producers on Thursday protested the United States’ latest decision to slash trade duties on solar energy products from China. The decision will seriously harm the Chinese solar energy industry and exports of solar energy products to the US, said a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Machinery and … Continue reading China’s producers protest US duties on photovoltaic solar cells
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Database of Photovoltaic, Concentrator Solar Photovoltaic, and Concentrated Solar Power Projects
Following a 7-year period of capacity building, aggressive pricing, and promises of grid parity, driven largely by feed-in tariffs, the solar power industry is going through a significant correction. Even as prices for solar components, particularly photovoltaic equipment, continue to fall, the solar industry must develop new business models and new markets. This solar project … Continue reading Database of Photovoltaic, Concentrator Solar Photovoltaic, and Concentrated Solar Power Projects
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Renault inaugurates the world’s largest photovoltaic system in the automotive industry
This week Renault is inaugurating 40 hectares of photovoltaic panels simultaneously at six of its French production sites. The initiative further confirms Renault’s environmental commitment and is also an innovative way of protecting new vehicles before they leave plants. Renault this week is inaugurating 400,000 square meters (equal to 60 soccer pitches) of photovoltaic panels, … Continue reading Renault inaugurates the world’s largest photovoltaic system in the automotive industry
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Dow Opens Photovoltaics Films Lab in Shanghai
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) announced today that it has opened a Photovoltaics Films Application Laboratory in Shanghai to help customers in the Asia-Pacific region improve how they harness the power of the sun with ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Films technologies and solutions. “Asia-Pacific is an important and growing market for our ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Encapsulant Films and … Continue reading Dow Opens Photovoltaics Films Lab in Shanghai
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Intersolar India gets underway
Today at 10:00am (IST), the Intersolar India Conference re-opened its doors at the Leela Kempinski Hotel in Mumbai. The organizers expect to welcome some 700 attendees over the four days of the conference, which is taking place in parallel to the Intersolar India exhibition. Tomorrow, on November 6, Intersolar India opens its doors to the … Continue reading Intersolar India gets underway
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Welspun Energy to set up 100 MW solar power
Welspun Renewables Energy Ltd (WREL), a subsidiary of Welspun Energy, has inked an MoU with Chattisgarh government for installing 100 MW Solar Power project. The MoU was signed in Raipur. “The project is to be commenced in 2015, entailing an estimated investment of Rs 1,000 crore,” the company said. With this project, WEL will achieve … Continue reading Welspun Energy to set up 100 MW solar power
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Stanford scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell
Stanford University scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive materials used in photovoltaic devices today. The results are published in the Oct. 31 online edition of the journal ACS Nano. “Carbon has the potential to deliver high performance at a low cost,” said study … Continue reading Stanford scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell
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Cleanergy installs solar power plant in China
As China’s gloomy photovoltaic solar industry endures trade investigations by the United States and the European Commission, the Swedish energy technology company Cleanergy AB is seeking opportunities to invest in the country’s renewable market. Cleanergy installed its first commercial demonstration solar power plant with a capacity of 100 kilowatts in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region … Continue reading Cleanergy installs solar power plant in China
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Amonix achieves record-breaking CPV technology efficiency
Amonix, the leading designer and manufacturer of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems, announced that they have successfully converted more than one third of direct sunlight into electricity. In May of this year, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirmed an outdoor operating efficiency rating of 33.5% for an Amonix module, breaking the previous 30.3% … Continue reading Amonix achieves record-breaking CPV technology efficiency
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German Environmental Award goes to German Photovoltaic Pioneers
German president presented the most lucrative European environmental prize today in Leipzig – DBU bestows award. The German Environmental Award of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) has been bestowed for the 20th time. The co-founder and supervisory board chairman of SMA Solar Technology AG (Kassel), Günther Cramer (59), and the researcher-entrepreneur team Dr. Andreas Bett/Hansjörg … Continue reading German Environmental Award goes to German Photovoltaic Pioneers
