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Solar electricity News for September 2009
Following the successful closing of the first solar fund launched by DCM in 2007, Centrosolar Group AG has once again become project partner for the DCM Solarfonds 3. The special feature of this solar fund is that investors are investing not in a single solar park, but in a number of solar facilities at various locations.
30 September, 2009
The European commission awarded the Becquerel Prize to Dr Andreas Bett, Head of Materials – Solar Cells and Technology department and one of the deputy institute directors at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy ISE, for his work on solar photovoltaic (PV) concentrator technology at EU PVSEC in Hamburg last week.
29 September, 2009
Solar could see an annual growth of 25-30% per year, according to Winfried Hoffmann, President of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), at the opening of the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) in Germany.
21 September, 2009
First Solar has announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese government to build a 2 GW solar power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China.
18 September, 2009
SMA has announced the acquisition of micro-inverter technology from Dutch firm OKE.
12 September, 2009
The organisers of the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy is seeking entries from "inspirational and innovative" local sustainable energy programmes from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
12 September, 2009
Intersolar is expanding into India. It will be organised in association with SOLARCON® India, in Hyderabad, 9-11 November 2009.
11 September, 2009
Organisers of the prominent global renewable energy awards report that nominations are reflecting the structural changes to clean energy markets…
10 September, 2009
Masdar Institute of Science and technology has welcomed its first intake of 92 graduate students, representing 22 different nations.
10 September, 2009
The US$2.2 million Zayed Future Energy Prize awarded every year for innovation, long-term vision and leadership in renewable energy and technologies is open for nominations until 16 October 2009.
04 September, 2009
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03 September, 2009
SolarWorld is supplying 5000 of its 220/230 W solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for a 1.2 MW solar power plant at an Air Force base in Aurora, Colorado, USA.
03 September, 2009
David MacKay, Professor in the Department of Physics at Cambridge University and author of the influential book ‘Sustainable Energy - without the hot air' has been appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change.
03 September, 2009
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer ersol Solar Energy is changing its name and branding to Bosch Solar Energy following Bosch’s acquisition of ersol Solar Energy last year.
02 September, 2009
What is said to be the world’s second largest thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, Lieberose, is under construction near Cottbus in Brandenburg, Germany.
01 September, 2009