermany announces 1.8% degression to FiT for solar PV
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 13:59 (PV-Tech)
The German Federal Network Agency has announced PV feed-in tariffs (FiTs) will suffer a monthly 1.8% degression, effective today, and then on 1 June and 1 July. Read moreEuropean solar associations join forces to fight Chinese PV duties
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 13:03 (PV-Tech)
Nine solar and renewable energy trade associations from across Europe have joined forces to call on the European Commission to stop its anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations against Chinese solar manufacturers. Read moreSTA joins eight other European solar associations to fight Chinese solar duties
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 12:54 (Solarpowerportal)
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has joined the voices of eight other solar trade associations from across Europe to call on the European Commission to stop its anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations against Chinese solar manufacturers. Read moreSomerset farm to benefit from 5.4MW solar project
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 12:37 (Solarpowerportal)
A farm in Somerset has applied for planning permission for a 5.4MW solar development. Read moreET Solutions completes 1MW rooftop PV system
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 12:34 (PV-Tech)
ET Solutions, a PV equipment manufacturer and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ET Solar, has announced the completion of a 1MW rooftop PV system in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Read morePSEG plans 140MW of solar in New Jersey
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 12:04 (PV-Tech)
Public Services and Utility Group (PSEG) has reached agreement with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) on plans to invest almost US$500 million in new solar capacity in the US state. Read moreAlterra, Greenbriar partner to develop 100 MW of solar PV in Puerto Rico
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 5:21 (Solarserver)
Alterra Power Corporation (Vancouver, Canada) and Greenbriar Capital Corporation (Coquitlam, Canada) have formed a joint venture to develop 100 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in the US territory of Puerto Rico. Read moreIndian SREC prices, trading volume fall in April 2013
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 5:03 (Solarserver)
Solar renewable energy credit (SREC) trading volumes fell 30% and prices fell 8-10% in India during April 2013, according to a report by RESolve Energy Consultants (Chennai, India). Read moreBiofuel Pioneer Forsakes Renewables to Make Gas-Fed Fuels
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 17:00 (Renewable Energy World)
Alan Shaw, the chemist and executive who led a six-year effort to turn inedible crops into fuels to displace gasoline, has renounced the industry he helped pioneer and decided the future instead lies with natural gas. Read moreProject Funding Picking Up in Wind Energy
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 18:20 (Renewable Energy World)
Funding for wind energy companies and investments accelerated in the first quarter of 2013, with most activity centered around some very large project transactions, according to Mercom Capital's latest quarterly analysis. Read moreThe Future of German Wind Energy Trade Fairs Is Stabilized
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 11:50 (Renewable Energy World)
The leading global wind industry trade show no longer faces an uncertain future with the recent announcement that Messe Husum, which has hosted the long-running Husum Wind conference and exposition, and Messe Hamburg, representing a key location for German wind original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), have agreed to jointly host a new international trade show in Hamburg every other year, beginning in 2014. Beginning in 2015 the existing biennial Husum Wind fair will become more focused on the domestic market. Read moreThere are no news available
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Latin America Report: Thinking Big About Clean Energy and Climate Change
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 17:07 (Renewable Energy World)
Virtually eliminating the carbon footprint from Latin America's power sector by 2050 would require $66 billion in annual investments, with spending on renewable energy making up half that amount, according to a new report analyzing full "climate stabilization" in the region. Read moreDOE Announces $13 Million to Advance Ocean Energy Technologies
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 16:26 (Renewable Energy World)
The Energy Department announced today up to $13 million in funding to develop and test advanced components and technologies to boost the performance of marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy systems. The Department plans to select up to 10 awards aimed at developing advanced controls, power systems, and device structures specifically for MHK applications, which harness energy from waves, tides, or currents. Read moreChange from the top - down
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 15:01 (Renewable Energy World)
The Financial Forum will address the rapidly changing state of renewable energy finance, and provide insight from industry experts about the future of this evolving industry. Although the potential for growth is great, renewable energy markets continue to struggle due to fallout from the credit crisis, a withdrawal of major lenders, a loss of tax equity capacity and uncertainty surrounding legislative support. New strategies for securing financing will emerge from the presentations and discussions at the POWER-GEN International Financial Forum. Read moreAlternative Energy Mutual Funds Outpace ETFs
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)
Investors love Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). They trade like stocks, and are an easy way to diversify within a certain sector. Over the past year, though, alternative energy investors would have been much better off putting their money in regular mutual funds. Read moreTidal Energy Wins Welsh Government Grant to Test Device at Sea
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)
Tidal Energy Ltd., a U.K. maker of technology that uses ocean currents to generate electricity, received 1.6 million pounds ($2.5 million) from the Welsh government to test its device at sea. Read moreQuantum Guam Power acquires 7.8MW PPA from Pacific Green Resources
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 13:37 (PV-Tech)
Quantum Guam Power (QGP), an affiliate of power generation company Quantum Utility Generation, has secured a 25-year power purchase agreement with Pacific Green Resources. Read moreDemand Energy names Gregg Patterson its new CEO
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 11:54 (PV-Tech)
Energy monitoring and storage firm Demand Energy Networks has announced the appointment of Gregg Patterson as its new president and CEO. Read moreItaly installs 170MW of PV capacity in April
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 11:53 (PV-Tech)
Italy added 170MW of new PV capacity in the month of April, according to the Italian energy agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE). Read moreUpdated: STA launches #TweetforHeat RHI campaign
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 11:30 (Solarpowerportal)
The Solar Trade Association (STA) is calling on Twitter users to put pressure on the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to address the domestic-scale renewable heat market. Read moreDon't Miss Today's Webcast, May 1 at 1PM ET: The Renewable Energy PTC in 2013: Defining "Under Construction" for US Projects
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/RenewableEnergyWorld/events/the-renewable-energy-ptc-in-2013-defining-under-construction Read moreAdvanced Energy reports solid results in 1Q 2013
Wednesday, 5.1.2013 - 4:55 (Solarserver)
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AE, Fort Collins, Colorado, US) has released results for the first quarter of 2013, reporting a 10% increase in sales in its Solar Energy division to USD 50 million, with an operating margin of 0.4%. Read moreThere are no news available