News of the year 2013

Date: 21.08.2013



Photovoltaics

North American Development Bank to supply USD 68 million to fund 20 MW PV plant in Southern California

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 16:38 (Solarserver)

The North American Development Bank (NADB) and Grupo T-Solar Global S.A. (Madrid, Spain) on August 20th, 2013 announced the signing of a USD 67.6 million loan with Sol Orchard Imperial 1, LLC for the construction of a 20-MWAC  solar photovoltaic (PV) park located in the city of El Centro in Imperial County, California. The electricity produced by the PV plant will be purchased by Imperial Irrigation District (IID), organized and operated under the Water Code of State of California to provide water and power to all of Imperial County and portions of Riverside and San Diego counties. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

Does APS' FiT Alternative Hide A Nasty Surprise for Arizona Solar Homeowners?

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 18:48 (Renewable Energy World)

Do feed-in tariff structures, as an alternative to net metering, unexpectedly strip homeowners of tax benefits while exposing them to more federal taxes? This interpretation, specifically in response to Arizona Public Services' recently proposed changes in Arizona, could affect similar programs across the country that try to assign a value and compensation to residential solar energy. Read more

Does APS' FIT Alternative Hide A Nasty Surprise for Arizona Solar Homeowners?

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 18:48 (Renewable Energy World)

Do feed-in tariff structures, as an alternative to net metering, unexpectedly strip homeowners of tax benefits while exposing them to more federal taxes? This interpretation, specifically in response to Arizona Public Services' recently proposed changes in Arizona, could affect similar programs across the country that try to assign a value and compensation to residential solar energy. Read more

Solar Industry’s Commitment To Sustainability Remains Strong

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 17:01 (Renewable Energy World)

Solar power is one of the cleanest, safest, and most abundant domestic energy sources available. In addition to helping power our homes, schools, and businesses, the U.S. solar industry strives to be a leader in sustainability among energy producers by ensuring environmental and social responsibility along the entire solar supply chain. We take thi Read more

China Sunergy receives carbon footprint certificate for its Turkey made PV modules for the French solar market

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 16:34 (Solarserver)

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (CSUN, Nanjing) on August 20th, 2013, announced that it has received carbon footprint certificates from the French photovoltaic (PV) engineering company Solstyce. The certificates were issued for the mono- and poly-crystalline CSUN modules “Made in Turkey” at its recently opened factory in Istanbul. The Carbon Footprint certificates are a mandatory requirement to participate in French tenders for solar photovoltaic plants with a size larger than 250 kWp. Tenders for more than 400 MW have been issued for submission by contractors to be handed in until 16th of September. Read more

SPI Solar expands project business to China, appoints new board members and global CEO

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 16:29 (Solarserver)

PV project developer SPI Solar (Roseville, Calif.) on August 20th, 2013, announced that after a thorough review of business and construction financing conditions in the solar industry that have impacted SPI, the management team and board of directors have determined that it is in the company’s best interest to more closely align its business operations with parent company LDK Solar  (Xinyu, China). As part of this realignment, the company plans to expand its project business in China while continuing operations in North America and Europe. Read more

NPD Solarbuzz: Solar PV demand in China, Japan to reach 9 GW in 2H 2013

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 15:38 (Solarserver)

NPD Solarbuzz Inc. (Santa Clara, California, U.S.) predicts that solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in China and Japan will reach 9 GW in the second half of 2013, which it calls a “turning point” for the industry. Read more

Off-grid Solar Applications, Where Grid Parity Is Truly Meaningless

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 15:13 (Renewable Energy World)

As profit margins for demand-side solar participants in the multi-megawatt grid-connected sector begin feeling the strain of low PPAs, tenders and other compensation for solar generated electricity that are set by bid, the off-grid segment of the market has become more interesting, in particular, the use of solar for off-grid applications such as village mini-grids and facilities. Read more

SRECTrade: Very slow July for Northeastern U.S. solar markets

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 14:52 (Solarserver)

SRECTrade (San Francisco, California, U.S.) has released its July 2013 report on solar markets in the Northeastern United States, reporting only 14.6 MW of new projects registered for solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) in the PJM Interconnect region. This is less than a third of the capacity registered in the previous month. Read more

Heliopower acquires ‘zero money down’ solar company Greenzu

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 12:27 (PV-Tech)

US solar power installer Heliopower has purchased Greenzu, a San Francisco company providing small commercial businesses and non-profit organisations with solar power systems. Read more

China will top PV deployment in 2013: NPD Solarbuzz

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 11:53 (PV-Tech)

China will be the biggest deployer of PV in 2013, according to NPD Solarbuzz. Read more

First Solar and Ingenero form partnership to take on Australia and Asia-Pacific markets

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 11:41 (PV-Tech)

US thin-film module manufacturer First Solar and Australian PV developer and installer Ingenero have formed a partnership agreement aimed at serving the market in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Read more

Can Solar PV Help Balance Europe's Electricity Grid?

