News of the year 2013

Date: 14.05.2013



Photovoltaics

Heraeus upgrades PV laboratory in Shanghai, China

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 17:33 (Solarserver)

On May 10th, 2013, Heraeus (Hanau, Germany) announced that its Photovoltaics Business Unit has upgraded its laboratory in Shanghai, China, to increase its local support to Chinese solar cell manufacturers. Read more

Merck leads research consortium to increase dye-sensitised cell efficiency

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 14:45 (PV-Tech)

German chemical company Merck will lead a consortium to develop high-efficiency cobalt-based dye-sensitised solar cells. Read more

Germany urges diplomatic resolution to EU trade case against China

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 14:30 (PV-Tech)

Germany is continuing to strive for a diplomatic resolution to the European Union’s ongoing investigation into the alleged dumping of Chinese solar modules in Europe. Read more

Conergy posts record first quarter shipments

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 13:12 (PV-Tech)

PV projects in Thailand as well as strong demand in select European countries saw Conergy post its highest ever first quarter shipments. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

SolarCity Posts Loss as Spending on New Systems Increases

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 18:06 (Renewable Energy World)

SolarCity Corp. (SCTY), the second-largest U.S. solar company by market value, posted a first-quarter loss as it bore higher costs from installing rooftop solar systems at little or no charge to customers. Read more

Trina Solar lowers Q1 module shipment guidance

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 18:05 (PV-Tech)

Major PV module manufacturer, Trina Solar has lowered first quarter shipment guidance and expects gross margins to be as low as 1%. Read more

California solar-powered boat competition to begin on May 17th

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 17:44 (Solarserver)

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will be holding the nation's largest solar-powered boat competition. Student teams from 39 high schools throughout Southern California are battening down final preparations for three days of racing. The solar photovoltaic (PV) powered boat competition will be held from May 17th, 2013, through May 19th, 2013. Read more

Neo Solar Power sees spike in sales in April

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 16:58 (PV-Tech)

Taiwan-based solar cell producer Neo Solar Power (NSP) has come out of a period of low sales in the second half of 2012, reporting NT$1,023 million in revenue for the month of April, a 9.74% month-over-month increase. Read more

UK PV power plant projects boost S.A.G. Solarstrom’s outlook

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 16:34 (PV-Tech)

With PV power plant projects in the UK topping 44MW, PV energy provider (PVEP) S.A.G. Solarstrom generated sales of €55.4 million in the first quarter. Read more

Sempra U.S. Gas & Power com of ‘largest Arizona solar project

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 16:13 (PV-Tech)

Renewable energy developer Sempra U.S. Gas & Power has dedicated the first phase of Arizona’s Mesquite solar project, expected to become one of the largest PV plants in North America. Read more

Sharp solar PV sales spike to USD 1.08 billion

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 15:38 (Solarserver)

Sharp Corporation (Osaka, Japan) has released results for its most recent financial quarter, reporting a sharp increase in solar photovoltaic (PV) sales to USD 1.08 billion at an 8.8% operating margin. This is the division's first positive result after eight consecutive quarters of losses. Read more

The Future of Solar in Latin America

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 15:26 (Renewable Energy World)

ClearSky Advisors has recently evaluated the attractiveness of each market in Latin America by quantifying the relevant fundamental and political factors which will drive solar installations over the next several years. Fundamental factors include solar insolation, the cost of electricity and current PV market maturity while political factors include the effectiveness of existing solar policies, new generation required and economic and investment risks. Read more

China threatens retaliation if EU solar PV tariffs are imposed

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 15:22 (Solarserver)

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has held a press conference calling on the European Union to use dialogue to resolve the trade dispute over solar photovoltaic (PV) products, and threatening retaliation if tariffs are imposed. Read more

SolarCity adds 7,000 new customers in Q1

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 15:17 (PV-Tech)

PV energy provider (PVEP), SolarCity, reported strong residential adoption in the first quarter of 2013, collecting a total of 7,000 new customers with a total of 46MW deployed, which included 33MW of residential installations. Read more

Fraunhofer and India sign MoU to develop solar pilot projects

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 15:17 (PV-Tech)

India’s Ministry for New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop pilot projects in PV, solar thermal and hydrogen. Read more

8 Vivid Charts – 8 Reasons for a Solar Energy Standard in Minnesota

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

A conference committee is resolving differences between House and (much weaker) Senate versions of a solar energy standard in Minnesota today. Here's eight graphic reasons why the state should go for solar as aggressively as it can.   This post originally appeared on ILSR’s Energy Self-Reliant States blog. 8 Vivid Charts – 8 Reasons for a Solar Ene Read more

Upsolar completes first Greek project

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 13:07 (PV-Tech)

PV module provider Upsolar has completed a 1.5MW PV project in Kozani, capital of the West Macedonia region in Greece, its first in the country. Read more

Nine solar projects approved under round two of South Africa renewables programme

