Kyocera Corporation has installed solar power generating systems at over 1200 public schools in Japan.
31 January, 2011
REC Solar's modules have been installed on rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at two Ikea stores in Germany
31 January, 2011
Arkema and CEA teams from Institut National de l'Energie Solaire (INES) have set up a private-public research laboratory for the development of polymer materials for the various solar photovoltaic (PV) module technologies in France.
28 January, 2011
Despite the reductions in support for solar system, Spanish solar systems now deliver electricity in the TWh range making solar bigger than hydro or coal, and Spain now produces more wind and solar power than California.
28 January, 2011
Allianz has invested over €1 billion in 30 wind farms and solar parks in Germany, France and Italy since 2005.
27 January, 2011
Siemens Energy and Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd have entered a framework agreement under which Suntech’s solar photovoltaic (PV) modules will be supplied to projects in Europe.
27 January, 2011
Tenesol has completed a 7 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the roofs of farm buildings in Southern France.
27 January, 2011
There has been a breakthrough in solar photovoltaic (PV) module recycling, according to experts at the 2nd International conference on PV Module Recycling in Madrid, Spain.
26 January, 2011
Italy has officially reported that 1850 MW of new solar photovoltaics (PV) systems were installed in 2010, substantially exceeding industry estimates.
26 January, 2011
France imposed a three-month stop to new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in December, to end what the Government has called a ‘speculative bubble’.
25 January, 2011
InnoLas Systems GmbH is to deliver laser processing systems for the manufacture of solar thin-film modules with a total annual production volume output of 300 MW.
24 January, 2011
Parity Solar and China National Building Materials (CNBM) will cooperate on expanding Parity’s existing solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China to an annual production of 500 MW.
24 January, 2011
TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd has certified Kyocera Corporation’s solar modules after they passed TUV’s ‘Long-Term Sequential Tests’.
24 January, 2011
The German Government has reached an agreement with the country’s solar industry to tailor solar photovoltaic (PV) feed-in tariffs to installed capacity.
24 January, 2011
Isofoton and Indra will collaborate on the development of a high concentration (HCPV) tracker, monitoring and control systems for concentrating solar photovoltaic (CPV) installations and grid connected inverters.
21 January, 2011
Spending on solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing equipment grew for the 6th consecutive quarter driven by rising demand from Asia, according to Solarbuzz.
21 January, 2011
Innotech Solar and Perfekta Solar have bought REC's struggling solar photovoltaic (PV) module production plant in Glava, Sweden.
21 January, 2011
New solar photovoltaic (PV) installations grew by 130% to reach 17.5 GW in 2010 and growth is set to continue in 2011, says analyst IMS Research.
18 January, 2011
The growing market in concentrated solar power (CSP) is being seriously challenged by the dropping price of solar photovoltaics (PV), according to GTM Research.
18 January, 2011
Masdar PV will supply 65,000 solar modules to a 6 MWp solar farm in Luckenwalde, Germany, in partnership with Beck Energy GmbH.
17 January, 2011
Oxford Photovoltaics (Oxford PV) has developed a new solid state thin-film solar cell made from cheap, non-toxic materials which can be printed onto glass or walls.
17 January, 2011
Evergreen Solar, which manufactures String Ribbon solar products, has announced the closure of its factory in Devens, Massachusetts, due to stiff competition from China.
14 January, 2011
The Government's national clean energy organisation said a lack of local demand for renewable energy was to blame.
13 January, 2011
TSMC has agreed to make Centrosolar the exclusive European manufacturer of its crystalline solar modules.
13 January, 2011
Trina Solar has signed a supplemental long-term solar wafer and polysilicon product supply agreement with GCL Solar Energy Technology Company Ltd, a subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd (GCL-Poly).
12 January, 2011
Solar system manufacter Conergy is increasing production following high demand for its products in 2010, as well as opening a new factory in California.
12 January, 2011
Thailand’s Solar Power Co Ltd is building 34, 6 MW solar farms in north-eastern Thailand using around 1 million Kyocera solar modules totalling 204 MW.
11 January, 2011
PV julist and juwi have installed a 7.4 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop system at Goodyear Dunlop’s logistics centre in Philippsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
11 January, 2011
LDK Solar Co Ltd has upped its outlook for the fourth quarter 2010 and fiscal year 2011.
10 January, 2011
United Solar's solar photovoltaic (PV) laminates have been installed by BAM Solar on a second Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
10 January, 2011
While Turkey tries to catch up with the international renewable energy industry by introducing its first, well thought-out feed-in tariff, Spain has reduced solar funding on the quiet, says EuPD Research.
07 January, 2011
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module production capacity increased almost 70% in 2010, reaching nearly 30 GW by year end and will continue to grow, but installations are to slow down, according to IMS Research.
07 January, 2011
M+W Solar GmbH will engineer and construct a 5 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Oria, Apulia, Italy.
06 January, 2011
Voltwerk’s VS Series of single phase string solar inverters can now be used with solar thin-film modules from Calyzo GmbH.
06 January, 2011
As Germany winds down its solar subsidies, industry players will be scrambling to find the next big growth market, says Lux Research.
06 January, 2011
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co Ltd has completed a 5 MW solar power plant developed by Lanco Infratech Ltd (ITL) in India.
05 January, 2011
First Solar Inc and China Guangdong Nuclear Solar Energy Development Co Ltd will develop the 30 MW Phase 1 of the previously announced solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
05 January, 2011
SunPower has completed the sale of two solar power plants in the Lazio region of Italy totalling 57 MW.
04 January, 2011
REC has signed a three-year multicrystalline solar wafer supply contract worth NOK1.1 billion (~€141 million) with an undisclosed Asian solar cell producer.
04 January, 2011