SoCore Energy has installed Walgreens' 100th rooftop solar power system at one of the drug store chain's outlets in Mason, Ohio, USA.
30 September, 2011
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd has been recognised by the World Economic Forum as a New Sustainability Champion in WEF's report ‘Redefining the Future Growth: The New Sustainability Champions’.
30 September, 2011
DuPont Apollo and Thailand's Loxley Plc have completed an 8.7 MW ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) thin-film farm in the Prachin Buri Province of Thailand.
29 September, 2011
IKEA has officially plugged-in a 539 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system at its East Bay store in Emeryville, California, USA.
28 September, 2011
Isolux Corsán has built three solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Cornwall, UK, with a total installed capacity of 15 MWp representing a capex of €40 million.
26 September, 2011
Trina Solar and Sundog Energy have launched Trina Solar's Trinamount solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting system.
26 September, 2011
ISOFOTON is involved in INNPACTO projects coordinated by ISFOC with the aim to improve solar concentrating photovoltaic (PV) module efficiency to 35%.
26 September, 2011
First Solar Inc's 550 MW Topaz Solar Farm project will not meet the deadline to receive a Federal loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DoE) – First Solar wishes to sell the project.
26 September, 2011
The US solar PV market grew 69% in the second quarter (Q2) this year over the same period last year with the installation of 314 MW.
23 September, 2011
Gehrlicher Solar Italia Srl has sold five solar photovoltaic (PV) parks totalling 10.4 MWp to White Owl Capital AG.
22 September, 2011
A team of students from Ohio State University will use 8 kW of First Solar's thin-film solar modules to power their sustainable house in the 2011 US Department of Energy's (DoE) Solar Decathlon competition.
21 September, 2011
Paula Mints of Navigant, Ammonix's Brian Robertson and SolarVision's Andy Skumanich took part in our latest webinar...
21 September, 2011
SolarBridge Technologies has been awarded a US$2.3 million grant under the US Department of Energy's (DoE) SunShot programme to develop low-cost solar photovoltaic (PV) microinverters.
21 September, 2011
The Spanish Technical Building Code could lead to 3.4 million m2 of solar thermal systems by 2020 led by the residential market, according to the Spanish Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE) and consultancy ECLAREON.
20 September, 2011
G24 Innovations (G24i) and Skyco Shading Systems Inc will install a wireless shade system powered by G25i's Gen-3 indoor solar technology in over 8000 windows for a global hotel chain.
20 September, 2011
The cost of installed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the USA fell “substantially” in 2010 and the first half of 2011, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
20 September, 2011
Sungrow's solar photovoltaic (PV) grid-connected inverter, SG100KC, has received ETL certification for the Canadian solar market.
19 September, 2011
DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) has introduced its Solamet PV51M solar photovoltaic (PV) metallisation paste for solar cell manufacturing, said to reduce the need for silver by up to 15%.
19 September, 2011
First Solar will deliver 100 MW of its thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to Reliance Power for a project near Mumbai, India.
16 September, 2011
Conergy will discontinue its wafer and solar cell manufacturing and lays off 100 permanent employees due to substantial price pressure and over-capacity in the solar photovoltaics (PV) market.
16 September, 2011
Phoenix Solar has been commissioned to build a 227 kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop installation in Italy as well as providing 3.7 MW of solar modules to various projects.
15 September, 2011
Baja Sun Energy SRL and Arima Solar are forming an integrated solar business in Mexico for the construction of concentrated solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.
15 September, 2011
SolOptics' FUSION solar photovoltaic (PV) enhancement technology using optical lenses on the surface of polymer or glass cover sheets could boost the output of solar PV modules for under US$0.01/W.
14 September, 2011
Shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) microinverters and power optimisers soared over 500% in 2010, according to analyst IMS Research.
14 September, 2011
Konarka Technologies Inc and the Color/Construction Unit of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe will cooperate on developing steel roof and other construction elements for solar building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).
14 September, 2011
Kyocera Corporation has supplied solar modules for a carport roofing installation for charging electric cars and bikes in southern Germany.
13 September, 2011
Tenesol has launched Sun Smart+, a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion and storage solution.
13 September, 2011
Using nanotubes, researchers at the University of Surrey, UK, may have found a route to increase the efficiency – and thereby reduce the cost of – solar photovoltaic (PV) cells.
