News of the year 2013

Date: 21.05.2013



Photovoltaics

SMA wins smart energy award 2013

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 16:38 (Solarserver)

SMA Solar Technology AG (Niestetal, Germany) has been awarded with the 2013 Smart Energy Award during the second International Smart Energy Congress in the energy information and communication technology category by Hesse's environment minister Lucia Puttrich. The company received the award, recognized as the Hessian state award for intelligent energy, for its energy management solution SMA Smart Home. Read more

SEIA applauds negotiations between EU, US, China

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 1:11 (Solarserver)

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA, Washington DC, US) has applauded news of a negotiated settlement to end the United States' and the European Union's ongoing solar photovoltaic (PV) trade dispute with China, in response to media reports of international trade talks. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

NRG Energy to install 3MW solar for luxury hotel chain

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 21:50 (PV-Tech)

NRG Energy, the largest independent power producer and solar developer in the US, has announced the installation of nearly 3MW of PV power for a luxury chain of hotels. Read more

Minnesota bill will boost solar from 13MW to 450MW

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 20:36 (PV-Tech)

Minnesota’s governor this week is expected to sign into law a bill that will boost the state’s solar capacity from 13MW to more than 450MW. Read more

BrightSource operations boss appointment hints at international focus

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 18:55 (PV-Tech)

US solar thermal developer BrightSource Energy yesterday named Steven Goers as its as senior vice president of operations. Read more

Freetricity presses ahead with 68MW of solar farms despite China duty threat

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 17:35 (Solarpowerportal)

Freetricity is on track to install around 68MW of energy through solar farms across the UK, despite a potential looming crisis caused by the EU’s threat of imposing substantial trade duties on Chinese products. Read more

Argentina: Understanding the Political and Economic Risks of Solar Energy Development

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 16:57 (Renewable Energy World)

At a first glance, it would appear that Argentina has all of the characteristics of a solar market still in its infancy yet poised to take-off at any moment. Combined, a strong policy framework, demonstrated political willpower, an excellent solar resource and a growing demand for energy all appear to provide the necessary conditions for Argentina to become a major growth opportunity within the Latin American market. Read more

Sustainable Energy Technologies enters PV inverter supply contract with German solar energy management and solar power storage provider

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 16:48 (Solarserver)

Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Canada) announced that it has closed a multi-megawatt agreement with Prosol Invest Deutschland GmbH. Under the agreement, Sustainable Energy will supply inverters for Prosol's residential and commercial solar energy management system dubbed “Sonnenbatterie”. Read more

REC Solar completes 500 kW community PV project in Colorado

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 16:44 (Solarserver)

2013, REC Solar Inc. (San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.) announced has completed a 500 kilowatt (kW) community solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Boulder (Colorado, U.S.). The Cowdery Meadows PV plant will be operated and maintained by Clean Energy Collective (CEC). The system is the first community solar project completed under Xcel Energy's Solar Rewards Community program. Read more

Lux Research: Solar PV market to grow to USD 155 billion in 2018

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 15:26 (Solarserver)

Lux Research (Boston, Massachusetts, US) has released a new report which predicts that the global solar photovoltaic (PV) market will grow 10.5% annually to USD 155 billion in 2018. Read more

Chinese court rules against LDK's attempt to collect from Canadian Solar

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 15:19 (Solarserver)

A province-level court in China has dismissed a request by LDK Solar Company Ltd. (Xinyu City, China) to enforce a USD 40.1 million arbitration award against Canadian Solar Inc. (Guelph, Canada). Read more

Welsh solar installer goes bust

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 14:47 (Solarpowerportal)

Cardiff-based solar panel installation firm PV Solar Solutions has entered administration and ceased trading. Read more

3 Engagement Strategies for Solar Installers to Be “Liked” on Facebook with Graph Search

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

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US mediates in EU-China solar trade spat

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 13:47 (PV-Tech)

US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has expressed its support for US government’s role as mediator in negotiations between the European Union and China to resolve anti-dumping case against Chinese manufacturers. Read more

Don't Miss The Great Solar Debate: Where Does the Global Solar Industry Stand?

