News of the year 2014
Date: 03.11.2014
Warning of fraudulently acquired solar modules on sale in UK
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 14:45 (Solarpowerportal)
At least six container loads of PV modules claimed to have been fraudulently acquired have entered the UK from various European warehouses, Solar Power Portal understands. Read moreWarning of fraudulently acquired solar modules on sale in UK
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 13:55 (PV-Tech)
At least six container loads of PV modules claimed to have been fraudulently acquired have entered the UK from various European warehouses, PV Tech has learned. Read moreDubai Silicon Oasis to host Chang Zhou Almaden’s manufacturing facility designed to produce up to 400,000 PV panels annually
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 12:52 (Solarserver)
Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA, United Arab Emirates), the regulatory body for the Dubai Silicon Oasis, has signed an agreement with Chang Zhou Almaden Ltd. (Changzhou, China), one of the world’s largest producers of solar photovoltaic anti-reflective coated glass, to host its new manufacturing and training facility at the integrated free zone technology park. The 15,000 sq meter factory will be set up at a total capital cost of AED 110 million, marking Almaden’s foray into the MENA region. Designed to produce up to 400,000 solar PV panels every year, the manufacturing facility is set for completion in Q1 2015. Read moreCommercial properties in the UK to benefit from roof-mounted PV systems with east/west orientation
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 12:34 (Solarserver)
Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations with east/west orientation generate around 30 percent more solar power than south-facing systems fitted to flat roofs of the same size, Mounting solutions manufacturer Renusol (Cologne, Germany) emphasizes. This is due to lower angles of inclination that allow the PV modules to be fitted without any gaps between the rows, meaning that roof space is put to full use. Read moreACME Group wins 160MW PV projects in Hyderabad auction in India
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 12:07 (PV-Tech)
ACME Cleantech Solutions, a renewable energy developer in India, was the successful bidder in Hyderabad’s opening auction for 160MW photovoltaic projects presented by Southern Power Distribution Company Limited of Andhra Pradesh (APSPDCL). Read moreSolar Power International's Educational Posters Offer a Deep Dive into Solar's Most Technical Topics
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 19:09 (Renewable Energy World)
The Educational Posters at SPI this year were on display on the second floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center and this year the area was as busy as ever. The area included more than 100 individual posters that featured groundbreaking solar projects, research, and educational programs. This years' fan favorites represent some of solar's top innova Read moreSunEdison and Enel come up trumps in Brazil solar auction
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 18:30 (PV-Tech)
SunEdison and the Latin American arm of Italian developer Enel Green Power have emerged as two of the big-name winners from Brazil’s successful solar auction last week. Read moreGo Ahead, Wake the Sleeping Solar Giant
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 17:15 (Renewable Energy World)
Despite a Slowdown, C&I Solar Remains Poised for Growth While residential solar installers battle for market share and yieldcos gobble up utility scale projects, the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar space has been relatively quiet. Broadly defined as behind-the-meter projects between 50 kW and 5 MW, the middle market remains untapped due to ma Read moreBluefield Solar Income Fund targets £150 million from share issue
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 14:01 (Solarpowerportal)
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has issued 150 million shares in order to raise gross proceeds of around £150 million. Read moreLabour maintains pressure on Defra over solar CAP scrap
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 13:57 (Solarpowerportal)
Labour has continued to heap pressure on environment secretary Elizabeth Truss after her and her department failed to provide evidence to back up its recent denouncement of solar. Read morePanasonic’s solar sales inch higher but consumption tax bites
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 13:01 (PV-Tech)
Panasonic Corporation noted that PV module sales increased for the second quarter of its current fiscal year, helping the company to post its first net cash gain in five years. Read moreVaisala wins first solar contract in Brazil as market develops
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 12:50 (PV-Tech)
Industrial measurement and monitoring firm Vaisala has won its first solar contract in Brazil, in another sign of the Latin American market’s growing attraction. Read moreBritish Solar Trade Association poised to amend industry 10 commitments to back DECC community energy push
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 10:28 (Solarserver)
