News of the year 2013

Date: 02.09.2013



Photovoltaics

ReneSola Q2 2013 revenues grow on booming shipments

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 8:40 (Solarserver)

ReneSola Ltd. (Jiashan, China) reports a 62% year-over-year increase in revenues to USD 377 million in the second quarter of 2013, with silicon wafer and solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments spiking at 894 MW. This represents a 71% year-over-year increase in shipments, as well as 28% increase over the previous quarter. ReneSola also narrowed its losses, reporting an operating margin of -4.4% and a net loss of USD 21.1 million, the company's eighth quarter of operating losses. Read more

Suntech reveals details of restructuring, will reduce scale

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 8:31 (Solarserver)

Suntech Power Holdings Company Ltd. (Wuxi, China) has announced that it is preparing to implement a recapitalization plan as part of a larger restructuring, following an agreement reached with its Creditor Working Group. This will include a debt-for-equity swap and the introduction of a new investor that will provide additional funding through the purchase of company equity. Suntech has also alluded to selling off of assets to allow it to continue operations at a “rationalized scale”, and expects to enter into a restructuring framework agreement “in the next week or so”. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

Hanwha SolarOne donates 30 kW PV system to school in China

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 22:34 (Solarserver)

Hanwha Group and Hanwha SolarOne announced that they will donate a 30 kW solar PV system that provides continuous power support to Yuyangguan Town Hope Primary School in Wufeng County, Hubei province. Read more

Swissolar delivers ‘Solar Wars’ petition to Swiss government

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 19:50 (PV-Tech)

A petition with thousands of signatures calling for the protection of solar energy support in upcoming policy reforms has been delivered to the Swiss Federal councillor Doris Leuthard. Read more

Seraphim teams with Chinese University on rooftop solutions

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 19:19 (PV-Tech)

Seraphim Solar System is working with CUMT (China University of Mining and Technology) and CIET (Changzhou Institute of Engineering Technology) to design and produce the solar-powered roof system that is best tailored for Chinese style houses. Read more

NPD Solarbuzz: Solar PV manufacturing to share in market recovery

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 15:04 (Solarserver)

NPD Solarbuzz (Santa Clara, California, U.S.) has published a new analysis which predicts that the revenue split between solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing and downstream activities is likely to remain relatively constant in 2013 and 2014 as the industry recovers. Read more

Eurus Energy to begin construction on Japan's largest solar PV plant

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 14:39 (Solarserver)

Eurus Energy Group (Tokyo) announced that it will soon start construction of a 115 MW-AC solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Japan's Aomori Prefecture, in a released dated August 29th, 2013. Eurus did not give an exact start date for the work, but estimates that it will complete the plant in November 2015. Read more

Largest solar ship in the world visits London for the first time

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 13:50 (Solarpowerportal)

Solar-powered catamaran MS Turanor Planetsolar, considered to be the largest solar ship in the world, is in the UK, where it will be docked at Canary Wharf in London. It is the first time the ship has visited the country. Read more

Juwi: €252 million loan is an ‘act of faith’ in solar

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 13:12 (PV-Tech)

Renewable energy developer the Juwi Group has secured a €252 million (US$336 million) loan, calling it an “act of faith” in the sector. Read more

California dominates new PV installations in US

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 12:41 (PV-Tech)

California led new PV installations in the US with a record 521MW of solar installed in the last three months. The US as a whole installed 978MW during the quarter. Read more

Austria set for record solar growth in 2013

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 12:11 (PV-Tech)

Austria will install a record amount of solar PV capacity this year, according to the country’s PV trade group, Photovoltaic Austria. Read more

Canadian Solar to partner on 60MW module plant in Indonesia

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 11:31 (PV-Tech)

To benefit from a new feed-in tariff (FiT) system to be introduced in Indonesia, Canadian Solar is planning to partner with local PV module manufacturer, PT Swadaya Prima Utama on a proposed 60MW plant. Read more

Lux Research warns of coming shakeout among Chinese solar PV makers

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 10:29 (Solarserver)

Lux Research Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) has released a report predicting consolidation in China's solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, but says that this will not change the nation's dominance in the sector. “The great shakeout: China's path to a rational solar industry”, says that the nation's focus on low-cost PV has helped to drive down prices 75% since 2007, and notes that this has led to heavy losses both to Chinese and foreign companies. Lux expects top tier Chinese PV makers including Yingli and Trina to benefit from these changes, as “numerous” lower-tier companies disappear. Read more

China introduces regional solar tariff zones

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 10:26 (PV-Tech)

To manage areas of high and low irradiance and prevent project clustering, China has introduced new tariffs based on geographical location. Read more