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 13:35 (Renewable Energy World)

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Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 13:35 (Renewable Energy World)

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Canadian Solar wins wafer supply lawsuit against LDK Solar

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 12:19 (PV-Tech)

Canadian Solar has won a court case relating to an alleged breach of contract concerning its wafer supply contracts with LDK Solar. Read more

Powerway supplies mounting system for 3MW Chilean PV system

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 11:29 (PV-Tech)

Powerway Renewable Energy has signed a contract with an unnamed Chilean company to supply mounting systems for a 3MW solar power plant in Chile. Read more

JA Solar’s sales booming in Japan as Europe wanes

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 10:56 (PV-Tech)

Higher than guided product shipments, notably to higher average selling price (ASP) regions such as Japan, supported a significant drop in quarterly losses at JA Solar in the first quarter of 2013. Read more

PV Crystalox may sell Bitterfeld polysilicon plant

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 10:26 (Solarserver)

PV Crystalox Solar PLC (Abingdon, UK) has temporarily suspended plans to dis-assemble its polysilicon production in Bitterfeld, Germany, after an offer by local management to take over the plant and its obligations in return for a cash payment. PV Crystalox' board expects to be able to return GBP 0.0725 per share to shareholders, but is not yet able to confirm timing or mechanism of return. The company also predicted that it will ship 75-85 MW of silicon wafers in the first half of 2013, a 30% increase over a year prior. Read more

UK to double grants for solar thermal under the RHPP

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 10:21 (Solarserver)

The UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced that it will double grants to homes installing solar thermal systems to GBP 600 (USD 920) under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) program. Grants to other renewable heat technologies under the RHPP will also be doubled. The move was enthusiastically received by the Solar Trade Association (STA, Milton Keynes, UK), which had conducted a renewable heat campaign. Read more

Thai solar thermal market grows 20% in 2012

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 8:22 (Solarserver)

The Thai solar thermal market grew 20% in 2012 to 22,660 square meters of collector area, continuing a trend of rapid growth over the last four years, according to estimates by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). 13,000 square meters of this new capacity was supported by the nation's DEDE subsidy program, with another 9.660 square meters estimated by GIZ. Thailand's industrial solar thermal sector grew dramatically in 2011 to 39% of collector area. Read more

India installs 557 MW of solar so far in 2013

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 8:19 (Solarserver)

Mercom Capital Group LLC (Austin, Texas, US) has released its “Indian Solar Market Update” for the second quarter of 2013, reporting that 557 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) has been installed to date in 2013. Mercom notes that only 60% of the targeted capacity for Phase 1 of the nation's National Solar Mission (NSM) has been installed, despite a May 31st, 2013 deadline for Phase 1. The company expects 2013 installations to be only 12% higher than 2012 and describes a flawed and uncertain policy environment. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

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Wind Energy

Marine Life Unhindered by Offshore Wind Farm, Study Says

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has published the results of a post-consent ecological study, called the Marine Environment Monitoring Programme (MEMP), that monitored marine life on a UK offshore wind farm. The study has been ongoing since 2007. Read more

Wind Turbine Lubrication and Maintenance: Protecting Investments in Renewable Energy

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Like any other piece of major equipment in the power industry, wind turbines represent a large investment for the companies that rely on them to generate both electricity and revenue. Unlike gas turbines or boilers in coal-fired power plants, however, wind turbines present some unique challenges. Read more


Hydropower

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Hydrogen/Fuel Cell

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Geo Thermal/Heat Pump

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Energy Policy/Climate/CO2

Renewable Energy Research Initiative Launched in UK

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

A new inquiry investigating the role of renewable power generation in the UK’s future energy mix has been launched. Read more

Poll: 87 Percent of Illinois Voters Want More Renewable Energy

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Wide majorities of likely Illinois voters believe it is important that the state maintain its commitment to increase its use of renewable energy and support legislation that would achieve that goal by fixing the state's broken renewable portfolio standard (RPS) law, according to a Zogby poll released this week. Read more

Personal touch persuades farmers to back renewables, says survey

Tuesday, 5.21.2013 - 12:48 (Solarpowerportal)

Farmers are more likely to install renewable energy projects on their land if they have face-to-face meetings with industry experts, according to a survey published yesterday. Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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