Suntech Power Holdings has introduced Reliathon, an integrated solar platform combining product and business-term innovations to lower costs and accelerate the path to grid parity with the development of utility-scale solar plants.
30 October, 2009
Professionals within the US solar electric industry value chain predict strong growth for their businesses over the next two years, and say more favourable legislation and heightened marketing will be key to their expansion.
28 October, 2009
The US Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) have formed a new jointly-owned legal entity, Solar Energy Trade Shows LLC.
28 October, 2009
Rhone Resch, president and ceo of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), has called on the solar industry to "enlist" in the fight to secure a policy environment that allows solar to compete with other forms of energy.
28 October, 2009
The solar photovoltaic (PV) system integrator Phoenix Solar AG has signed a project development contract with a Bulgarian subsidiary of the Krass Capital Group AG for the development of a 20 MWp solar park in Bulgaria.
27 October, 2009
Crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) solar module manufacturer Suntech Power Holdings Co and Pakistan's Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work towards the widespread use of solar energy technologies to meet the energy shortage in Pakistan.
27 October, 2009
Renewable energy could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 2741 Mt by 2030 under accelerated environmental policies, according to the International Energy Agency.
26 October, 2009
A 23.4 MW solar (photovoltaic) PV facility near the capital of Canada has been dedicated by the provincial minister of energy in Ontario.
23 October, 2009
Two Israeli companies will develop, construct and operate 36 MW of solar electric systems in Israel.
23 October, 2009
3TIER has unveiled a suite of solar assessment products that give utility-scale developers a higher degree of certainty in the availability of solar resources, and a more complete picture of the production potential of their projects.
21 October, 2009
Canada's largest solar farm is now producing power in the township of Stone Mills, near Napanee.
21 October, 2009
The International Solar Energy Society (ISES) has called for the use of feed-in tariffs worldwide at its solar world congress (SWC) in Johannesburg, South Africa.
21 October, 2009
A student team from Darmstadt, Germany, has designed, built and operated the most attractive and efficient solar powered home in an international solar competition.
19 October, 2009
Displaybank, which provides market research and consulting for the solar and display industries, says Korea solar photovoltaic (PV) installments could reach 200 MW by 2012.
16 October, 2009
Siemens AG is acquiring the solar thermal power company Solel Solar Systems Ltd for around US$418 million from Ecofin Ltd, a London based investment firm which specialises in the global utilities, energy and environmental sectors.
15 October, 2009
Ontario has rocketed to a place among the top 10 solar jurisdictions in North America following the activation earlier this month of a 9.1 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in eastern Ontario, Canada.
14 October, 2009
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced up to US$87 million to support the development of new solar energy technologies and the rapid deployment of available solar energy systems in the USA.
14 October, 2009
Crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, Suntech Power Holdings Co., has completed and grid connected what it says is the first 10 MW utility-scale solar PV power project in China.
12 October, 2009
Huawei, a provider of next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, says it has been selected by Grameenphone (GP), a subsidiary of Telenor, to deploy Bangladesh's first solar-powered base transceiver stations.
09 October, 2009
Brunei, one of the world's top oil and gas producers, is venturing into alternative energy with the construction of Southeast Asia's largest solar power plant.
09 October, 2009
Following the approval of the companies’ first two contracts with PG&E in August, the CPUC has now approved all 1,310 MW of contracts between BrightSource and PG&E.
08 October, 2009
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07 October, 2009
Enbridge Inc. is to acquire a 20 MW solar PV project that First Solar has developed and is constructing near Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
06 October, 2009
DuPont and Applied Materials, Inc. are to collaborate to advance multiple printing technology for crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) solar cells.
06 October, 2009
India is one of the latest countries to make the strategic move to a comprehensive system of feed-in tariffs to develop its renewable energy potential.
05 October, 2009
The new TripleLynx Pro system for solar inverters provides a package for integrating communication and data logging functions in the inverter and has an Integrated Web Server, Master Inverter and Ethernet functionality.
03 October, 2009
A decision issued recently by the Hawaiian Public Utilities Commission could generate new clean energy investment statewide.
03 October, 2009
The two organisations have sealed a deal for the joint development and construction of more than 50 MW of photovoltaic projects in Spain and Italy. A total investment of more than € 200 million is expected.
02 October, 2009
Ausra will provide the solar steam boiler supplier for the proposed 100 MW JOAN1 concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) project currently under development in Ma’an, Jordan.
01 October, 2009