Solar trade war: U.S. DOC sets preliminary anti-subsidy tariffs at 19-35% on Chinese solar PV cells, modules

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 23:28 (Solarserver)

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has imposed preliminary anti-subsidy tariffs (countervailing duties or CVD) of 19-35% on imports of crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules from China, effective immediately. Wuxi Suntech (Wuxi, China) and affiliates received the highest tariffs at 35.21%, versus only 18.56% for Trina Solar (Changzhou, China). Read more

SunEdison breaks into Chinese solar PV project market through collaboration with Huantai

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 20:09 (Solarserver)

SunEdison Inc. (St. Peters, Missouri, U.S.) has entered into a partnership with Huantai Group (Yangzhong, China) covering materials supply and solar photovoltaic (PV) project development. This includes plans to jointly build up to 1.7 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in China over the next five years. Read more

STA: Zero carbon home backtrack threatens new build solar market

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 18:13 (Solarpowerportal)

The Solar Trade Association has hit out at government proposals to water down the zero carbon homes standard, labeling the move as ‘bizarre’. Read more

SunEdison breaks into Chinese solar PV project market through collaboration with Huntai

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 15:33 (Solarserver)

SunEdison Inc. (St. Peters, Missouri, U.S.) has entered into a partnership with Huantai Group (Yangzhong, China) covering materials supply and solar photovoltaic (PV) project development. This includes plans to jointly build up to 1.7 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in China over the next five years. Read more

First Solar expands in the monitoring and O&M space with acquisition of Skytron Energy

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 14:52 (Solarserver)

First Solar Inc. (Tempe, Arizona, U.S.) has announced that it will acquire Skytron Energy (Berlin) from AEG Power Solutions (Zwanenburg, The Netherlands). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Skytron will operate as a subsidiary of First Solar, and will maintain its own brand identity. Read more

First Solar to expand Europe operations through Skytron Energy acquisition

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 14:10 (PV-Tech)

US firm First Solar is to acquire German operations and maintenance (O&M) company, Skytron Energy. Read more

Welspun: Anti-dumping duties are against Modi’s solar vision

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 13:45 (PV-Tech)

One of India’s largest solar project developers, Welspun has said the anti-dumping measures go against the newly elected prime minister’s manifesto. Read more

Solar Power Portal Awards deadline extended to 16 June

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 12:15 (Solarpowerportal)

The deadline to enter this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards has been extended by two weeks. Read more

German trade body predicts solar storage ‘boom’

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 11:15 (PV-Tech)

The deployment of solar storage units in German is set to boom over the next few years in what has been hailed a “quiet revolution” for the PV industry. Read more

US Geothermal Industry Gets Huge Resource "Datapalooza" Boost

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 22:41 (Renewable Energy World)

In order to move the nearly stagnant U.S. geothermal market along, the industry needs help identifying viable resources. The Department of Energy (DOE) has been hard at work developing a tool that will help this process, and recently announced the official launch of its National Geothermal Data System (NGDS). Read more

Envisioning an Innovative Local Electric Utility

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 17:38 (Renewable Energy World)

Laboring to keep more of its energy dollars at home, community members in Boulder, CO, decided that they needed some numbers behind their vision of a cleaner energy utility.  Listen in to hear Ken Regelson describe how the remarkable results of Boulder’s citizen-driven energy model have given them power to stand up to the incumbent electric monopol Read more

EU reports 1.3% fall in greenhouse gas emissions during 2012

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 17:03 (Solarpowerportal)

The European Union has revealed that greenhouse gas emissions fell 1.3% in 2012, representing an overall decrease of 19.2% from 1990 levels. Read more

Abengoa $600 Million Spinoff Shows Momentum for Renewable Energy Yieldcos

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 16:03 (Renewable Energy World)

Abengoa SA is beginning the $600 million initial public offering of its renewable energy unit, in a spinoff that’s being imitated by companies including SunEdison Inc. Read more

Nuclear Giant Exelon Launches Front Group to Cover Its Assets, Undermine Renewable Energy?

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 15:50 (Renewable Energy World)

Nuclear power, which accounts for 19 percent of the nation's electricity generation, is facing some serious challenges. Not only did its hoped-for renaissance fizzle out, four reactors shut down last year, another is closing this fall, and the nuclear giant Exelon says it will announce plant closings by the end of this year if market conditions don't improve. Read more

Japan Calls US Emissions Plan a Bold Step Away From Coal

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 15:37 (Renewable Energy World)

Japan said the U.S.’s proposed cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions from its power plants is a bold step to tackle climate change. Read more

US$53 trillion energy investment needed to head off climate change: IEA

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 15:15 (PV-Tech)

Investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency will fall well below what is required to head off dangerous global warming without a breakthrough in the Paris climate change talks next year, the International Energy Agency has warned. Read more

EU energy security plan welcomed as hopes rise for restart to Ukraine PV programme

Tuesday, 6.3.2014 - 12:57 (PV-Tech)

Renewable energy lobbyist, the Europe-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA), has hailed moves by the European Commission to speed up renewables deployment and reduce the bloc’s dependence on Russian gas. Read more