A vehicle running on polymer solar cells capable of carrying one person has been demonstrated at Risø DTU, Denmark.
29 October, 2010
Fraunhofer ISE has received the EARTO Innovation Prize for its development of a solar concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system.
29 October, 2010
Renewable energy project developer, the juwi-Group, has established a subsidiary in India.
29 October, 2010
The solar photovoltaic (PV) market in 66 Sunbelt countries identified by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) could have 1.1 TW installed solar PV capacity by 2030.
28 October, 2010
UK-based Oxford Photovoltaics has scooped £100,000 to commercialise new solar glazing technology, which the judges believe has the potential to become a dominant solution in the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) market.
28 October, 2010
Hareon Solar, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells, has announced the installation of the Applied Materials SmartFactory manufacturing system in its Chinese plants.
28 October, 2010
German Wagner & Co and UK solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment provider AC Solartechnic Ltd, are setting up a joint venture (JV), Wagner Solar UK.
27 October, 2010
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panel production could grow 92% in 2010, eclipsing the previously estimated 15 GW, according to GTM Research.
27 October, 2010
REC ASA’s net loss from total operations in the third quarter (Q3) 2010 narrowed 11% to NOK896 million as revenues soared 83% to NOK3783m.
27 October, 2010
Australia’s Clean Energy Council says the cost of supporting residential solar power is a drop in the ocean compared to billions of dollars in network costs that are driving big increases in electricity prices in New South Wales, Australia.
26 October, 2010
Good Energies and NIBC Infrastructure Partners are acquiring the solar photovoltaic (PV) plants Finsterwalde II and Finsterwalde III totalling 40 MWp in Brandenburg, Germany, from Q-Cells SE.
26 October, 2010
aleo solar AG is increasing its total annual solar module production capacity across its three factories from 250 MW to 390 MW by the end of 2011.
26 October, 2010
Oerlikon Solar will provide a 40 MW turnkey thin-film silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) production line to China’s Hunan Gongchuang Photovoltaic Science & Technology Co Ltd.
25 October, 2010
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won a major conract for setting up Grid-Interactive solar power plants of 1100 kW capacity on a turnkey basis, in the Lakshadweep islands.
21 October, 2010
The Corporation has announced that its solar module KD210GH-2PU is the first in the world to have passed the major sub-tests of the new “Long-Term Sequential Test” performed by TÜV Rheinland Japan Ltd. which independently evaluates solar module quality and reliability.
21 October, 2010
The two organisations have inked a letter of intent to construct a solar silicon manufacturing facility in the Canadian province, as well as set up a long term power purchase agreement.
20 October, 2010
Sunways AG claims to be the first industrial user of an innovative measuring system, used in the development of high-efficiency silicon solar cells.
19 October, 2010
Projects will be located at Baoding headquarters and in Hainan province.
15 October, 2010
One of Germany's most outspoken environmental politicians has died, at the age of 66. Hermann Scheer, a Social Democratic member of the German parliament, was a leading campaigner for renewable energy, in particular solar power.
15 October, 2010
Multi-year relationship moves to development phase to create solar arrays with increased efficiency.
15 October, 2010
The SolarTie solution combines two of AMSC’s proprietary technologies – D-VAR STATCOM solutions and PowerModule power converter systems.
14 October, 2010
The new films - aimed at the solar thermal electricity and PV sectors respectively - are further evidence of the company leveraging its broad technology portfolio to commercialise innovative products.
14 October, 2010
Quarterly manufacturing capacity added during Q3 2010 broke through the GW barrier for the first time, driving PV equipment spending to a new quarterly high, according to the Solarbuzz PV Equipment Quarterly.
14 October, 2010
International Energy Agency (IEA) calculations based on preliminary data show that China has now overtaken the U.S. to become the world's largest energy user.
12 October, 2010
First Solar and Enbridge have completed the 80 MW Sarnia Solar Project, a solar photovoltaic (PV) facility in Ontario, Canada, said to be the biggest in the world.
11 October, 2010
The company reports that it has signed agreements with 7 key customers for a 380 MW increase in orders for 2011 over previously announced volumes.
11 October, 2010
Politicians, environmental campaign groups, unions and academics are among those to have called for the protection of the UK’s solar power industry in an open letter to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne.
11 October, 2010
Researchers at the University of Stanford has found that by configuring the thickness of several layers of films, an organic polymer solar thin-film could absorb as much as 10 time more energy than previously thought possible.
08 October, 2010
Ofgem's prediction that the UK solar market is likely to reach 60 MW by the end of 2010 and 250 MW in 2011, has spurred Solar Power UK to extend its programme.
08 October, 2010
Acta S.p.A. will install a 1 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) park in the Abruzzo region of Italy under a €3.5 million contract with Tesla S.r.l.
07 October, 2010
Installed on the roof of a sweets confectioner near Istanbul Centrosolar has installed Turkey’s largest thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) power system to date.
07 October, 2010
SunEdison has sold its 70 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant located in Northeast Italy, near the town of Rovigo to First Reserve.
06 October, 2010
Market-research group Solarbuzz looks at the solar photovoltaic (PV) feed-in tariff (FiT) in the UK and the following surge in solar PV units installed.
06 October, 2010
Solar energy market research company Solarbuzz says global solar photovoltaic (PV) demand escalated to 82 GW in Q2, up 54% quarter on quarter.
06 October, 2010
Two scientists who discovered graphene at The University of Manchester have today been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.
06 October, 2010
The German Federal Network Agency has published figures for newly installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacities for June, July and August, and EuPD Research says it expects that the degression will reach its maximum limit of 13% at the turn of the year.
05 October, 2010
SunPower Corp has completed the sale of its Montalto di Castro solar park to solar photovoltaic (PV) power producer Etrion for approximately €49 million.
04 October, 2010
ABB will install four solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in Sicily, Italy, totalling 17 MW under a US$27 million contract with Gestamp Solar.
04 October, 2010
Registered solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Germany have reached 4.8 GW in the first 8 months of 2010, up 327% on the same period last year, according to IMS Research.
01 October, 2010