News of the year 2014
Date: 11.06.2014
New executive board at IPVEA
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 18:49 (PV-Tech)
The International Photovoltaic Equipment Association (IPVEA) has elected a number of new members to its board during its AGM during Intersolar Europe. Read morePolish firm establishing module plant using Meyer Burger’s ‘SmartWire’ technology
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 10:15 (PV-Tech)
Hanplast, a high-precision plastic mouldings engineering firm based in Poland is the first company to deploy Meyer Burger’s ‘SmartWire’ interconnect technology in a PV module assembly plant. Read moreIntersolar Europe pulls-in 44,000 visitors
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 16:15 (PV-Tech)
According to the organisers of Intersolar Europe, 44,000 people attended the PV show in Munich last week. Read moreIDB to provide USD 66.4 million for solar PV project on Chile's Northern Grid
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 15:05 (Solarserver)
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB, Washington D.C.) has approved USD 66.4 million in loans to support the construction, operation and maintenance of a 72.8 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Northern Chile. SunEdison Inc. (St. Peters, Missouri, U.S.) is building the Crucero PV project in the Antofagasta Region, and when complete the plant will supply electricity to the nation's Northern Grid (SING). Read moreMississippi utility proposes three solar plants
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 14:59 (PV-Tech)
Entergy Mississippi, electricity provider to more than 400,000 across 45 counties, has filed a plan for grid upgrades including three solar projects. Read moreSolar PV meets 10.8% of Italian electricity demand in May 2014
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 14:19 (Solarserver)
Before even the official start of summer, Italy's solar photovoltaic (PV) plants are meeting more than 10% of the nation's electricity demand, according to figures released by grid operator Terna (Rome). The nation's PV plants generated 2.68 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity during May 2014, a 10% increase over a year prior, and met 10.8% of the nation's electricity demand. Read moreUK investor increases stake in Tunisian solar power export plan
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 13:24 (PV-Tech)
UK renewable energy investor Low Carbon has increased its stake in the company behind a plan to export solar energy from Tunisia to Europe. Read moreIndia’s transport minister appeals for anti-dumping duties to be ditched
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 13:18 (PV-Tech)
India’s transport minister, Nitin Gadkari, has written a letter opposing the proposed anti-dumping duties on US, Chinese and Malaysian solar imports. Read moreExeter schoolchildren visit potential solar farm site
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 13:16 (Solarpowerportal)
Pupils from Clyst St. Mary Primary School have learnt about the potential of solar farms to boost biodiversity and generate clean energy on a site visit to a proposed solar site in Exeter. Read moreRenusol takeover provides EU springboard, says new owner
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 12:54 (PV-Tech)
The US company which last week acquired German solar mounting solutions provider, Renusol, is planning to use the deal to gain access to the European PV market, highlighting specific interest in the commercial rooftop sector. Read moreKenya lifts VAT on solar imports
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 12:15 (PV-Tech)
Kenya has lifted VAT charges on all solar equipment imported into the East African country. Read moreTwo West Midlands hospitals install solar to combat escalating energy bills
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 10:14 (Solarpowerportal)
The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) has partnered with renewable energy installer, Ecolution, to install solar PV arrays at Solihull Hospital and Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham. Read moreTigo partners with SunGift to spearhead UK drive
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 9:53 (Solarpowerportal)
Tigo, a silicon valley solar PV optimisation company with aspirations of becoming a key player in the UK solar market, has inked a new deal with SunGift to help distribute its products. Read more163 MW of solar PV installed in Germany during April 2014
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 9:04 (Solarserver)
Germany's solar photovoltaic (PV) market showed another slow month in April 2014 with only 163 MW installed, according to statistics released by the nation's Federal Network Agency. The nation's PV market has fallen by 45% year-over-year during the first four months of 2014, with only 622 MW installed. This marks the second year of market contraction following cuts to Germany's feed-in tariff under the previous CDU/FDP government. And despite this lower level of installations, the current CDU/SPD coalition government is pushing policies to further shrink the nation's solar and renewable energy markets. Read moreIndian President Mukherjee vows to expand National Solar Mission
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 8:58 (Solarserver)
In his first address to parliament following elections, Indian President Shri Pranab Mukherjee (INC) has stated that the government will expand the National Solar Mission, as part of increasing electricity generation through both “conventional and non-conventional” sources. Mukherjee says that the union government will publish a comprehensive national energy policy, focusing on the development of energy related infrastructure, human resources and technology. Read moreAfrica's largest solar PV microgird project announced