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 13:02 (PV-Tech)

South Africa has inked agreements with the preferred bidders for nine solar projects under the second round of its national renewable energy procurement programme. Read more

US trade group to defend net metering policies

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 12:18 (Solarserver)

US solar installers in the rooftop sector including SolarCity Corporation (San Mateo, California, U.S.), Sungevity Inc. (Oakland, California, U.S.), Sunrun Inc. (San Francisco, California, U.S.) and Verengo (Orange, California, U.S.) have formed a new trade group to defend net metering policies. The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) states that anyone should have the option to switch from utility power to distributed solar power, and claims that utilities are trying to eliminate that choice by repealing net metering. 43 US states currently have net metering policies, which allow the electricity produced by PV system owners to be credited against usage on a 1:1 basis. Read more

Singulus solar revenues grow 36% year-over-year

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 12:11 (Solarserver)

Singulus Technologies AG (Kahl Am Main, Germany) has released results for the first quarter of 2013, reporting a 36% year-over-year increase in sales in its Solar division to EUR 7.1 million (USD 9.2 million), at an operating margin of -31%. Singulus may be the only solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment maker to report a year-over-year increase in revenues during this period of prolonged, deep downturn for the industry. However, this also follows heavy losses and a restructuring of the company in 2012. Read more

Solar powered ambulance fleet helps drive efficiencies

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 11:34 (Solarpowerportal)

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust’s (SCAS) Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) fleet is now solar powered after a successful trial period. Read more

PwC report finds flaws with Prognos study predicting tariff-related job losses in EU solar sector

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 8:51 (Solarserver)

Trade group EU ProSun has commissioned a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) which finds “major flaws” in a report by Prognos AG which predicted massive EU job losses if tariffs are imposed on imports of Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) products. Among other details, PwC alleges that the Prognos study predicts job losses in excess of the total jobs in the sector. The report also finds that tariffs will have a net positive impact on employment in Europe's solar industry. Read more

US researchers develop new methodology for measuring impacts of distributed solar PV

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 8:47 (Solarserver)

The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Georgia Institute of Technology have published a report offering a new methodology to help utilities more accurately evaluate the impacts of distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) generation. “Time Series Power Flow Analysis for Distribution Connected PV Generation” explores the use of quasi-static time series (QSTS) simulation and high time-resolution data to measure the impacts of distributed PV on the electricity grid. Read more

SolarCity installations and expenses increase in Q1 2013

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 0:18 (Solarserver)

SolarCity Corporation (San Mateo, California, US) has released results for the first quarter of 2013, reporting that it has beat its guidance to deploy 46 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, a 12% increase from the first quarter of 2012. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

Out of the Shell: Oil Giant's Big Biofuels Ambitions

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 16:22 (Renewable Energy World)

In this era of "repeal the RFS" efforts from API, would you be surprised that Shell regards the US Renewable Fuel Standard as "one of the more effective frameworks out there"? 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

New Energy boosts production of transparent BIPV cells

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 17:38 (Solarserver)

On May 8th, 2013, New Energy Technologies Inc. (Columbia, Maryland, U.S.), a developer of see-through solar cells for generating electricity on glass windows, announced that its researchers have achieved faster fabrication time, improved transparency, and a two-fold increase in power conversion efficiency. The company states that researchers have developed a novel, patent-pending method which enables fabrication of the large-scale “SolarWindow” devices, a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) technology. Read more

Fighting Blackouts: Japan Residential PV and Energy Storage Market Flourishing

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 15:50 (Renewable Energy World)

In the past, a PV system with battery storage was associated with the off-grid system — not connected to the utility grid. The battery stores the energy produced by the PV system and when the sun goes down, electricity is drawn from the battery. In Japan, the battery became attractive to store electricity from "the grid," to reduce electricity bills. Read more

Electricity Loss and Theft: Who Pays?

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

We fret about turning off the lights to save pennies on energy. Meanwhile, electricity worth billions of dollars gets lost or stolen on the world’s power grids every year. In industry jargon, the problem is known as ‘line loss.’ A certain amount of electricity generated by a power plant never makes it to the consumer — or at least the paying consum Read more

Finland's New Energy Solutions

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

You may not know much about Finland, but you certainly know the powerhouse technology company that became a household name across the globe and drove the nation’s economic expansion through the 1990s-2000s. Nokia generated a quarter of Finnish economic growth from 1998-2007, prompting a new term, ‘the Nokia effect’, to describe economic development Read more

Greece cuts FiTs retroactively

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 13:12 (PV-Tech)

The Greek government is to introduce retroactive cuts to the country’s feed-in tariff in a bid to reduce a deficit in the fund it uses for renewable energy. Read more

Green Deal assessments rise by 27% in April

Tuesday, 5.14.2013 - 12:01 (Solarpowerportal)

Over 9,500 Green Deal assessments were lodged in April according to the latest statistics released by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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