The new feed-in tariff scheme in Japan offers attractive returns for both solar and wind power projects, according to analyst Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
30 March, 2012
The US Army’s base at Fort Hood in Texas, USA, has seen the installation and activation of a 684 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the base’s Liberty Village Military Housing.
30 March, 2012
Yole Développement says 35 GWp of new solar photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturing equipment will be purchased by 2017, in its report Crystalline Silicon PV: Technology, Equipment & Materials.
29 March, 2012
The Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter market, driven by the introduction of a national feed-in tariff, grew by over 400% in 2011 to over 2.5 GW in shipments, according to IMS Research.
28 March, 2012
Norwegian solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer Innotech Solar (ITS) has developed a high-yield 72-cell solar module from re-processed solar cells.
28 March, 2012
The UK Supreme Court has refused the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) leave to appeal the ruling against changes to the feed-in tariff.
27 March, 2012
The US Department of Commerce has set countervailing duties to a lower-than-expected 2.9-4.73% as a compromise in the trade spat between US solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers and China, analyst EuPD Research says.
27 March, 2012
Solarhybrid AG is filing for insolvency due to illiquidity before the local court in Arnsberg, Germany, weeks after listing project failures following the cuts in the German feed-in tariff for solar.
23 March, 2012
The Government of Ontario is reducing the feed-in tariff for solar by over 20% and for wind by around 15% in a review of the programme.
23 March, 2012
Most of the warranties for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules from the insolvent Solon SE will be transferred to the recently established Solon Energy GmbH.
19 March, 2012
Premier Power Renewable Energy Inc and Chaori Solar USA have finalised a US$27.6 million agreement to build utility-scale solar power plants in the US.
19 March, 2012
Sharp and the Government of Indonesia have agreed on the construction of 100 MW of solar photovoltaics (PV) on Bali, according to media reports.
19 March, 2012
FRV and Denham Capital are partnering with the aim to invest over US$190 million in new solar energy projects worldwide.
16 March, 2012
First Solar will construct the 26 MW Avra Valley thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) project near Tucson, AZ, USA, for NRG.
16 March, 2012
DEGERenergie is stopping the production of its concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) tracking systems as it says “CPV is unprofitable in the foreseeable future” – analyst questions too-optimistic business plan.
15 March, 2012
The US installed 1855 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2011, up 109% on 2010, according to the latest US Solar Market Insight report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
15 March, 2012
Clean Power Research (CPR) has been awarded a grant of US$850,000 from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to implement simulation tools to predict the variability of solar photovoltaic (PV) power caused by cloud cover.
14 March, 2012
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd has reached a record 20.3% efficiency with its Pluto solar photovoltaic (PV) cell technology with standard, commercial grade, p-type silicon wafers.
13 March, 2012
Power-One Inc's Aurora Ultra central solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter system has been awarded second place at the OTTI Award for Innovation by the Ostbayrisches Technologie-Transfer-Institut (OTTI).
13 March, 2012
Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd is presenting a new series of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules with improved efficiency, the monocrystalline solar modules STP200S and STP195S – 24/Ad+, with an efficiency of 15.7%.
12 March, 2012
Schott Solar AG's Schott Perform Poly solar photovoltaic (PV) modules have passed a salt spray corrosion test at the most difficult level of 6.
08 March, 2012
Around 11,000 people gathered in Berlin on 5 March to protest against further cuts to the support for solar photovoltaics (PV) in Germany from April.
08 March, 2012
Financial services firm Guggenheim Partners will serve as a strategic and financial advisor along with the National Bank of Greece on financing, structuring and the staged deployment of the 10 GW solar project Helios in Greece.
08 March, 2012
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) based solar cell manufacturer Microsol has acquired “essential components” of Solon SE and its subsidiaries for an undisclosed sum, creating Solon Energy GmbH.
08 March, 2012
SMA America's Sunny Central inverters have been selected for the 290 MW Agua Caliente solar photovoltaic (PV) plant under construction in Yuma County, AZ, USA.
08 March, 2012
A public solar powered hydrogen filling station for vehicles has been opened in Freiburg, Germany, by Fraunhofer ISE.
07 March, 2012
Representatives of the thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) industry value chain have established their own industry coalition: PVthin.
06 March, 2012
Abound Solar is shutting down production of its first-generation CdTe solar thin-film modules, causing temporary lay-offs of 180 employees at its Colorado facilities.
05 March, 2012
The Oerlikon Group is selling Oerlikon Solar to semiconductor production equipment provider Tokyo Electron Ltd, as the group continues its operational restructuring and cost cutting excercises.
05 March, 2012
EDF has been given the go-ahead to acquire the bankrupted solar company Photowatt.
02 March, 2012
Yingli's US subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Americas, and non-profit solar installer GRID Alternatives have renewed their strategic partnership for 2012, providing solar power to 800 low-income families in California and Colorado, USA.
01 March, 2012
SMA Solar Technology AG has opened a sales and service subsidiary in Japan, which will offer solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters and communication products for small solar PV plants in Japan.
01 March, 2012