Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from China and Japan during the second half of 2013 is forecast to reach 9 GW, representing an increase of 100% compared to the first half and 70% compared to the second half of 2013, says a new NPD Solarbuzz report.
30 August, 2013
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) president and CEO Rhone Resch released the following statement after learning of the tragic deaths of two First Solar construction supervisors in a plane crash near the Desert Sunlight solar facility in Riverside County, California.
30 August, 2013
Wales-based IQE plc says that its wafers have been independently certified as achieving 44.1% cell efficiency by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), potentially setting a new world record for production scale concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) wafer technology.
29 August, 2013
A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) says that, in the US, by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies.
28 August, 2013
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide US$230 million backing to support investment in hydropower, wind, geothermal and photovoltaic renewable energy schemes across Central America.
28 August, 2013
Scientists at Michigan Technological University have developed a new inexpensive 3D graphene that could replace the platinum in solar cells without degrading their efficiency.
27 August, 2013
Gehrlicher Solar America Corp has completed building a 4 MW solar array, phase 1 of a 7.2 MWp solar park for UniSource Energy Service (UES) in Rio Rico, Arizona.
27 August, 2013
Goldpoly New Energy Holdings Limited has entered into an agreement with a number of Chinese solar companies to buy 400MW of solar power plants.
23 August, 2013
Enphase Energy says that its Enphase System microinverters are being installed at a 2.3MW (2MW AC) solar project in Ontario, Canada.
22 August, 2013
SolarCity Corp is to purchase the assets of Paramount Energy Solutions LLC, which does business under the name of Paramount Solar, a subsidiary of Paramount Equity, for approximately US$120 million.
21 August, 2013
The installed price of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2012 and through the first half of 2013, according to the latest edition of Tracking the Sun, an annual cost report produced by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
20 August, 2013
Swiss scientists have developed flexible, light-weight cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells that have an increased efficiency of 11.5 per cent.
20 August, 2013
Quarterly solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments for 20 leading PV manufacturers exceeded 5.8 GW during the second quarter of 2013, a growth of 21% from Q2 2012.
19 August, 2013
Mitsubishi Corp has acquired 50 per cent stakes in two solar power stations in France from EDF Energies Nouvelles SA.
19 August, 2013
“Solar is critically important to our nation’s energy security and national security – and we’re doing our part to fight climate change,” said the head of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Rhone Resch, stressing the sector has a key role to play to ensure the lights stay on should disaster strike.
13 August, 2013
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12 August, 2013
GE and First Solar have formed a technology partnership to improve PV thin-film solar cells and modules.
08 August, 2013
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07 August, 2013
310 Solar Energy has installed a photovoltaic solar power plant at the Vermejo Park Ranch, a 590,823 acre ranch in northeastern New Mexico owned by media mogul, and renewable energy advocate, Ted Turner.
07 August, 2013
The SCHMID Group says that its 5500 Series APCVD conveyor furnace is well positioned to meet the current requirements for PV cell manufacture coming from China, due to its 18% production efficiency.
06 August, 2013
Following its bankruptcy filing a few weeks ago, PV specialist Gehrlicher Solar AG could have a new investor.
05 August, 2013
The world solar PV market saw a pickup in June, enjoying a “warm summer of demand” according to Bloomberg’s Solar Shipment Index.
05 August, 2013