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 11:35 (Renewable Energy World)

We hear a lot about the need to balance variable renewables with gas or energy storage, in order to integrate them into the grid. But this week Europe’s solar sector has called for a market rule change that would allow solar photovoltaic (PV) installations themselves to offer balancing services to transmission system operators. Read more

German solar thermal process heat incentives lead to boom in construction

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 11:32 (Solarserver)

50 solar thermal plants to supply process heat for commercial and industrial processes have been built in Germany since the introduction of incentives, according to the Federal Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar, Berlin). Germany's Market Incentive Program for solar thermal process heat was introduced in August 2012. The program covers up to 50% of the investment costs for commercial solar thermal systems with a collector area of up to 1,000 square meters. Read more

Net metering to lead to growth in rooftop solar PV plants in the Philippines

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 11:18 (Solarserver)

The German Renewable Energy Export Initiative (EEE) has predicted a sharp increase in the construction of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the Philippines, following the adoption of net metering for PV plants up to 100 kW on July 1st, 2013. The agency notes that this policy can lead to savings for customers in regions with high electricity prices, with the Greater Manila area offering the best opportunities. It also notes that industrial customers are in a good position to reduce electricity costs. Read more

Gehrlicher Solar completes 4 MW of 7.2 MW PV plant in Arizona

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 11:13 (Solarserver)

Gehrlicher Solar America Corp. (Springfield, N.J.) on August 19th, 2013 announced that it has completed building phase 1 of a 7.2 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) park for UniSource Energy Service (UES) in Rio Rico, Arizona. Phase 1 is 4 MW solar PV array. Phase 2 will be completed in December 2013 and commissioned in January 2014. When fully operational, the ground-mounted PV system will supply solar power to about 91,000 UES customers in Mohave and Santa Cruz counties, producing 13,110,680 kilowatt hours annually. Read more

Japanese solar PV pipeline balloons under feed-in tariff

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 9:03 (Solarserver)

After long delay, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has released figures for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations and approvals under its feed-in tariff through the end of May 2013. The figures show that while the nation commissioned 1.24 GW of PV in April and May 2013, it had also registered a cumulative total of 20.9 GW of PV projects through the program, including 19.3 GW of non-residential PV. Read more

Australian Capital Territory awards 20 MW of PV projects through solar auction

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 8:56 (Solarserver)

The government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has awarded 20-year feed-in tariff entitlement for two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects totaling 20 MW through the regular stream of its solar auction. The ACT has selected Zhenfa Solar (China) to build a 13 MW PV plant, and Elementus Energy Pty Ltd. (Darling Point, Australia) to build a 7 MW PV plant. These two follow on the awarding of a 20 MW PV project to Fotowatio Renewable Ventures SL (Madrid, Spain) through a fast-track process in September 2013. Read more

First Solar, city of Roseville sign PPA for 32 MW Lost Hills PV plant in California

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 8:51 (Solarserver)

First Solar, Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) and the City of Roseville, California, on August 20th, 2013 announced they have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 32MWAC of solar power to be generated at the Lost Hills solar photovoltaic (PV) plant that First Solar is developing and will construct in Kern County, California. The 10-year PPA is First Solar’s first such agreement with a municipal utility, and will be effective in 2015. The PPA was approved by the Roseville City Council on July 17th, 2013. Read more

Photon Energy: Czech solar investors being ‘robbed in broad daylight’

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 6:30 (PV-Tech)

The chief executive of Photon Energy, the PV developer founded in the Czech Republic, has spoken out strongly against the solar levy recently approved in the lower house of the Czech parliament. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

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Wind Energy

Vestas Wind Replaces CEO as Loss Widens, Colorado Factory Will Remain

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 17:16 (Renewable Energy World)

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the Danish turbine maker that’s been unprofitable for two years, replaced its chief executive officer after a worse-than-expected loss. Read more

Locator Bearing for Wind Turbine Gearbox

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 14:38 (Renewable Energy World)

Performance, cost and efficiency issues associated with bearings com­monly used in today’s wind turbine gearbox high-speed output and intermediate shafts can be addressed with a bearing type for wind turbine gearboxes called the locator bearing, which offers an alternative solution. Read more

Europe Wind Market Seen Shrinking for Two Years on Subsidy Cuts

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 13:58 (Renewable Energy World)

The wind-turbine market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will shrink this year and next after economic growth slowed and governments scaled back subsidies, Make Consulting said. Read more

More Positive Developments on Wind Turbine Sound

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 12:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The last few weeks have been busy ones on wind turbine sound, with new developments continuing to cast doubt on anti-wind groups' claims.Perhaps the most telling is a new study from Canada's Pembina Institute, looking at wind farm complaints (or rather, the lack of wind farm complaints) in the province of Alberta, where some of the earliest wind farms in Canada were installed. 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

Renewables industry reacts angrily to ‘watered down’ green housing standards

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 14:51 (Solarpowerportal)

The domestic renewable energy industry has reacted angrily to government proposals to water down green commitments for new-build properties. Read more

DECC and Defra study renewables infrastructure impacts across rural UK

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 14:43 (Solarpowerportal)

The Department for Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) are teaming up to study the effects of renewable infrastructure, including solar farms, in the UK. Read more

Egypt energy agency seeks advise for 20MW PV project

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 13:26 (PV-Tech)

Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) has invited qualified solar consultants to express interest in advising on a 20MW PV plant in Aswan, west of Cairo. Read more

Egypt energy agency seeks advice for 20MW PV project

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 13:26 (PV-Tech)

Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) has invited qualified solar consultants to express interest in advising on a 20MW PV plant in Aswan, west of Cairo. Read more

Report: PV to account for 3.6% of global energy by 2030

Wednesday, 8.21.2013 - 11:00 (PV-Tech)

PV will account for 3.6% of installed power generation globally by 2020, according to market analyst and advisor, Frost & Sullivan’s Annual Renewable Outlook 2013. Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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