News of the year 2013

Date: 06.08.2013



Photovoltaics

Reports: Suntech Wuxi could be merged with rival

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 13:42 (PV-Tech)

Reports suggest a deal is in the making that could see Suntech Power Holdings’ bankrupt subsidiary rescued by the involvement of a rival Chinese PV manufacturer and several state-owned enterprises in Wuxi, China. Read more

PV production technology: Meyer Burger awarded contracts totaling USD 23.5 million

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 10:22 (Solarserver)

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd. (Zug, Switzerland) sees indications of a recovery in the solar photovoltaic (PV) market and has successfully concluded strategic contracts for advanced diamond wire slicing technologies and PV module production and testing technologies with new customers in the Asian market. The orders have a combined value of over USD 23.5 million, the company reports. Read more

GT Advanced Technologies: Polysilicon division sales lead company back into the black in Q2 2013

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 7:49 (Solarserver)

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (Merrimack, New Hampshire, U.S.) has released results for the second quarter of 2013, reporting a slight year-over-year increase in revenues to USD 168 million, a 13% operating margin and a net income of USD 11.9 million. Recovery was led by the company's polysilicon division, which reported USD 151 million in sales. Like all solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment makers, GT has been hit hard by a collapse in orders over the last two years, and reported particularly heavy losses in the previous two quarters. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

First Solar buys GE’s CdTe thin film IP and forms business partnership

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 22:48 (PV-Tech)

GE has decided to cancel plans to ramp its own cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film operations in Aurora, Colorado, instead selling the intellectual property portfolio to CdTe leader, First Solar. Read more

First Solar buys GE’s CdTe thin-film IP and forms business partnership

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 22:48 (PV-Tech)

GE has decided to cancel plans to ramp its own cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film operations in Aurora, Colorado, instead selling the intellectual property portfolio to CdTe leader, First Solar. Read more

SCHMID Group: Turn-Key solution enables production of multi-crystalline solar PV cells with 18% efficiency

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 22:06 (Solarserver)

The SCHMID Group (Freudenstadt, Germany) considers itself well prepared for today's requirements of the solar cell manufacturers in the PV market. With the 5500 Series APCVD conveyor furnace a well-proven system is available for the industrial mass production of highly efficient solar cells, already on duty in specific application domains, such as the preparation of doped glasses in the semiconductor industry. Read more

Edison International acquires Chicago based solar PV developer SoCore energy

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 21:59 (Solarserver)

Edison International (Rosemead, Calif.) on August 5th, 2013, announced that it has completed the acquisition of SoCore Energy, LLC. based in Chicago. SoCore Energy is a distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) project developer focused on commercial rooftop installations. SoCore Energy will become a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Edison International. SoCore Energy’s management team, employees and operations will continue to be based in Chicago. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more

Concord Green Energy to acquire 49 MW of PV projects from Canadian Solar

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 21:55 (Solarserver)

Canadian Solar Inc. (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) on August 5th, 2013, announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has entered into a sales agreement with Concord Pacific's green energy affiliate, Concord Green Energy (Vancouver), whereby Concord will acquire five utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power projects totaling 49MW (AC) from Canadian Solar valued at over USD 277 million. Under the agreement, the five utility-scale solar power plants, located in Chesterville, Pefferlaw, Springwater, Sudbury and Wyebridge (Ontario) are expected to start construction during 2013 and 2014 with commercial operation expected in 2014.  Read more

Analyst: Grid-Parity Era Now Underway for Global Solar Markets

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 19:30 (Renewable Energy World)

The global solar industry is in the midst of another "inflection point" that sets the stage for "the beginning of the grid parity era," where solar is at equal cost or cheaper than traditional energy sources, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. The report says that the number of markets where solar is at grid parity will double over the next 3-5 years. Read more

Bluefield Fund acquires its first project

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 18:25 (Solarpowerportal)

Newly listed on the London Stock Exchange, the £130 million Bluefield Solar Income Fund has acquired its first project – a £12 million plant in Oxfordshire near Abingdon. Read more

CNPV and Donauer to construct 1.1MWp solar-diesel hybrid rooftop plant in Namibia

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 18:18 (PV-Tech)

CNPV Solar Power and Donauer Solartechnik have been contracted to supply and construct the latest in a series of rooftop PV plants to be announced in southern Africa, a 1.1MWp solar PV station at Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL), Namibia. Read more

REC sells Sardinian solar farms to European investors

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 18:11 (PV-Tech)

Norway’s REC has sold 7.87MW of solar plants in Sardinia to investors servicing European pension and insurance funds. Read more

Solarworld creditors give second nod to restructuring plan

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 17:49 (PV-Tech)

Solarworld creditors have given a second nod to restructuring plans ahead of an extraordinary shareholder meeting on Wednesday. Read more

Lib Dem MP leads fight against ‘monstrous’ solar farms

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 15:43 (Solarpowerportal)

A Liberal Democrat MP has called the development of solar farms in his constituency a “monstrous desecration of our natural environment”. Read more

UC Berkeley: Solar PV can supply 1/3 of electricity demand in Western U.S.

