Following the successful closing of the first solar fund launched by DCM in 2007, Centrosolar Group AG has once again become project partner for the DCM Solarfonds 3. The special feature of this solar fund is that investors are investing not in a single solar park, but in a number of solar facilities at various locations.
30 September, 2009
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have developed new methods and cell concepts for the manufacture of n-type silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) cells. As a result, higher efficiencies and power production levels are also possible for commercial solar cells.
30 September, 2009
Applied Materials has signed a five-year contract with ENN Solar Energy Co. to support ENN’s solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing facility in Langfang, China, which features an Applied SunFab™ Thin Film Line.
29 September, 2009
The European commission awarded the Becquerel Prize to Dr Andreas Bett, Head of Materials – Solar Cells and Technology department and one of the deputy institute directors at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy ISE, for his work on solar photovoltaic (PV) concentrator technology at EU PVSEC in Hamburg last week.
29 September, 2009
Suntech Power Holdings Co, a manufacturer of crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, has reached a 16.53% multi-crystalline silicon PV module conversion efficiency.
25 September, 2009
Oerlikon Solar, a supplier of thin-film silicon photovoltaic (PV) process and production equipment and end-to-end manufacturing lines, has been named winner of the 2009 Solar Industry Award, presented at the EU PVSEC 2009 Conference in Hamburg.
25 September, 2009
Suntech Power Holdings Co, a manufacturer of crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, is introducing a 60 cell multi-crystalline solar PV module called Wd.
23 September, 2009
Bosch Solar Energy AG, formerly ersol Solar Energy AG, is presenting three prototypes of new crystalline and thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) in Hamburg, Germany.
23 September, 2009
Oerlikon Solar's Chinese customer Tianwei SolarFilms has signed a deal providing 70 MW thin-film silicon solar photovoltaic (PV) solar panels to Thailand Green Energy Co.
23 September, 2009
SCHOTT Solar AG is extending the guarantee conditions for its solar power modules offering a 25-year performance guarantee on glass-foil solar modules and a 30-year guarantee on double glass solar modules.
23 September, 2009
Q-Cells SE has designed a solar photovoltaic (PV) module with an efficiency of 15.9% using the next generation of polycrystalline cells.
23 September, 2009
The Renewable Energy Focus team is at the European Photovoltaic Exhibition and Conference (EU PVSEC) in Hamburg this week.
21 September, 2009
Solar could see an annual growth of 25-30% per year, according to Winfried Hoffmann, President of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), at the opening of the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) in Germany.
21 September, 2009
First Solar has announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese government to build a 2 GW solar power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China.
18 September, 2009
SMA has announced the acquisition of micro-inverter technology from Dutch firm OKE.
12 September, 2009
The organisers of the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy is seeking entries from "inspirational and innovative" local sustainable energy programmes from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
12 September, 2009
Intersolar is expanding into India. It will be organised in association with SOLARCON® India, in Hyderabad, 9-11 November 2009.
11 September, 2009
Organisers of the prominent global renewable energy awards report that nominations are reflecting the structural changes to clean energy markets…
10 September, 2009
Masdar Institute of Science and technology has welcomed its first intake of 92 graduate students, representing 22 different nations.
10 September, 2009
Renewable Energy Focus, in association with PerkinElmer, is organising a free, 1 hour webinar (exact date tba), examining how analysis/testing solutions and equipment can ensure quality and detect areas of improvement needed for solar cell development.
09 September, 2009
Spectrolab Inc. has achieved a 41.6 % efficiency record for a terrestrial concentrator solar cell.
08 September, 2009
Oerlikon Solar and Tianwei have completed one of mainland China’s largest thin-film solar panel factories, which in the first phase could produce 500,000 thin-film solar modules totalling 46 MW per year.
07 September, 2009
Researchers at UNSW claim to have set a new solar PV cell efficiency record of 43%.
07 September, 2009
The US$2.2 million Zayed Future Energy Prize awarded every year for innovation, long-term vision and leadership in renewable energy and technologies is open for nominations until 16 October 2009.
04 September, 2009
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03 September, 2009
SolarWorld is supplying 5000 of its 220/230 W solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for a 1.2 MW solar power plant at an Air Force base in Aurora, Colorado, USA.
03 September, 2009
David MacKay, Professor in the Department of Physics at Cambridge University and author of the influential book ‘Sustainable Energy - without the hot air' has been appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change.
03 September, 2009
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer ersol Solar Energy is changing its name and branding to Bosch Solar Energy following Bosch’s acquisition of ersol Solar Energy last year.
02 September, 2009
What is said to be the world’s second largest thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, Lieberose, is under construction near Cottbus in Brandenburg, Germany.
01 September, 2009