Hanwha Q CELLS’ latest solar cell line in production by early autumn 2014

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 15:57 (PV-Tech)

Hanwha Q CELLS has provided greater transparency over previously announced plans to add an additional solar cell production line to meet growing demand. Read more

Head of Suntech Power Holdings resigns

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 13:30 (PV-Tech)

In what has become a mass exodus of senior executives from bankrupt Suntech Power Holdings, the company has announced the resignation of its interim CEO, Weiping Zhou. Read more

Bernreuter: Polysilicon prices to fall again in 2014 due to oversupply

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 9:03 (Solarserver)

Bernreuter Research (Würzburg, Germany) has released a new report which finds that conditions of excess supply will return to the global polysilicon industry in 2014, and will bring down spot prices to USD 16 per kilogram by year's end. “The 2014 Who's Who of Solar Silicon Production” finds that while polysilicon production fell 4% to 238,000 metric tons in 2013, that another 66,000 metric tons of capacity is due to come online in 2014. And while the growing solar photovoltaic (PV) market in 2013 allowed the reduction of polysilicon inventories, the report expects that trend to end in 2014. Read more

Q-Cells building additional solar PV module line at Malaysia factory

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 21:56 (Solarserver)

Hanwha Q-Cells (Thalheim, Germany) has begun construction on an additional solar photovoltaic (PV) cell line at its Malaysia factory. The line will produce high-efficiency multicrystalline cells for its Q.PRO G3 PV modules. Read more

Abengoa to build Latin America's first solar CSP plant in Chile

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 19:35 (Solarserver)

The government of Chile has selected Abengoa SA (Seville, Spain) to build a 110 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant through an international solicitation. This will be the first utility-scale CSP project in Latin America. Read more

Power Your Future celebrates 100 schools with free solar

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 18:25 (Solarpowerportal)

Power Your Future is celebrating the completion of its 100th installation under the ‘Power Your Future Solar for Schools Programme’. Read more

Winch Energy celebrates 100 schools with free solar

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 18:15 (Solarpowerportal)

Winch Energy is celebrating the completion of its 100th installation under the ‘Power Your Future Solar for Schools Programme’. Read more

China’s solar ‘cull list’ will not impact global industry, predicts IHS

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 17:48 (PV-Tech)

The Chinese government’s list of approved solar manufacturers, which threatened to leave three quarters of the country’s operators in the wilderness, will not spill over into the global PV market, according to industry analysts IHS. Read more

Mosaic, BigBelly Solar Awarded Grants for "Powerful Answers"

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 16:20 (Renewable Energy World)

Two firms advancing renewable energy applications are in the spotlight this week at the CES consumer tech show in Las Vegas, one of the tech world's biggest venues, receiving grants from U.S. telecommunications company Verizon to further bring their ideas and strategies to the masses. Read more

Location, Location, Location: How Much Does It Matter for Shared Solar Participants?

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 15:48 (Renewable Energy World)

Across the country, shared solar programs and facilities are creating pathways for new groups of customers to participate in local solar generation. But just how much does that “local” aspect matter? Should customers get a choice in the location of their shared solar facility?  IREC continues to investigate these and similar questions as part of ou Read more

IHS: List of approved Chinese solar PV makers unlikely to impact supply chain

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 15:05 (Solarserver)

A recently published list of “approved” Chinese polysilicon and solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers will have little effect on the global PV supply chain, according to IHS Inc. (Englewood, Colorado, U.S.). Read more

Solar PV meets 7.0% of Italian electricity demand in 2013

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 14:35 (Solarserver)

The electricity generated by Italian solar photovoltaic (PV) installations climbed 19% in 2013 to 22.1 terawatt-hours (TWh), according to figures released by grid operator Terna (Rome). This means that PV met 7.0% of the nation's electricity demand during the year. Read more

Solar support cuts put German PV transition at risk, warns BWE

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 14:33 (PV-Tech)

The current rate of cut backs to support for solar energy could put the German energy transition at risk, the country’s solar trade body has warned. Read more

Solar support cuts put German PV transition at risk, warns BSW

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 14:33 (PV-Tech)

The current rate of cut backs to support for solar energy could put the German energy transition at risk, the country’s solar trade body has warned. Read more

Goldpoly sets sights beyond China with new 500MW PV deal

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 13:10 (PV-Tech)

Solar park developer and operator Goldpoly New Energy Holdings is continuing its downstream acquisition spending spree with an additional 500MW of solar projects. Read more

Report: Solar third most popular clean-tech venture investment in 2013

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 13:03 (PV-Tech)

Venture investment in clean technologies including solar showed signs of returning to growth in 2013 despite ending the year 15% down on 2012, according to market analyst Cleantech Group. Read more