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 15:10 (Solarserver)

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have produced a new study which finds that solar photovoltaics (PV) could supply more than a third of total electricity demand in the Western United States if the U.S. Department of Energy's goals for cost reduction are met. Read more

Exclusive: Error leaves at least 16 Chinese manufacturers in EU trade limbo

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 15:05 (Solarpowerportal)

A clerical oversight in China has resulted in at least 16 manufacturers being excluded from the EU trade agreement, Solar Power Portal has learned. Read more

Edison buys distributed solar firm SoCore

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 14:49 (PV-Tech)

Energy utility Edison International has acquired SoCore Energy, a Chicago-based commercial rooftop solar developing company. Read more

Edison buys distibuted solar firm SoCore

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 14:49 (PV-Tech)

Energy utility Edison International has acquired SoCore Energy, a Chicago-based commercial rooftop solar developing company. Read more

Clenergy supplies mounting systems for world's largest rooftop solar PV plant in Southern China

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 14:36 (Solarserver)

Clenergy (Xiamen, China) has announced that it will supply mounting systems for a 37 MW rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on a pulp and paper factory in China's Hainan Province, which will be the world's largest rooftop PV plant when complete. Read more

Chile continues solar growth with land concesions for 604MW

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 13:51 (PV-Tech)

Seventeen applications for solar projects have received approval for land concessions from the Chilean government. Read more

JA Solar secures US$50 million credit line

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 12:16 (PV-Tech)

Bank of Communications of China is providing JA Solar with a RMB550 million (US$50 million) credit facility. Read more

Solar Flow-Through wins 12.18MW Ontario PV rooftop contracts

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 12:00 (PV-Tech)

Canadian solar project developer, Solar Flow-Through, has been awarded 52 contracts under Ontario’s small feed-in tariff programme – ‘FiT 2.1’. Read more

Solar Is from Mars, Utilities Are from Venus: Finding a Common Language for Net Metering

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 12:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Have you noticed increasing attention being paid to potential impacts from higher levels of solar distributed generation (DG)? Does the conversation sound like productive dialogue or an excerpt for a daytime drama? What is that sausage making they call ratemaking? What should be considered when valuing the costs and benefits of DG? What costs are fixed for the electrical system? And what, exactly, is net-energy metering (NEM)? Read more

Germany installs 309MW new solar capacity in June

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 11:55 (PV-Tech)

Germany installed 309MW of PV capacity in June according to the network authority Bundesnetzagentur. Read more

Centrosolar quarterly revenue down 39%

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 11:54 (PV-Tech)

Preliminary quarterly results suggest Centrosolar’s revenues fell by 39% in the second quarter of 2013. Read more

Marubeni and Mainstream Renewable Power agree on EUR 100 million equity investment

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 10:19 (Solarserver)

Global wind and solar developer Mainstream Renewable Power (Dublin, Ireland) and Japanese Trading Company Marubeni Corporation (Chiyoda, Tokyo) on August 5th, 2013 agreed on a EUR 100 million equity investment deal which sees Marubeni gaining a circa 25% holding in Mainstream. The deal, which is subject to shareholder approval, represents the largest single equity investment in the company's five and a half year history. As part of the agreement Marubeni obtains the right to representation on the Mainstream Board of Directors alongside Barclays which invested in the company in 2008. Read more

JA Solar and Jinglong secure USD 89.7 million credit facility from Chinese bank

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 10:14 (Solarserver)

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China), manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) power products, on August 5th, 2013 announced that JA Solar and Jinglong Group, a related party of JA Solar, have secured a RMB 550 million (approx. USD 89.7 million) credit facility from the Bank of Communications of China. Read more

Etrion makes progress on Chilean solar PV project for mining operation, project pipeline

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 7:45 (Solarserver)

Etrion Corporation (Geneva) has reported “excellent progress” on its solar photovoltaic (PV) pipeline in Chile, in its financial results for the second quarter of 2013. The company has signed its first power purchase agreement (PPA) with Atacama Minerals Chile SCM (Santiago, Chile) for its Aguas Blancas PV plant, which will be up to 8.8 MW in size. The company has additionally pre-selected an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the project, which will provide electricity for an iodine mine. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

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Wind Energy

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Hydropower

Wind Insurance Claim Analysis Reveals Need for Monitoring

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 15:43 (Renewable Energy World)

Claims for blade damage and gearbox failure top the table for U.S. insurance payouts, according to a new analysis from GCube. Read more


Hydrogen/Fuel Cell

There are no news available

 



Geo Thermal/Heat Pump

Creating "African Lion" Countries with Geothermal Energy

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 19:14 (Renewable Energy World)

There has been much made of the idea of African ‘lion’ countries, mimicking Asia’s famous ‘tigers’. There is no reason Africa shouldn’t start behaving like Asia — hordes of international businessmen should travel to air-conditioned offices and lavishly appointed bars in cities like Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam well within my lifetime. There are many t Read more


Energy Policy/Climate/CO2

Xcel Energy's Colorado Renewable Energy Plan Based on Flawed Study

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 16:21 (Renewable Energy World)

This week, the Solar Energy Industries Association joined other renewable energy advocates, businesses, and environmental groups to urge the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to reject a new proposal from Xcel Energy that would discourage net-metered solar energy growth in its territory. Issued last week as part of Xcel’s 2014 Renewable Energy S Read more

MPs call for more medium-scale renewable support

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 14:19 (Solarpowerportal)

More financial support is needed to bolster the installation of medium-sized renewable energy generating systems, according to the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC). Read more

Trial of largest grid storage system approved in Japan

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 13:07 (PV-Tech)

Three Japanese energy companies have been commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to design, build and test energy storage systems of a combined 80MWh across two projects. Read more

Belarus Pushes Renewable Investment, But Urges Everyone to Play by Its Rules

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 12:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Belarus has been criticized for its authoritarian regime and therefore shunned by most businesses in the West. For the sanctioned country, all Western investments are of a great importance. However, those in the green energy sector perhaps have additional value as they can help Belarus catch up with global renewable energy development. But Belarus has also recently been embracing renewable energy source (RES) investors from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), particularly China. Read more

Australia undergoing solar ‘revolution’: Climate Commission

Tuesday, 8.6.2013 - 11:48 (PV-Tech)

A quiet solar “revolution” in Australia over the past three years means 11% of the population now use PV technology, a study by the country’s Climate Commission claims. Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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