SMA’s Sunny PRO Club—a membership-based professional partnership programme for solar installers—has extended its Regional Forums in North America through 2012.
30 January, 2012
Trina Solar has completed its first Trinamount solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting installation in Europe – at a 50 kWp solar PV system in Cumbria, UK.
30 January, 2012
Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and Wind To Power System (w2pS) have entered a partnership agreement to supply an integrated low voltage ride through (LVRT) solution for solar photovoltaic (PV) to ensure compliance with new Spanish regulations.
30 January, 2012
Despite high demand in Europe, there are no European companies in the latest top 10 list of solar photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturers from Lux Research.
26 January, 2012
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module prices are expected to fall 4% in January after a 7% increase in December 2011 due to a temporary pick-up in demand ahead of feed-in tariff reductions in a number of key markets, according to IMS Research.
26 January, 2012
First Solar Inc has set a new record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar module efficiency, reaching a 14.4% total area efficiency.
25 January, 2012
Telgenco of Cambridge, UK, has launched a 5 kW 48 V DC generator targeted specifically for renewable energy deployments and remote telecoms sites.
25 January, 2012
Q-Cells SE has set two records – for module efficiency and peak output – with its 60-cell solar photovoltaic (PV) modules.
24 January, 2012
Sputnik Engineering is offering a free warranty extension for its SolarMax central solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters.
24 January, 2012
Abound Solar and Solar Integration Systems India Private Ltd (Solarsis) have commissioned a 1 MW thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
24 January, 2012
Mind4Energy bvba Ltd has launched a solar photovoltaic (PV) monitoring system offering visualisations and comparisons of key performance indicators of solar plants.
23 January, 2012
Masdar PV has completed a 11.7 MWp thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) farm in Gotha, Thuringia, in Germany.
20 January, 2012
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has made provisions for a 3 March 2012 deadline for the reduced solar feed-in tariff should it lose a court appeal regarding its original December cut-off date.
20 January, 2012
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19 January, 2012
Masdar and the Development Bank of Japan plan to invest in solar and wind projects in OECD countries.
18 January, 2012
Dow Corning has completed its €9 million Solar Energy Exploration and Development (SEED) centre in Seneffe, Belgium, which includes a Solar Application Centre and a Silicone Synthesis Technology Centre.
18 January, 2012
The German Bundesnetzagentur estimates that the sale of new solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in 2011 reached 7.5 GW – slightly up from the 7.4 GW record set in 2010.
17 January, 2012
Trina Solar Ltd is offering a three-pronged service solution featuring complimentary design services, Honey solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and the rapid-install Trinamount racking system.
16 January, 2012
PSEG Solar Source has bought the 25.2 MW DC (19 MW AC) Queen Creek Solar Farm to be developed by juwi solar Inc in Arizona, USA, for US$75 million.
13 January, 2012
Dubai is planning a 1 GW solar project using both solar photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) technology in Seih Al Dahal near Dubai-Al Ain road.
12 January, 2012
First Solar is to be the 'Official Solar Provider' of the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open Tournament in golf.
10 January, 2012
REC intends to temporary halt 50% of the capacity at its 300 MW monocrystalline solar wafer facility in Glomfjord, Norway, affecting 65 employees.
10 January, 2012
The European solar market remains hot despite the financial crisis and subsidy cuts, according to analyst Lux Research.
09 January, 2012
A process for solar photovoltaic (PV) module production developed by Bystronic Glass and Fraunhofer ISE could reduce production times and cost.
06 January, 2012
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Alliance have merged in the US to present a unified solar industry voice in all advocacy efforts at the state level.
06 January, 2012
UK Energy Minister Greg Barker has announced via Twitter that the Government will try to appeal a ruling that its solar feed-in tariff cuts are illegal.
06 January, 2012
LDK Solar has entered into an investment agreement with Sunways AG to acquire 33% of Sunways’ increased share capital following a capital increase, at the same time as proposing a takeover.
05 January, 2012
The Nile Basin Discourse (NBD) has proposed to include wind and solar in addition to hydropower into the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), to ensure greater access to electricity.
05 January, 2012
The US Department of the Interior (DoI) has approved a solar plant in California and a wind farm in Oregon.
04 January, 2012
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking comments on its plans for establishing an efficient, competitive process for issuing right-of-way (ROW) leases for solar and wind energy development on public lands.
04 January, 2012
German solar produced over 18 TWh in 2011, up 60% from 2010, according to the Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW-Solar).
04 January, 2012
Enel Green Power has installed solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power projects totalling 880 MW in 2011.
03 January, 2012
Tata Power has signed a share purchase agreement with BP Alternative Energy Holdings to purchase its remaining 51% equity and preference stake in the joint venture (JV) Tata BP Solar.
02 January, 2012
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has entered a patent licence agreement with Natcore Technology Inc to develop a line of black silicon products, which could help increase solar photovoltaic (PV) cell efficiency.
02 January, 2012