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China: New policies support ailing solar energy industry
State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the country’s largest state-owned utility company, announced a plan to allow small-scale distributed solar power generators to connect to its power lines. China is creating supportive measures to shore up its ailing photovoltaic (PV) industry, which has been rocked by recent U.S. duties on Chinese exports over alleged dumping. … Continue reading China: New policies support ailing solar energy industry
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President Humala inaugurates T-Solar Group photovoltaic solar-power plants in Peru
The president of the government of the Republic of Peru, Ollanta Humala, formally opened the T-Solar Group photovoltaic solar-power plants in the Majes and La Joya districts, located in the Arequipa region of southern Peru. The power plants at La Joya and Majes (Arequipa) are T-Solar’s first business project in Latin America, with a capex … Continue reading President Humala inaugurates T-Solar Group photovoltaic solar-power plants in Peru
Continue readingBrighter days for photovoltaic solar power in China
State Grid Corp, China’s largest State-owned power utility company, announced on Friday that starting Nov 1, it will provide a free connection service for distributed PV solar electricity producers that are close to customers. State Grid will be responsible for the cost of the connection design and the national grid’s modifications. The cost for one … Continue reading Brighter days for photovoltaic solar power in China
Continue readingHumala opens first solar power plant in Peru
Peru’s President Ollanta Humala Tasso will arrive in southern Arequipa region to open the first solar power plant in the country that will generate 22 megawatts. The opening ceremony will take place at 10:30 am at Pampa de La Joya, province of Arequipa. At the event the launch of the Majes Photovoltaic Power Plant in … Continue reading Humala opens first solar power plant in Peru
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ISOFOTON calls to create a technology framework to maintain European leadership in PV sector
ISOFOTON, world leader in solar technology, has actively participated in the APVIA PV 2012 International Exhibition, an important event that attracts corporate executives in the solar sector in Asia, which is being held this week in Singapore. Angel Luis Serrano, President of ISOFOTON, participated today in a specific panel where he called for the creation … Continue reading ISOFOTON calls to create a technology framework to maintain European leadership in PV sector
Continue readingRays of hope for solar power firms
China’s solar-panel industry has been rocked by recent US duties on its exports to combat alleged dumping and the specter of similar action by European authorities. At least one company sees the standoff as an opportunity, however. This “major crisis in the industry will lead to many big improvements in technology,” said Kevin Zhou, managing … Continue reading Rays of hope for solar power firms
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One Millionth Photovoltaic Solar Module Installed at MidAmerican Solar’s Topaz Project by First Solar
Earlier this month, the one millionth solar module was installed at what is the largest solar project under construction in the world. When complete, the 550-megawattAC project will include nearly 9 million photovoltaic (PV) modules. On May 16, the first solar module was installed at Topaz Solar Farms, located in San Luis Obispo County, Calif. … Continue reading One Millionth Photovoltaic Solar Module Installed at MidAmerican Solar’s Topaz Project by First Solar
Continue readingMasdar to develop 15 MW solar power plant in Mauritania
The 15-MW solar photovoltaic project will provide for the annual demand growth in the country, estimated to be at a rate of 12% in 2012. Masdar announced today the development of a 15-megawatt solar power project in Nouakchott, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The plant will deliver 10 per cent of … Continue reading Masdar to develop 15 MW solar power plant in Mauritania
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Stanford researchers use solar power to study elephants in Africa
The seasonal solar-powered research camp gives scientists a rare opportunity to quietly observe, videotape and photograph wild elephants at Mushara waterhole, an isolated oasis in Etosha National Park in Namibia. A team of elephant researchers from Stanford University has transformed a remote corner of southern Africa into a high-tech field camp run entirely on sunlight. … Continue reading Stanford researchers use solar power to study elephants in Africa
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Sunways solar cells for the largest transparent photovoltaic roof in the USA
Sunways AG has received its largest individual order for building-integrated photovoltaics to date: the Konstanz-based photovoltaics specialist is supplying semitransparent design solar cells for the new US head office of pharmaceutical company Novartis. The new construction in East Hanover, New Jersey, will see the installation of the largest transparent photovoltaic roof in the USA. Renowned … Continue reading Sunways solar cells for the largest transparent photovoltaic roof in the USA
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