The British Solar Trade Association (STA, Milton Keynes, UK) is set to revise its influential “10 Commitments” on solar photovoltaic (PV) farms to support the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s push for greater levels of local ownership of solar farms. The draft amended Commitment, due to be discussed by members this month, reads: "We will engage with the community in advance of submitting a planning application and, where commercially viable and where there is a local appetite, we will innovate in investment opportunities for local communities in their local solar farms including partnerships with local authorities." Read moreIEA commends Morocco’s progress towards energy transition, wind and solar capacity targets
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 10:24 (Solarserver)
Morocco’s energy strategy is very much on target, with notable advances in wind and solar power and on fuel subsidy reform, the International Energy Agency (IEA, Paris, France) says in its in-depth review of Morocco's energy policies. “Under political guidance from the highest level, Morocco has shown an admirable determination to play to its strengths, and in our view the National Energy Strategy set out in 2009 has taken Morocco very much in the right direction,” said IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven as she presented the report on October 31st, 2014 to a large audience of Ministers, senior officials and diplomatic representatives in Rabat. Read moreTrina Solar announces appointment of new president of Americas region, new President of distributed PV generation business unit
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 10:11 (Solarserver)
Trina Solar Limited (Changzhou, China) on October 31st, 2014 announced the appointment of Jeff Dorety as president of its Americas Region, effective October 8th, 2014, and Longxing Huang as president of its distributed PV generation business unit, effective October 27th, 2014. Both Mark Mendenhall, the former president of Trina Solar's Americas Region, and Haiyan Sun, the former president of Trina Solar's distributed PV generation business unit, have left the Company for personal reasons. Read moreU.S. market research shows solar PV owners cross all income brackets
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 9:52 (Solarserver)
Most people going solar in Massachusetts have household incomes (HHI) of less than USD 150,000, according to a survey conducted by New England Clean Energy (Hudson, Mass., US), president Mark Durrenberger announced. Nearly 250 customers responded to the Hudson-based solar photovoltaic (PV) installer's survey on HHI. The results show that people purchasing solar electricity systems, with or without financing, cross all income brackets, but predominantly (67 percent) earn less than USD 150,000 per household. Read moreSolar rollout on government estate to leave ‘legacy’ of quality
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 9:32 (Solarpowerportal)
The plan to install 1GW of solar on the government estate could leave a ‘legacy’ of quality, according to Ray Noble, co-chair of DECC’s solar strategy. Read moreBiofuel Opportunity: Reviving Algae from the (Almost) Dead
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 16:00 (Renewable Energy World)
Tucked away in darkness and almost dead, algae can emerge from a frigid and foggy environment to live again — and perhaps even become the seeds for a new beginning that can provide biofuel for a clean energy future. Read moreThere are no news available
UN Sees Irreversible Damage to Climate From Fossil Fuels
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 16:59 (Renewable Energy World)
Humans are causing irreversible damage to the planet from burning fossil fuels, the biggest ever study of the available science concluded in a report designed to spur the fight against climate change. Read moreUN Sees Irreversible Damage to Climate Caused by Fossil Fuels
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 16:59 (Renewable Energy World)
Humans are causing irreversible damage to the planet from burning fossil fuels, the biggest ever study of the available science concluded in a report designed to spur the fight against climate change. Read moreThere are no news available
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Ten Clean Energy Stocks For 2014: Spooky October
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 17:36 (Renewable Energy World)
October was a spooky month for clean energy stocks. My benchmark Powershares Wilderhill Clean Energy Index (PBW) cringed down 2.9 percent like the young Supergirl who jumped when a mechanical ghost startled her at my door Haloween night. Read moreARENA appoints utility to explore South Australia grid storage potential
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 13:19 (PV-Tech)
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), has given utility company AGL Energy (AGL) the task of examining the business case for grid-connected energy storage in South Australia, with AGL to receive AUS$445,000 (US$390,000) of funding. Read moreGovernment publishes community ownership framework
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 10:42 (Solarpowerportal)
The government has published its shared ownership taskforce report which outlines a framework for community groups in the UK to be offered the right to invest in new, local renewable energy projects. Read moreBrazil approves PV projects totaling 890 MW
Monday, 11.3.2014 - 10:17 (Solarserver)
Brazil has approved 62 renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 1,658.8 megawatts (MW) at an auction of the National Energy Agency (Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica, ANEEL). Read moreThere are no news available