Karnataka solar auction reveals low bid of USD 0.0839/KWh

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 10:19 (Solarserver)

A new low bid of INR 5.51 (USD 0.0839) per kWh has been placed in the Indian state of Karnataka's recent solar auction, according to RESolve Energy Consultants (Chennai, India). This is the lowest bid of any auction in any state to date. RESolve has published results of the bidding for 130 MW of PV projects, listing 17 winners who will be awarded 25-year power purchase agreements for their projects. The company notes that only one other bid was below INR 6 (USD 0.091) per kWh, with the majority coming in above INR 7 (USD 0.11) per kWh. Read more

No end in sight as Indian SREC prices remain at the floor in August 2013

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 10:11 (Solarserver)

Prices for Indian solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) remained at the floor of INR 9300 (USD 142) with supply well exceeding demand in August 2013, according to an analysis by RESolve Energy Consultants (Chennai, India). Indian SREC prices fell in May 2013 and have been near or at the floor price for the last three months. Demand and supply both grew 14% during the month, and RESolve says that it does not expect oversupply conditions to be resolved any time soon. Read more

IHS: Rumored EverStream takeover of Enfinity shows trouble among European solar PV developers

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 8:25 (Solarserver)

IHS Inc. (Englewood, Colorado, U.S.) has commented on EverStream Energy Capital Management's (Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.) rumored takeover of Enfinity NV (Waregem, Belgium), noting that the deal will give EverStream access to a geographically diverse portfolio, including 100 MW of advanced stages solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. It also describes the acquisition as a sign of difficulties in European PV markets, which it predicts will contract 50% to only 11.5 GW in 2013. IHS had named Enfinity the 8th largest PV developer globally in 2010. Read more

Solar Powered Ship Arrives in Europe

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Solar-powered catamaran PlanetSolar has crossed the Atlantic from Canada to Belgium, a journey of 4598 km. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

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Wind Energy

Siemens Completes HelWin1 HVDC Offshore Platform Install

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 15:51 (Renewable Energy World)

A key development in linking the two offshore wind farms Nordsee Ost and Meerwind to the German mainland has been completed according to Siemens, which says it has installed the HelWin1 offshore platform in the North Sea. Read more

Wind Power Surge in Texas Curbing Utility Profits

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 13:00 (Renewable Energy World)

For the first time, Texas is connecting most of its wind farms to its largest cities. That’s bringing cheap electricity into the service area of Energy Future Holdings Corp., bad news to holders of $32 billion of the power company’s debt from the biggest-ever leveraged buyout. Read more

US Leads, Europe Second as Wind Industry Spends $430 Million on Patent Protection

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 10:49 (Renewable Energy World)

Utility scale wind turbines have become so technologically advanced that they have improved the cost of energy (COE) of wind enough to compete with today’s conventional energy sources. The ensuing reduction in COE has been the result of two governing forces: public policy and technological innovation. The technological trends which have emerged thus far and what might be in store for the future direction of wind turbine technology are explored here. Policy and governmental R&D support will continue to be essential, and barriers to wind technology commercialization must be further broken down. 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

Day Energy completes 2.5 MW PV plant in Romania

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 22:41 (Solarserver)

EPC and turnkey provider Day Energy (Hannover, Germany), and solar photovoltaic (PV) module supplier China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (CSUN, Nanjing, China) announced that a 2.5 MW solar park project was recently completed and connected to the Romanian power grid. Read more

Update: Italy reforms renewable energy incentives

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 19:50 (PV-Tech)

Italian minister of economic development, Flavio Zanon has announced reforms to Italy’s renewable energy incentives that will lengthen the payment period and release €3 billion to lower electricity bills. Read more

Eurus Energy to begin construction of 115MW PV plant in northern Japan

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 12:31 (PV-Tech)

Japanese renewable energy project developer Eurus Energy is scheduled to begin construction on an 115MW AC solar park in Japan. According to a press release issued by Eurus, the Eurus Rokkasho Solar Park will be in Aomori prefecture, in the northern tip of the main Japanese island of Honshu. Read more

Ten US States With The Most New Clean Energy Jobs

Monday, 9.2.2013 - 6:00 (Renewable Energy World)

In honor of Labor Day in the U.S., here's an update on where clean energy jobs are popping up. More than 38,000 U.S. jobs will result from five dozen "clean" energy and transportation projects announced from April-June of this year, spanning energy generation, manufacturing, transmission/smart grid, energy efficiency, and public transportation, according to a report by nonprofit group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). That's up slightly from the same period a year ago (37,400), and triple the job announcements from the first three months of this year (12,000). Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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