Siemens Energy will supply three 1 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plants for Viridis Energia, a joint venture between Echidna S.p.A. and La.G.I. S.r.l., in Central Italy.
28 September, 2010
Centrosolar Sonnenstromfabrik, a subsidiary of Centrosolar Group AG, has increased its manufacturing capacity from 155 MWp to almost 200 MWp.
28 September, 2010
LDK Solar Co Ltd has entered into a strategic financing agreement with China Development Bank Corporation (CDB) for up to RMB 60 billion (~US$8.9bn) of credit facilities over a five-year period.
27 September, 2010
Frost & Sullivan has presented ASOLA Advanced and Automotive Solar Systems GmbH with the ‘2009 World Advanced Mobile Solar Technology Growth Leadership Award’ for its year-by-year growth.
27 September, 2010
Conergy may increase solar cell efficiency up to 0.5 percentage points with its new OneStep Selective Emitter technology.
27 September, 2010
SOLARWATT AG has opened a new solar module production line and a new logistics centre doubling its manufacturing capacity from 200 MWp to 400 MWp.
23 September, 2010
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22 September, 2010
The plant will continue the production of modules at reduced capacity utilisation until the end of 2010.
22 September, 2010
Recurrent Energy, LLC is a U.S. developer of distributed solar projects, with a 2 GW project pipeline of solar power generation plants located in the U.S. and Canada.
22 September, 2010
The highest demand for PV inverters in 2010 will come from both the smallest and the largest three-phase inverters, according a recently released report on the market from IMS Research.
22 September, 2010
Kyocera Corporation will install solar power generating systems at 6 Japanese solar manufacturing plants by March 2011, generating a total of 593 kW.
22 September, 2010
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.
21 September, 2010
A joint venture consisting of Q-Cells SE, ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc, and ATS’ Photowatt Ontario, will develop 64 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Ontario, Canada.
20 September, 2010
LDK Solar Co Ltd and the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will collaborate and research and development related to silicon materials and solar photovoltaic (PV) devices.
20 September, 2010
SANYO's newest product in its HIT® N-Series of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules has recorded a cell efficiency of 21.1% with a module output of 235 W.
20 September, 2010
Prothea has completed four solar photovoltaic (PV) plants totalling 11 MW in Lazio and Calabria in Italy.
16 September, 2010
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments have reached 4.4 GW in the second quarter of 2010 and are forecast to exceed 16 GW by year end, IMS Research says, but the analyst warns that 2011 will be much tougher.
16 September, 2010
The EU still dominates the solar photovoltaic (PV) market in terms of new installations, according to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JCR).
15 September, 2010
SunEdison has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop 400 MW of solar power plants in south-eastern Korea.
15 September, 2010
Masdar PV is supplying silicon-based thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for 10 villages in India.
13 September, 2010
An SBI Energy market study shows that Portugal is quickly emerging as a 'green' trendsetter through increased development of renewable energy such as wind, solar and hydropower resources at substantial financial costs.
13 September, 2010
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has begun operations at its megawatt laboratory for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters.
10 September, 2010
Solaria Energia has reported a net profit of €438,000 for the first half (H1) of 2010, compared to €3.1 million in the same period last year.
09 September, 2010
Carlo Gavazzi is introducing grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters with efficiencies of 94.37% and higher.
09 September, 2010
juwi Solar sees great potential for solar power in Eastern Europe and the company is already involved in a number of projects in the region.
08 September, 2010
Oerlikon Solar says it will reach solar silicon thin-film production costs of €0.50/Wp with its new ThinFab production line – it has also achieved 11.9% efficiency with its Micromorph lab cell.
08 September, 2010
Italy is reducing funding for solar electricity in three phases starting from 2011.
07 September, 2010
The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) is launching the European Photovoltaic Observatory identifying beneficial market conditions and best practices for solar PV.
07 September, 2010
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed the installation of a 191 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Nabeya-ueno Waterworks in Nagoya, Japan.
07 September, 2010
SCHOTT Solar has developed a technique allowing for multicrystalline solar cells with 17.6% efficiency to be manufactured on a large-scale industrial basis.
06 September, 2010
Masdar PV says its amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film solar cells have reached an efficiency of 7.4% – a 15% increase.
06 September, 2010
IBC SOLAR has opened a Czech subsidiary, IBC SOLAR s.r.o., in Prague to serve the Czech and Slovakian solar photovoltaic (PV) markets.
03 September, 2010
Centrosolar, a German manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules announces London branch.
02 September, 2010
The Conergy Group will build 20 solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants totalling 32 MW in Greece under a framework agreement with an undisclosed “major local investor.”
02 September, 2010
SCHOTT Solar and Solland Solar are cooperating on back-contacted solar modules under an agreement on technology licensing, joint R&D and joint production.
01 September, 2010
Phoenix Solar AG will build a 2.2 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) park in Slovakia under an agreement with Green Energy Slovakia SRO.
01 September, 2010
Masdar PV has supplied 80 thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules on the office building of Jako Bau- und Verputz GmbH, Germany.
01 September, 2010