The company has signed a sales agreement to supply solar modules to US-based FRV AE Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, Inc., the independent solar power producer.
30 April, 2011
Q-Cells is to enter the Japanese residential market with integrated photovoltaic solutions.
29 April, 2011
Schneider Electric has launched its Square D 1000 VDC, heavy-duty disconnect switch for the solar market.
28 April, 2011
Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a gold plated window as the transparent electrode for organic solar cells.
28 April, 2011
Spread over 12 acres of land and situated near Pune, the eighth largest metropolis in India, Tata claims that this is the first and largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Maharashtra, and one of the largest in India.
28 April, 2011
Power-One was the PV inverter market’s largest share gainer in 2010, moving up to second in the global rankings - according to IMS Research’s latest report on the market.
27 April, 2011
Silfab Spa and Espe Srl have founded Espe Sunparc Srl to specialise in the development and installation of high-efficient solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Italy and elsewhere.
27 April, 2011
Swiss researchers at Empa have found a new, flexible material that could substitute indium tin oxide (ITO) in flexible thin-film solar cells.
26 April, 2011
A team of researchers headed by the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) has made fundamental discoveries about the processes in photoelectrochemical cells that could have an impact on solar to chemical energy conversion.
21 April, 2011
Q-Cells SE is introducing its Next Generation solar cells as well as its copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar module Q.SMART UF.
21 April, 2011
Equity fund manager Platina Partners LLP is acquiring 10 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the Puglia region of southern Italy from Degennaro Group.
20 April, 2011
Organic solar photovoltaics' (OPV) relatively poor conversion efficiencies and short lifetimes, means it will not compete with conventional solar power technologies, according to Lux Research.
20 April, 2011
Bosch Solar Energy AG has achieved 19.6% efficiency for a large-area passivated emitted and rear cell (PERC), monocrystalline silicon solar cell measuring 156 x 156 mm.
19 April, 2011
WorldWater & Solar Technologies Inc and Gamesa are donating two solar driven water purification systems, Mobile MaxPure®(MMP), to Japan.
18 April, 2011
Conergy has installed a 1.7 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop system on the 14,000 m2 roof of the coffee roaster Emicela in Aqüimes on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.
18 April, 2011
LDK Solar Co Ltd has invested US$35 million in a manufacturing line to produce silane gas in its Mahong Plant in Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province, China, to meet semiconductor, solar and flat panel display demand.
15 April, 2011
The developer of high efficiency multi-junction cells for the CPV market said its new world-record efficiency was obtained on a commercial-ready production cell.
14 April, 2011
Suntech was the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) module supplier in 2010, growing its shipments by more than 130% over the previous year, according to IMS Research.
14 April, 2011
Researchers at Fraunhofer ISE have reached efficiencies over 20% for silicon solar cells using screen printing technology.
13 April, 2011
IBC SOLAR has opened its solar photovoltaic (PV) subsidiary office in Beijing, China.
12 April, 2011
Centrosolar UK Ltd is introducing its 54-cell ‘Excellent’ solar photovoltaic (PV) module to the UK market.
12 April, 2011
LDK Solar Co Ltd has invested approximately US$40 million in a new sapphire solar wafer manufacturing plant in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province.
11 April, 2011
Kyocera Corporation has installed 960 kW, or 4300 units, of its solar photovoltaic (PV) modules on the roof of the recently opened AEON Itami-Koya shopping centre in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
08 April, 2011
SolarWorld has come out top in the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) 2011 Solar Company Scorecard, which ranks solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturers according to environmental, sustainability and social justice factors.
07 April, 2011
Silfab Ontario Inc will build a 5 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) system consisting of 20,410 solar modules for Alderville First Nation in Southeastern Ontario, Canada.
05 April, 2011
Global solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter revenues reached US$1.6 billion in Q4’10, 24% lower than the previous quarter, but 30% higher than in Q4’09, according to IMS Research.
05 April, 2011
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd plans a 10 MW solar installation at the Tibetan Plateau.
04 April, 2011
LDK Solar Co Ltd has added a solar cell manufacturing site in Hefei City, Anhui Province, taking the company’s annual solar cell capacity to 570 MW.
04 April, 2011
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd is launching a 245 W, monocrystalline, solar photovoltaic (PV) module designed for residential and small commercial rooftop applications in the European market.
01 April, 2011