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SunEdison and Mayor Bloomberg Introduce New York City

SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE), one of the world’s largest solar energy providers, last week introduced an innovative renewable energy project in partnership with America’s largest city.   New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, alongside SunEdison officials, unveiled a progressive partnership to build what will be the City’s largest solar energy project.  “Freshkills was once the site … Continue reading SunEdison and Mayor Bloomberg Introduce New York City

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JinkoSolar to develop 200 MW photovoltaic solar power project in China

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE:JKS), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the local government of Lingwu City (“Lingwu”), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, to develop a 200 MW ground-mounted PV power plant. professional paper writers Under the terms of … Continue reading JinkoSolar to develop 200 MW photovoltaic solar power project in China

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Enel Green Power begins construction works in Chile on its largest solar power park

Enel Green Power (“EGP”) has begun construction works at “Diego de Almagro”, its first photovoltaic plant in Chile. The plant, named after the Atacama Region district in which it is located, 950 km north of Santiago, will have a total installed capacity of 36 MW. The photovoltaic park will be composed of about 225 thousand, … Continue reading Enel Green Power begins construction works in Chile on its largest solar power park

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US Solar Photovoltaic Pipeline Grows to 43 Gigawatts

The pipeline of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects awaiting completion within the United States has grown by 7% during the past 12 months, and now exceeds 43 gigawatts (GW), which is enough to power more than six million US households. Whereas large projects in excess of 100 megawatts (MW) previously dominated the US PV pipeline, growth … Continue reading US Solar Photovoltaic Pipeline Grows to 43 Gigawatts

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Kuwait

Skytron energy, the specialists in monitoring, control and supervision systems for renewable energy power plants, have completed the installation of their supervision system for Kuwait’s first solar power plant, in cooperation with their partner company in Abu Dhabi, Enviromena Power Systems. Erected in the beautiful grounds around the prestigious Kuwait Towers and facing the blue … Continue reading Kuwait

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IHS estimates that 40–42 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity will be installed globally in 2014. This would represent a 15% increase over 2013 levels but is a lower estimate than has been given by other analysts.   Citing its Solar PV Demand Tracker, IHS warns of several risks, including an “increasingly likely” boom-and-bust cycle … Continue reading 40

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Concentrated solar photovoltaic power (CPV) plant to deliver 22 MW in South Africa

South Africa’s largest concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar plant will be connected to the grid next month, supplying 22 megawatt-peak (MWp) of electricity to Eskom, enough to power approximately 5 000 homes. The 44MWp CPV plant developed by French company Soitec in Touws River, Western Cape, will be the largest in the Western world, overtaking Colorado’s … Continue reading Concentrated solar photovoltaic power (CPV) plant to deliver 22 MW in South Africa

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China Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Forecast for 2014 Upgraded to 12 GW

On 14 November 2013, the Chinese Bureau of Energy released a draft of proposed solar power installations for China in 2014. Under this proposal, new solar installations in China are expected to reach 12 GW in 2014 . This includes 8 GW of distributed PV generation and 4 GW in the ground-mount segment. adobe cs6 … Continue reading China Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Forecast for 2014 Upgraded to 12 GW

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Solar photovoltaic in perspective

The ongoing economic crisis and regulatory changes in several countries, such as Italy and Germany, continue to cause problems for the global solar photovoltaic (PV) market. edit my work 2012 was an especially difficult year for the solar industry as countries tried to protect their PV module manufacturing industries, which led to the introduction of … Continue reading Solar photovoltaic in perspective

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Two for One in Solar Power: New Process Could Revolutionize Solar Energy Harvesting

Solar cells offer the opportunity to harvest abundant, renewable energy. pay someone to do my essay Although the highest energy light occurs in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum, most solar energy is in the infrared. There is a trade-off in harvesting this light, so that solar cells are efficient in the infrared but waste much … Continue reading Two for One in Solar Power: New Process Could Revolutionize Solar Energy Harvesting

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Photovoltaic (PV) polysilicon and wafer costs set to drop to record low

Average costs for vertically integrated tier 1 makers are now forecast to fall yet another 6 percent in 2014 to a record low of $0.20 per watt (W), according to the NPD Solarbuzz Polysilicon and Wafer Supply Chain Quarterly report. Since 2008, solar PV wafer manufacturing costs (the combined costs of polysilicon and wafer processing) … Continue reading Photovoltaic (PV) polysilicon and wafer costs set to drop to record low

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Renewable Power Generation

Lahmeyer International’s latest REMIPEG update (covering 2012 installations of renewable power capacity) concludes that new additions of renewable power capacity totalled 112GW in 2012, taking global cumulative installed renewable electricity capacity to 1,592GW – with an estimated annual power generation output of 4547-4811TWh a year (See download section opposite for additional charts). Over the past … Continue reading Renewable Power Generation

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Solar photovoltaic module prices to fall only 1% in 2014

Greentech Media Research (GTM, Boston) has released a report which finds that the solar photovoltaic (PV) supply chain has begun to stabilize due to increasing demand, and predicts that global PV module prices will fall only 1% in 2014. “PV Pricing Outlook 2014” also predicts that prices will rise along the rest of the value … Continue reading Solar photovoltaic module prices to fall only 1% in 2014

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California to nearly double wind energy, solar power by 2020

California is set to nearly double its wind and solar power generation over the next seven years as utility companies try to meet the state’s requirement to source 33 percent of energy from renewables by 2020, reliability regulators said. The state is expected to add 8,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020 and needs to … Continue reading California to nearly double wind energy, solar power by 2020

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India’s Largest Exhibition and Conference for the Solar Industry gets underway

The some 100 speakers and 700 attendees are also exchanging the latest information on the topics of photovoltaics (PV), PV production technologies, energy storage and solar thermal technologies until the conference draws to a close on November 14. The exhibition kicks off at 10:00am (IST) on Tuesday, November 12. Around 170 exhibitors are set to … Continue reading India’s Largest Exhibition and Conference for the Solar Industry gets underway

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Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) approves 300 megawatt solar power project

Global Trade and Development Consulting together with its Project Development Partner, Energy Ventures, both Maryland-based companies, today announced that they have been awarded the contract by the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy and the Board of Directors of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation to build, operate, and transfer three (3), one hundred (100) megawatt … Continue reading Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) approves 300 megawatt solar power project

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Solar energy company wins converts going door to door

On a sleepy suburban street near Los Angeles, Reno Mendenhall walks up to a modest home and knocks on the door. The tall, blonde, 31-year-old is so clean cut that he says he is sometimes told he looks like Britain’s Prince William. A woman comes to the door and Mendenhall, dressed in gray shorts and … Continue reading Solar energy company wins converts going door to door

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