Trade war: EC publishes anti-dumping duty rates by company

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 20:46 (Solarserver)

The European Commission (EC) has published its provisional anti-dumping regulation on imports of Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) products in the EU's Official Journal. This includes specific duty rates between 37.3% and 67.9% for seven named companies, to take effect on August 6th, 2013. Read more

Mitsubishi JV completes first agricultural rooftop PV plant of 30 MW planned in Japan

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 19:56 (Solarserver)

JAMC Solar, a joint venture of Japans National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations (JA ZEN-NOH) and Mitsubishi Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of solar PV developments at ZEN-NOH Iwate's facility on June 5th in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan. This is the first solar photovoltaic (PV) project to be implemented by JAMC Solar. The system will be installed on the rooftops of ZEN-NOH Iwate's rice warehouses, with plans to start selling electricity to Tohoku Electric Power Company from this September. Read more

Solar City launches zero-down solar financing for home builders

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 19:42 (Solarserver)

SolarCity (San Diego, California, US) on June 5th, 2013 announced a launch of a Zero-Down solar financing program for the home building industry. Home builders now have the opportunity to offer solar photovoltaics (PV) in their new residential communities without incurring any upfront costs. Read more

JT Hawkes completes three solar farms across the UK

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 18:01 (Solarpowerportal)

Birmingham electrical services contractor JT Hawkes narrowly beat the drop in Renewable Obligation support to energise three solar farms in Dorset and the Isle of Wight. Read more

European Commission reveals August duty rates on Chinese solar companies

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 17:41 (Solarpowerportal)

The European Commission has published in its Official Journal details of duties levied on Chinese manufacturers with Delsolar hit the hardest. Read more

Devon solar farm freehold investment up for grabs

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 17:08 (Solarpowerportal)

A 2.1MW solar farm in Holsworthy, Devon has been put up for sale by a private landowner. Read more

Quality under the microscope in the UK, ‘Europe’s most attractive solar market’

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 16:02 (Solarpowerportal)

With the UK market booming, quality is high on the agenda as installers and developers look to take advantage of stable subsidies for residential, commercial and large-scale projects. Read more

Emmvee supplies modules to former coke plant solar project

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:58 (PV-Tech)

German-Indian company Emmvee Photovoltaics has supplied 15,000 modules to a 4MW solar park in Lauchhammer, Germany. Read more

Reason Comes to China-EU Solar Clash

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:51 (Renewable Energy World)

After more than a year of antagonism, I’m happy to see that the voice of reason finally seems to be coming to the ongoing clash between China and the west in their prolonged dispute over Beijing’s state support for its solar panel sector. Germany seems to be the driving force behind this welcome change in tone, following German Chancellor Angela Me Read more

Conergy Installing Solar at Cost of Conventional Electricity in Spain

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:47 (Renewable Energy World)

Germany’s Conergy, a vertically integrated PV manufacturer and developer, is now installing PV systems in Spain that are producing electricity at grid-competitive rates without subsidies. The company said it’s now hit the 1 megawatt mark of such projects. Spain has joined a growing number of countries where solar is becoming as cheap as other elect Read more

HPI acquires majority share in REW Solar Group

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:42 (PV-Tech)

Industrial service provider for purchasing and logistics HPI AG has purchased a majority stake in REW Solar Group, effective 1 January 2012 in order to expand its business portfolio into renewables. Read more

China retaliates over EU solar PV tariffs with wine investigation

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:37 (Solarserver)

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has responded to the European Commission's imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese PV products by opening an anti-dumping investigation into EU wine imports. Read more

Asia Report: Japan's Solar Market Shifts Into Overdrive

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:18 (Renewable Energy World)

What's the hottest solar end-market region on the planet? Japan is making a strong case for top billing in 2013, according to recent analysis. Read more

PPA approved for First Solar's 50 MW Macho Springs solar PV plant in New Mexico

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:12 (Solarserver)

The government in the US state of New Mexico has granted a power purchase agreement (PPA) to First Solar Inc. (Tempe, Arizona, US) for a 50 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on state land in Luna County, New Mexico. The company is in the process of obtaining permits and expects to begin construction on the Macho Springs PV plant in July 2013. Read more

First Solar acquires PPA for 50MW New Mexico plant

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:11 (PV-Tech)

First Solar has been granted a power purchase agreement (PPA) from the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission to construct the state’s largest solar power plant. Read more

European Commission reveals August duty rates on Chinese solar companies

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 14:46 (PV-Tech)

The European Commission has published in its Official Journal details of duties levied on Chinese manufacturers with Delsolar hit the hardest. Read more

PG&E tops list of solar-active US utilities

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 14:02 (PV-Tech)

US utilities were responsible for integrating almost 2.4GW of solar capacity last year, according to an assessment of the most solar-active companies. Read more

PG&E tops list of solar-friendly US utilities

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 14:02 (PV-Tech)

