News of the year 2013
Date: 13.06.2013
Segen launches new services for UK customers
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 16:27 (Solarpowerportal)
Renewable products distributor Segen has launched a new range of services for UK customers buying inverters. Read moreIntegrated Distribution Planning: A Path to Sustaining Growth
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 15:40 (Renewable Energy World)
For years, the cumulative amount of distributed generation (DG) on the grid was akin to a drop of water in a glass. That is, a tiny drop in a big glass. But look how far we’ve come in the past few years. Last year the U.S. installed more than 90,000 photovoltaic installations, with a total capacity of 3.3 GW. This represents an 80 percent increas Read moreOfgem market reforms ‘could boost small generators’
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 12:15 (Solarpowerportal)
Energy regulator Ofgem today published proposals which it says could encourage more certainty for renewable power generation firms looking to enter the energy market. Read moreSEMI approves Trina Solar standards
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 16:09 (PV-Tech)
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has approved two standards submitted by manufacturer Trina Solar aimed at ensuring greater consistency across the PV industry. Read moreKACO supplies inverters for Europe's largest rooftop solar PV plant
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 15:51 (Solarserver)
KACO new energy GmbH (Neckarsulm, Germany) has announced that it has supplied trackers to an 8 MW rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the German state of Thuringia, which is the largest rooftop PV plant in Europe. Read moreSolar Tracking Systems Gain Ground
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 15:38 (Renewable Energy World)
It sounds obvious: put solar panels on a movable mount to follow the sun and catch as much sunlight as possible. But applying solar trackers to a project is not clear cut. Developers not only have to consider cost and location but the type of tracker that best suits the project. Yet as innovations in technology continue, trackers are starting to play a larger role in the industry. Read moreMecasolar to lead European solar PV tracker R&D project
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 15:23 (Solarserver)
Mecasolar (Fustiñana, Spain) Advance Composite Fibers SL (Madrid, Spain) and ISTON (Istanbul, Turkey) will collaborate on an EUR 831,000 (USD 1.11 million) European research and development (R&D) project to develop new materials to increase the efficiency and durability of solar photovoltaic (PV) trackers. Read moreMedsolar signs UK distribution deal with Solar Cube
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 15:04 (Solarpowerportal)
Italian PV panel manufacturer Medsolar has signed a UK partnership agreement with distributor, Solar Cube. Read moreTaiwan increases 2013 solar target to 175MW
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 14:51 (PV-Tech)
Taiwan has increased its 2013 target for installed solar capacity from 130 to 175MW, according to local media outlet Focus Taiwan. Read moreSpain reported to European Parliament over PV tariff cuts
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 13:31 (PV-Tech)
Renewable energy and solar associations in Spain have reported the Spanish government to the European Parliament for allegedly violating European directives on renewable energy generation. Read more£19 million announced for renewable entrepreneurs
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 12:46 (Solarpowerportal)
Small solar generation firms and those engaged in energy storage can apply for a share of £19 million from the second round of a government fund unveiled today. Read moreFirst Solar could collect US$449 million from stock offering
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 11:35 (PV-Tech)
First Solar is to offer 8.5 million shares at US$46.00 per share potentially bringing in US$391 million of new capital to build PV power plants. Read moreIntersolar Europe 2013 presents innovative mounting systems for PV and solar thermal plants
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 10:38 (Solarserver)
Cost-effective, flexible mounting systems help to reduce the system costs of PV installations. Intersolar Europe, the world's largest exhibition for the solar industry, showcases the latest trends and developments in mounting systems for both PV and solar thermal plants in hall B3. Around 1,500 exhibitors including more than 100 suppliers are expected at Messe München from June 19th–21st, 2013. Read moreBulgarian utility restricts output of solar PV, wind plants
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 10:33 (Solarserver)
Citing orders from Bulgarian grid operator EAD (Sofia, Bulgaria), utility CEZ Distribution Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria) has ordered a 40% reduction in the output of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in its service area. Starting June 10th, 2013, the plants are restricted in their production between 10 AM and 5 PM. CEZ states that this is due to an imbalance between the production and consumption of electricity. Read moreSoitec, Maxwell Technologies to collaborate on solar CPV, energy storage
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 10:29 (Solarserver)
Soitec SA (Bernin, France) and Maxwell Technologies Inc. (San Diego, California, U.S.) are collaborating on a two-phase program to demonstrate the cost and efficiency benefits of combining energy storage with concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology. Under a 1.39 million contract by the California Energy Commission's Research and Development program, the companies will design and integrate an ultracapacitor-based energy storage system with Soitec's Concentrix CPV system at two locations in Southern California. The project started in June 2013 and will run through November 2015. Read moreLux Research: Solar PV materials market to grow to USD 27.2 billion by 2018
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 9:00 (Solarserver)
Lux Research Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts, US) has released a new report which predicts that the global market for solar photovoltaic (PV) materials will grow 52% to USD 27.2 billion by 2018, with margins steadily improving and new opportunities for innovative materials developers. The report predicts that metals, including polysilicon, metalization pastes and metallics absorber materials in copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar photovoltaic (PV) production will gain the largest market shares. Read moreSoitec to supply solar CPV technology for 1 MW Saudi plant, completes 25 kW CPV plant in Namibia
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 8:53 (Solarserver)
Soitec SA (Bernin, France) has announced that its concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology has been chosen by Saudi Aramco (Dharan, Saudi Arabia) for a 1 MW plant in Saudi Arabia's northwest region. Saudi Aramco awarded the project to Soitec and project partners Khaled Juffali Company (KJC, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and Belectric's (Kolitzheim, Germany) Saudi subsidiary through a competitive solicitation. Two days prior, Soitec announced that it had completed installation of a 25 kW demonstration CPV plant in a rural village in Namibia. Read moreTaiwanese Ergon Solair negotiating with Georgia over 1 GW solar PV, HVDC transmission project
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 8:43 (Solarserver)
Ergon Solair LLP (Taipei, Taiwan) reports that it is currently in negotiations with Georgia's Ministry of Energy over the building of a 1 GW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the nation, which would export electricity via high-voltage DC (HVDC) underwater transmission. According to Ergon, Deputy Minister of Energy Ilia Eloshvili has confirmed in writing that the Ministry is open to continue negotiations to finalize terms and conditions for the implementation of the project. The project has a total value of USD 1.5 billion for the PV plant and USD 1.5 billion for the HVDC transmission. Read moreThere are no news available
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California Energy Storage Plan May Require $3 Billion Investment
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 17:56 (Renewable Energy World)
Energy companies may invest as much as $3 billion on power-storage systems in California to facilitate wider use of renewable energy. Read moreFraunhofer ISE offers accurate PV module energy rating system
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 16:24 (PV-Tech)
Targeting PV power plant owners and investors, Fraunhofer ISE is offering a PV module energy rating analysis using real environmental effects to provide greater accuracy on energy yield of PV power plants and commercial installations around the world. Read moreCaptive Financiers to Play Crucial Role in Future Renewable Energy Development
Thursday, 6.13.2013 - 15:41 (Renewable Energy World)
Sometimes known as non-recourse finance, project finance emerged as a popular technique in the 1980s primarily as a means of supporting new energy projects. The concept consists of financing specific projects with recourse only to a ring-fenced project company (for example, a public utility that financially separates itself from a parent company that engages in non-regulatory business to protect consumers from losses), supported by a strong contractual framework including a fixed-price power-purchase agreement (PPA). Read moreThere are no news available