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 8:51 (Solarserver)
MAECI Solar (Radnor, Pennsylvania, U.S.), GE Power & Water (Trevose, Pennsylvania, U.S.) and Princeton Power Systems (Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.) plan to install a microgrid powered by 5 MW of solar photovoltaics (PV) in Equatorial Guinea, in collaboration with the nation's government. The system will supply the electricity needs of the 5,000 residents of Annobón Province, an island off the coast of Central West Africa. GE describes the Annobon Electrification Project as the largest self-sufficient solar project in the African continent. Read moreHanergy plans PV projects in Japan through partnership with Sojitz Machinery Corporation
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 4:51 (PV-Tech)
Hanergy Global Solar Power & Applications Group, a subsidiary of Hanergy Solar Group Limited, has signed a strategic partnership framework with Sojitz Machinery Corporation – one of the largest trading corporations in Japan. Read moreHanergy reaches partnership with Sojitz Machinery Corporation, plans PV projects in Japan
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 4:51 (PV-Tech)
Hanergy Global Solar Power & Applications Group, a subsidiary of Hanergy Solar Group Limited, has signed a strategic partnership framework with Sojitz Machinery Corporation – one of the largest trading corporations in Japan. Read moreEnphase Energy and North State Solar Energy agree to partnership
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 2:52 (PV-Tech)
Inverter manufacturer Enphase Energy, Inc. has entered into an agreement with general contractor North State Solar Energy, which will name North State Solar Energy as an exclusive 2014 American Pride Partner for the installation of Enphase microinverters in commercial and residential PV installations in both Northern and Central California. Read moreBiofuels Making Progress on Two Continents
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 18:05 (Renewable Energy World)
The biofuel industry has continued to take hits over recent years, beginning with the food vs. fuel debate back in 2009, to the debates about scaling back of the renewable fuel standard in the US 2013. In the EU, similar controversies have been waged over the amount of land that can be dedicated to biofuels. Read moreThere are no news available
Google Aims To "Fundamentally Change the World of Power"
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 15:00 (Renewable Energy World)
Google Inc. plans a deeper push into the $363.7 billion U.S. power-sales market by working on tools that help utilities deliver electricity to homes and businesses more efficiently, people with knowledge of the matter said. Read moreThere are no news available
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Australia and Canada officially put business above climate: GENR 11 June
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 16:32 (Solarpowerportal)
In Wednesday’s Green Energy News Review: The Prime Ministers of Canada and Australia have put economy above ecology, announcing that a coalition should be formed by countries wishing to do the same. Plus more arguments between skeptics and scientists. Read moreAustralia and Canada officially put business above climate: GENR 11 June
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 16:15 (PV-Tech)
In Wednesday’s Green Energy News Review: The Prime Ministers of Canada and Australia have put economy above ecology, announcing that a coalition should be formed by countries wishing to do the same. Plus more arguments between skeptics and scientists. Read moreResearchers Showcase High-Performance Sustainable Energy Buildings
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 13:28 (Renewable Energy World)
Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are transforming the way the world uses energy—and those transformations become apparent the moment one sets foot on the NREL campus in Golden, Colorado. Here, research teams have applied their expertise to develop office and laboratory spaces that also serve as demonstrations for how high-performance, sustainable buildings and campuses should be designed, constructed, and operated. Read moreEnergyTrend: U.S. anti-subsidy ruling sets expectations for high anti-dumping tariffs
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 9:10 (Solarserver)
TrendForce's (Taipei) EnergyTrend division predicts that the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) will issue a “harsh” preliminary anti-dumping ruling against imports of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules from China and Taiwan. The company bases this prediction on the agency's recent anti-subsidy ruling, which set tariff levels higher than a previous investigation in 2012. EnergyTrend further notes that as final rulings are expected to be in line with preliminary rulings, Chinese and Taiwanese PV makers will need to come up with new strategies. Read moreWarren Buffett plans to double Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in renewable energy
Wednesday, 6.11.2014 - 5:56 (PV-Tech)
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. CEO Warren Buffett certainly made his presence felt at the Edison Electric Institute’s annual convention in Las Vegas on Monday. Despite speaking at an event hosted by perhaps the leader in anti-solar sentiment amongst utilities in the US, Buffett nonetheless announced that he plans to double the amount of money that Berkshire Hathaway has invested into both the PV and wind energy markets in the US. Read moreThere are no news available