Solar electricity News for April 2013

Solar electricity News Archive

Major construction work starts on world's largest solar power development

The 579MW Antelope Valley Solar Projects – two projects co-located in Kern and Los Angeles counties in California – is being developed by SunPower and MidAmerican Solar, which owns the development.

REC powers Northern Thailand’s largest solar power plant and sets up local office REC powers Northern Thailand’s largest solar power plant and sets up local office

REC, a leading global provider of solar electricity solutions, has announced its first venture in Thailand.

UK: BRE National Solar Centre opens in Cornwall

The BRE National Solar Centre (NSC) was officially opened by Energy Minister Greg Barker in St Austell last week transforming the UK solar industry into a global player.

European cooperation in North Sea Power to Gas Platform for future energy storage system European cooperation in North Sea Power to Gas Platform for future energy storage system

A European consortium of 11 leading companies have established the North Sea Power to Gas Platform, to further develop the concept of Power-to-Gas (P2G) – the conversion of renewable electrical power into a gaseous energy carrier like hydrogen or methane.

Progress towards clean energy has stalled, IEA says

The rapid expansion of renewable technologies is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in an annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)...

Inverters: quality is the future

New sponsored download available: The quality of all system components and the inverter quality in particular play a crucial role for the longevity of large PV power plant projects...

First Solar to acquire startup TetraSun

According to First Solar, TetraSun is a solar photovoltaic (PV) technology startup, which has developed a break-through cell architecture capable of conversion efficiencies exceeding 21 percent.

First Solar sets cadmium-telluride (CdTe) module efficiency world record First Solar sets cadmium-telluride (CdTe) module efficiency world record

The company says it achieved a record 16.1 percent total area module efficiency in tests, which have been confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

ABB central inverter now available up to 1000 kW size

The operating temperature and altitude rating have both been extended in the latest size, says ABB

New markets for a new era of power - Editorial leader from the March/April 2013 issue of Renewable Energy Focus

AND WOW, there are certainly plenty of new markets for the renewable energy industry – and they are finally coming out into the light. Deployment of renewables is an “idea whose time has come”.

Trina Solar supplies 33 MW to S.A.G. Solarstrom for UK PV project

Trina Solar has supplied 33 MW of solar panels to S.A.G. Solarstrom, which have been installed at a solar photovoltaic park on the site of the former RAF Wymeswold airfield in the UK.