13 September, 2011
Natcore Technology Inc has fabricated two families of multilayer quantum dot films for solar photovoltaic (PV) cells.
13 September, 2011
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and Amtech Systems Inc aim to increase solar photovoltaic (PV) cell and module output using metal wrap through technology.
12 September, 2011
DEGERenergie is supplying 270 of its DEGERtrackers 6000NT solar trackers for two solar plants in Enna, Sicily in Italy.
12 September, 2011
Renewable energy microgeneration uptake in the UK is increasing with a 400% jump since the feed-in tariff was introduced in April 2010.
12 September, 2011
Titan Tracker will supply its dual-axis trackers for 2 MW of solar concentrating photvoltaics (PV) in Italy developed by Limen SA.
09 September, 2011
The US Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a partial guarantee of a US$344 million loan supporting a solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop project for military housing.
09 September, 2011
The line manufacturer Bürkle is presenting its new SL technology for laminating solar photovoltaic (PV) modules at EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany.
08 September, 2011
SunPower Corp's new SunPower E20 series of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels have total area efficiencies of 20% and over.
08 September, 2011
The relatively small solar markets, Portugal and New Jersey, USA, are showing favourable solar system returns despite other constraints, according to Lux Research.
08 September, 2011
Saint-Gobain Solar is launching its SolarBond Membrane for solar photovoltaic (PV) panel lamination, said to enhance solar PV module manufacturing efficiency, at EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany.
07 September, 2011
Trident Solar is announcing two inkjet product offerings for solar photovoltaic (PV) applications at EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany, this week.
07 September, 2011
Trina Solar has launched its latest solar photovoltaic (PV) crystalline module, the TSM-PC/PA05A, featuring a new cell structure at EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany.
07 September, 2011
Investment in solar photovoltaic (PV) technology could double from €35-40 billion in 2010 to over €70bn in 2015, according to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).
07 September, 2011
Oerlikon Solar has won the Solar Industry Award in the category Thin Film Innovations for the third time at this year's EU PVSEC in Hamburg, Germany.
06 September, 2011
juwi Solar GmbH has installed a 200 kW off-grid hybrid solar photovoltaic (PV) system in Tsumkwe in Northern Namibia.
06 September, 2011
Oerlikon Solar has launched a 154 Wp solar photovoltaic (PV) thin-film module with "a record efficiency" of 10.8% at EU PVSEC 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.
06 September, 2011
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is helping four solar start-ups ramp up innovations through its Department of Energy (DoE) funded Incubator Program.
06 September, 2011
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced over US$145 million for advanced solar technologies to “help shape the next generation of solar energy technologies”.
06 September, 2011
SolarWorld AG is closing down its solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing facilities in Camarillo (CA, USA), but says it will retain and strengthen its sales and distribution efforts there.
05 September, 2011
The bankruptcy announcement from Solyndra last week “should really come as no surprise”, says IMS Research.
05 September, 2011
The growth of copper indium gallium selenide solar photovoltaics (PV) is driving increased use of indium in the solar PV industry according to analyst NanoMarkets.
05 September, 2011
Research institutes from Europe and the USA have adopted a draft for an outdoor test standard for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules.
05 September, 2011
SCHOTT Solar has achieved a peak efficiency of 18.2% for its polycrystalline solar photovoltaic (PV) module.
02 September, 2011
US solar photovoltaic (PV) copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) module manufacturer Solyndra is suspending all manufacturing operations and is laying off 1100 employees as it files for bankruptcy.
02 September, 2011
Siemens Energy will deliver 15 turnkey solar photovoltaic (PV) installations totalling 25 MWp in Italy and France.
02 September, 2011
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd has launched the HiPerforma solar photovoltaic (PV) product line with the introduction of HiPerforma Pluto Pluto Vdm-295 and HiPerforma Wdm-245 in Europe.
01 September, 2011
Enphase Energy says solar photovoltaic (PV) installations using its microinverters outperform the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) PVWatts calculator predictions by 8% on average.
01 September, 2011
Germany's Payom Solar AG has acquired US-based AMSOLAR Corporation and thereby officially entered the North American solar market.
01 September, 2011
The top three suppliers of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in the second quarter (Q2) of 2011 were Chinese, according to IMS Research.
01 September, 2011