News of the year 2014

Date: 06.03.2014



Photovoltaics

Smart Grid Evolution: A New Generation of Intelligent Electronic Devices

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 14:00 (Renewable Energy World)

The idea of a “smart grid” has taken center stage — an evolution of advanced technologies that make the availability of a smarter, more efficient electrical power grid possible. These technologies aim to address the complex challenges facing grid systems today, which stem largely from its aging infrastructure and a use case model that has evolved over the years. With power systems over a century old, the field instrumentation on the grid is quickly reaching its life cycle limit, which adversely affects overall grid reliability and efficiency. Read more

Exclusive: Wuxi Suntech upgrading and adding PV production capacity

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 11:16 (PV-Tech)

Wuxi Suntech is currently upgrading cell and module production lines in China ahead of plans to increase in-house module capacity in 2014, according to its recently appointed CEO, Eric Luo. Read more

Ecobuild: Mid-scale market showing early growth signs, says Renusol

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 7:45 (Solarpowerportal)

Speaking at the Ecobuild exhibition in London, the German firm said it was already seeing improvements in market conditions despite what is perceived as an unattractive feed-in tariff rate. Read more


Thermal Power/Heating

EPIA: 37 GW of solar PV installed globally in 2013, driven by Asian feed-in tariffs

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 20:22 (Solarserver)

The global solar photovoltaic (PV) market grew 24% to 37 GW in 2013, according to preliminary figures released by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA, Brussels). This brings the world to nearly 137 GW of installed PV at the end of the year. EPIA estimates that China installed the most PV at 11.3 GW, followed by 6.9 GW in Japan and 4.8 GW in the United States. Read more

E.ON installs 250kWp solar array on flagship energy centre

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 20:17 (Solarpowerportal)

E.ON has installed a 250kWp array on its flagship £3 million Energy Centre building in Cranbrook, Devon. Read more

Global 2013 solar installs hit 37GW: EPIA

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 19:15 (PV-Tech)

Global solar installations in 2013 hit 37GW, according to the latest data from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). Read more

NY State announces 33.6 MW of solar PV projects, support for cost reduction, energy storage

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 17:59 (Solarserver)

The U.S. state of New York has selected 29 large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects totaling 33.6 MW for support under the NY-Sun Initiative, as well as eight initiatives for reduction of PV system “soft” costs. Awards for these projects total USD 28.6 million. Read more

SolarWorld reports fall in revenues but reduced losses in 2013 results

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 16:02 (Solarserver)

SolarWorld AG (Bonn) has released selected results for 2013, reporting a 25% year-over-year fall in revenues to EUR 456 million (USD 630 million) and a -42% operating margin. This is an improvement over the operating loss that SolarWorld experienced in 2012, which exceeded revenues. Read more

Powerway brings third-party solar PV finance to South Africa

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 15:05 (Solarserver)

Powerway Renewable Energy Co. Ltd.'s (Foshan, China) South African subsidiary has partnered with InnoVent Rental and Asset Management Solutions (Johannesburg) to launch a solar lease finance program in South Africa, which the companies plan to expand to the rest of the continent. Read more

It’s Now Official: U.S. Solar Industry Has Record-Shattering Year in 2013

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 14:50 (Renewable Energy World)

  What would Alexandre Edmond Becquerel be thinking now? In 1839, at the age of just 19, Becquerel built the world’s first photovoltaic panel, later inspiring the imaginations of millions of people worldwide, including legendary scientist Albert Einstein.  Still, it took another 115 years before Bell Labs invented the first modern silicon solar cel Read more

How the Military is (Indirectly) Fueling the Solar Industry

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 14:48 (Renewable Energy World)

If ever there was a champion of efficiency, the military would be it. Energy efficiency is no exception to this generalization. As The Solar Foundation (TSF) and Operation Free tell us in a recent Veterans in Solar report, the U.S. military has scaled up its use of distributed renewable energy technologies, at home and in combat zones, to strengthe Read more

How the Military Is (Indirectly) Fueling the Solar Industry

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 14:48 (Renewable Energy World)

If ever there was a champion of efficiency, the military would be it. Energy efficiency is no exception to this generalization. As The Solar Foundation (TSF) and Operation Free tell us in a recent Veterans in Solar report, the U.S. military has scaled up its use of distributed renewable energy technologies, at home and in combat zones, to strengthe Read more

SolarWorld’s sales continue plummeting in 2013

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 14:45 (PV-Tech)

SolarWorld has reported preliminary 2013 financial results, highlighting its continued bankability issues in key historical markets such as Germany during its lengthy financial restructuring phase. Read more

Listen Up: Let Talk Rooftop Solar Safety with Fire Captain Matt Paiss

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 14:27 (Renewable Energy World)

Fires in homes are generally caused by kitchen mishaps, heating system fires or electrical malfunctions. When it comes to fire safety, the solar industry's track record is excellent — with only a few documented cases in which the solar system actually caused a fire (generally due to improper wiring or equipment malfunctions). Read more

Listen Up: Let's Talk Rooftop Solar Safety with Fire Captain Matt Paiss

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 14:27 (Renewable Energy World)

Fires in homes are generally caused by kitchen mishaps, heating system fires or electrical malfunctions. When it comes to fire safety, the solar industry's track record is excellent — with only a few documented cases in which the solar system actually caused a fire (generally due to improper wiring or equipment malfunctions). Read more

Canadian Solar’s shipments near 2GW on return to profitability in 2013

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 13:35 (PV-Tech)