FERC Adopts New California Fast Track Interconnection Rules Nation-wide

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 13:00 (Renewable Energy World)

California did it again — it led the nation on a key environmental issue. In this case, FERC (the Federal Energy Regulation Commission) adopted key aspects of California’s new interconnection rules for small wholesale energy projects like solar and small hydro. The Fast Track process, which FERC largely adopted, is a dramatically cheaper and faster interconnection process for qualifying small projects, so this change represents a major improvement with nation-wide impacts. Read more

US solar FiTs under fire following Florida tariff suspension

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 12:55 (PV-Tech)

Pro-solar group the Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) has questioned the viability of the feed-in tariff (FiT) model for residential solar in the US following the suspension of a FiT scheme in Gainesville, Florida. Read more

Hanwha SolarOne supplies 20.5MW of modules for ib vogt’s largest UK solar farm

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 12:09 (PV-Tech)

German solar manufacturer, Hanwha SolarOne, has agreed to supply 20.5MW of PV modules to German solar developer ib vogt for a solar farm in Hampshire, UK Read more

Hanwha SolarOne supplies 20.5MW of modules for ib vogt’s largest UK solar farm

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 12:07 (Solarpowerportal)

German solar manufacturer, Hanwha SolarOne, has agreed to supply 20.5MW of PV modules to German solar developer ib vogt for a solar farm in Hampshire. Read more

Juwi puts online a 19 MW solar PV plant in Arizona

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 9:17 (Solarserver)

Juwi AG (Wörrstadt, Germany) reports that its U.S. subsidiary commissioned a 19.3 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant near Phoenix, Arizona during December 2013. Juwi Solar USA built the Badger 1 plant for Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.) and is additionally supplying operations and maintenance services. This is the sixth PV plant that Juwi has built for PSEG. Read more

Canadian Solar to supply solar PV modules for 25.3 MW of plants in North Carolina

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 8:57 (Solarserver)

National Renewable Energy Corp. (NARENCO, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.) has selected Canadian Solar Inc. (Guelph, Canada) to supply solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for four PV plants totaling 25.3 MW in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Canadian Solar will supply 84,480 of its 300 watt CS6X-300 PV modules for the plants, which are located in Wayne and Duplin counties. Three plants in Wayne County will all have capacities of 6.48 MW, and the Duplin County plant will be 5.83 MW. Read more

Exosun to supply trackers for 25 MW of solar PV plants in France

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 8:52 (Solarserver)

Exosun SAS (Martillac, France) has agreed to supply Neoen (Paris) with single-axis trackers for three solar photovoltaic (PV) plants totaling 25 MW in the South West of France. Exosun will supply 163 of its Exotrack HZ tracking systems for the plants, as well as managing the commissioning process. Construction on the plants began in December 2013, with plant commissioning scheduled for August 2014. Read more

Nile River Dispute Hinders Hydropower Development

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)

Ethiopia rejected a proposal that would guarantee Egypt the rights to most of the Nile River’s water, as disagreements cast doubt over future talks about Africa’s biggest hydropower project. Read more

Calls grow for binding 2030 European renewable energy target

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 17:15 (Solarpowerportal)

Solar trade body the European Photovoltaics Industry Association has welcomed a draft resolution by two European Parliament committees backing a 2030 EU renewable energy target. Read more

Road Map to Clean Energy and Climate Initiatives in New York's 2014 State of the State Report

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 15:59 (Renewable Energy World)

Curbing global warming emissions and building the clean energy economy are critical to New York State’s future and the health and well-being of all New Yorkers. In this week’s State of the State event, Governor Cuomo announced some significant new clean energy and climate initiatives. Read more

Calls grow for binding 2030 European renewable energy target

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 14:43 (PV-Tech)

Solar trade body the European Photovoltaics Industry Association has welcomed a draft resolution by two European Parliament committees backing a 2030 EU renewable energy target. Read more

Enel Green secures US$150 million Latin America renewable development loan

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 14:34 (PV-Tech)

Enel Group’s renewable project developer, Enel Green Power (EGP) has secured a US$150 million loan towards developing renewable energy generation projects in Chile. Read more

Green Energy Technology revenues grow 44% in Q4 2013

Thursday, 1.9.2014 - 9:14 (Solarserver)

Green Energy Technology (GET, Kuanyin Township, Taiwan) has released selected financial results for the final months of 2013, reporting a 44% year-over-year increase in sales to USD 127 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. The company estimates a 95% capacity utilization during the quarter, and says that it expects to keep capacity utilization high in the first quarter of 2014. Over the full year 2013, GET increased sales 32% to USD 432 million. Read more