US utilities were responsible for integrating almost 2.4GW of solar capacity last year, according to an assessment of the most solar-active companies. Read more

UK crowned Europe’s largest utility-scale solar market in 2013

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 13:04 (Solarpowerportal)

New figures published today by Wiki-Solar reveal that the UK is Europe’s strongest market for large-scale solar installations. Read more

Quality under scrutiny in the UK, ‘Europe’s most attractive large-scale solar market’

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 12:54 (PV-Tech)

With the UK market booming, quality is high on the agenda as installers and developers look to take advantage of stable subsidies for residential, commercial and large-scale projects. Read more

Emergency regulation on the way to address Massachusetts SREC cap

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 10:37 (Solarserver)

One June 3rd, 2013, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) in the U.S. state of Massachusetts announced that it will file an “emergency regulation” to address the issue of the state meeting its solar renewable energy credit (SREC) cap “sometime this month”. Details on the emergency regulation will be provided at a stakeholder meeting on June 7th, 2013, at the state capitol. On May 29th, 2013, DOER had announced that the state had exceeded its 400 MW SREC program cap, and would accept applications under new regulations beginning on June 7th. Read more

Sunny prospects for solar PV, CSP industry in the MENA region; Intersolar Europe provides insights

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 10:31 (Solarserver)

A trend towards generating electricity from solar power is on the horizon for the countries of the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). The regional market for solar photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal power plants (CSP) is expected to reach 3.5 GW by 2015. While Saudi Arabia and Turkey are tipped to be the largest investors in PV and solar thermal installations, Egypt and Morocco are also starting to think differently with a move away from fossil fuels and towards solar energy. From June 19th–21st at Messe München, Intersolar Europe takes an in-depth look at how the energy policy in this region is changing. In addition, different exhibition and conference events Read more

Neo Solar Power completes merger with DelSolar

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 9:03 (Solarserver)

On May 31st, 2013, Neo Solar Power Corporation (Hsinchu, Taiwan) completed its merger with DelSolar Company Ltd. (Chunan Chen, Taiwan). Neo Solar Power is the surviving company and will retain its name. The company notes that the merger expands its resources and allows for “deeper cooperation” with large-scale clients, including a deal to provide 300 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to an un-named developer. Read more

France commissions only 88 MW of solar PV in Q1 2013

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 8:56 (Solarserver)

The nation of France commissioned 88 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 7,100 installations in the first quarter of 2013, a 76% decline from the year prior and the lowest level for a first quarter since 2009. The French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy reports that this brings the nation to 291,000 PV plants totaling 4.11 GW of capacity. France has another 18,000 PV projects totaling 552 MW for which interconnection agreements have been signed. Read more

A New Spin On "Intelligent" Wind Energy

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 19:53 (Renewable Energy World)

A handful of Danish organizations are exploring how to apply wireless sensor technology made ubiquitous in the consumer electronics world onto wind turbine blades to better predict changes in wind and adjust the turbine's operation, optimizing energy yield and minimizing loads on the structure. Read more

Major Markets Continue To Determine Wind's Path

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:37 (Renewable Energy World)

Although its forecast for 2013 involves a "much more significant drop" in the global wind market than last year's prediction, downgrading from its advanced to its moderate scenario, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) is ultimately bullish on wind, predicting that worldwide installed capacity will pass 500 GW by 2017. Read more

Career Alert: The Wave and Tidal Job Market is Flourishing

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 16:46 (Renewable Energy World)

Thatcher Energy reported last year that the news of more investment into the wave and tidal market would cause a rise in wave and tidal jobs in the UK, and sure enough it has. But with this rise in jobs there are worries that there may be a skills shortage as the job market continues to flourish. The industry has had a lot of support from the gover Read more

Photon Energy debuts on Warsaw Stock Exchange

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 15:22 (PV-Tech)

Dutch solar energy solutions provider Photon Energy N.V. has debuted on the NewConnect market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Read more

DECC seeks views on community energy to inform new strategy

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 12:42 (Solarpowerportal)

Ahead of the publication of the UK’s first ever Community Energy Strategy in Autumn, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is seeking views on how local communities can engage with generating local energy. Read more

DuPont and Yingli Green extend US$100 million strategic agreement

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 12:36 (PV-Tech)

A new supply and technology agreement has been signed between DuPont and Yingli Green Energy worth US$100 million. Read more

Recurrent Energy commissions 70 MW of PV plants in Ontario

Thursday, 6.6.2013 - 10:25 (Solarserver)

Recurrent Energy Inc. (San Francisco, California, U.S.) has commissioned six solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Ontario (Canada), totaling 70 MW-DC. These projects are the first six of nine PV projects that are being acquired by Mitsubishi Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) and Osaka Gas Company Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) upon commissioning, through a June 2012 agreement. All of the plants will participate in Ontario's feed-in tariff program. Read more