A strong spike in PV module shipments in the fourth quarter of 2013 supported Canadian Solar closing in on 2GW of shipments for the year and secured a return to profitability in 2013. Read more

Mosaic to offer solar ownership loans in US

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 12:47 (PV-Tech)

Solar crowdfunding service Mosaic is to offer loans to homeowners in California for PV systems. Read more

Calls for Kenya to increase solar FiT or risk losing investment

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 12:15 (PV-Tech)

Kenya’s solar feed-in tariff is insufficient for projects to be viable and should be entirely reviewed, according to the head of a company looking to develop large-scale PV plants in the country. Read more

Ecobuild: STA urges Pickles to rethink Housing Standards Review

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 11:52 (Solarpowerportal)

The Solar Trade Association (STA) is calling on companies at Ecobuild to sign an open letter to communities secretary Eric Pickles to “champion, not reverse” local authority leadership on lower-carbon homes. Read more

RESolve: US antagonising India with WTO complaint

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 11:33 (PV-Tech)

RESolve energy consultant Madhavan Nampoothiri says the US complaint to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regarding India’s national solar mission (JNSSM), can only serve to antagonise India. Read more

Schneider Electric surpasses 1 GW of solar PV service contracts

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 9:10 (Solarserver)

Schneider Electric SA (Rueil-Malmaison, France) had entered into cumulative contracts to service more than 1 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) plants at the end of 2013, as the first company to do so. The company operates and services PV plants in five continents. The company's operations and maintenance (O&M) service offerings range from remote technical control and spare parts management to corrective and preventative maintenance of balance of systems. Read more

Utility-scale solar meets 3.7% of California's electricity demand in February 2014

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 9:03 (Solarserver)

California's utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) plants met 3.7% of the state's electric demand in February 2014, as revealed in an analysis by renewable energy consultant Bernard Chabot. Altogether, large-scale renewable energy met 15% of monthly demand, with wind as the largest source and solar narrowly surpassing geothermal as the second-largest. PV represented 96% of total solar output with only 4% from CSP, however Chabot emphasizes the role CSP can play. Read more

Boeing begins work on 25 MW solar PV plant in Guam

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 8:37 (Solarserver)

The Boeing Company (Chicago) has begun construction of a 25 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the United States island territory of Guam for NRG Energy Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.). The Dandan plant will be the first solar plant on the island. Boeing is supplying engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the plant. Owner NRG will sell the electricity produced by the plant to utility Guam Power Authority (GPA) under two 25-year power purchase agreements (PPAs). Read more

GCL-Poly signs 4 GW of wafer supply contracts with Neo Solar Power, Topcell

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 8:32 (Solarserver)

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong) has signed contracts to supply a total of 4 GW of silicon wafers to Neo Solar Power (NSP, Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Topcell Solar International Co. Ltd. (Guanyin Township, Taiwan). Under the agreements, GCL-Poly will supply its S2 and S3 wafer products to NSP for three years and Topcell for two years. Both NSP and Topcell are long-term customers of GCL-Poly. Read more


Biomass/Pellets

Battery Storage May Vie with US Oil Boom as Energy Game Changer, Says Moniz

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 14:58 (Renewable Energy World)

The rapid development of rooftop solar and battery storage technology could be as transformative to the economy and modern life as the U.S. oil and gas boom, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said. Read more


Wind Energy

US States Boosting Wind Energy Output, Pipeline Filling Up

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 20:52 (Renewable Energy World)

Wind energy continues to improve its standing in the U.S. energy footprint, generating over 167,000 MWh in 2013 and accounting for more than four percent of electricity generation, according to the latest information from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Wind energy also has represented 30 percent of all new generating capacity over the last five years. 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

Ecobuild: Politicians and business must find common ground for green growth, says CBI

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 16:37 (Solarpowerportal)

Going green can improve a company’s bottom line and give it a competitive advantage, one of Britain’s top business leaders said in a speech at the Ecobuild show in London on Wednesday. Read more

Energy Price Concerns Resonate in EU Talks on 2030 Climate Goals

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 14:53 (Renewable Energy World)

The European Union should ensure that future climate and energy policies do not undermine the competitiveness of its industry, already weakened by a price gap with the U.S., the bloc’s member states said. Read more

90% of Europeans support greater renewable energy targets

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 13:24 (PV-Tech)

A survey conducted by the European Commission has found that 90% of citizens think it’s important for their government to aim for a greater share of renewable energy by 2030. Read more

Ecobuild: Power One’s energy storage vision for ‘next step of PV market’

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 13:22 (Solarpowerportal)

The company showcased a selection of its products at the Ecobuild show in London this week, while regional sales manager David Lowen revealed the company is currently in discussions over a large-scale solar-plus-storage pilot project in the UK. Read more

Power One: Energy storage is ‘next step for PV market’

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 13:01 (PV-Tech)

The company showcased a selection of its products at the Ecobuild show in London this week, including a battery-based energy storage system for use in combination with PV. Read more

Will the Electricity Grid Become Optional?

Thursday, 3.6.2014 - 11:25 (Renewable Energy World)

For years, low-cost solar-plus-battery systems were seen as a distant possibility at best, a fringe technology not likely to be a threat to mainstream electricity delivery any time soon. By far, the limiting factor has been battery costs. But thanks to a confluence of factors playing out across the energy industry, the reality is that affordable battery storage is coming much sooner than most people realize. That approaching day of cheaper battery storage, when combined with solar PV, has the potential to fundamentally alter the electricity landscape. Read more


Solar-/Electromobil

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