Commissioner Piebalgs announces EU support for building the largest solar power plant in West Africa, ahead of energy ministerial meeting in Addis Ababa Today, EU Development Commissioner Piebalgs announced that the EU will support the construction of what will be the largest African photovoltaic power plant, in Burkina Faso. It will provide 32 gigawatt hours … Continue reading EU financing for solar power plant in Burkina Faso
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Algeria launches first photovoltaic plant
Algeria on Tuesday launched its first photovoltaic plant in the locality of Bousmail in the west of capital Algiers, local APS reported. The plant is part of a cooperation agreement between the German Aerospace Center and the Algerian Unit for the Development of Solar Equipment (UDES). UDES Director Nachida Kersbadji Merzouk said this plant was … Continue reading Algeria launches first photovoltaic plant
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EDF Completes Europe’s Largest Photovoltaic Plant in France
Continuing its drive to commission its major solar projects in France, EDF Energies Nouvelles announces the commissioning of Toul-Rosières solar power plant in the Lorraine region of eastern France, with an installed capacity of 115 MWp. The project involved decontamination and conversion of a former military base. Located close to Nancy in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department of … Continue reading EDF Completes Europe’s Largest Photovoltaic Plant in France
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Conergy Wins Contract for Two Solar Power Plants in Thailand
Conergy’s success in Thailand continues and in the process underscores its outstanding market position in Southeast Asia’s growth markets. The solution and service provider has secured a major contract for two solar power plants in Thailand through a tendering procedure, representing a total capacity of 21 megawatts. The awarding authority is Thai Solar Energy Company … Continue reading Conergy Wins Contract for Two Solar Power Plants in Thailand
Continue readingCanadian Solar supplies modules for Turkey’s largest commercial PV project
Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company” or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar companies, provided its CS6P-P solar modules for the first project under the new Turkish solar energy legislation, YEK (Law on the utilization of renewable energy resources for the purpose of generating electricity), for solar power plants under 500 kW. … Continue reading Canadian Solar supplies modules for Turkey’s largest commercial PV project
Continue readingConduit Capital and CAF Invest in 40 Megawatt Peruvian Solar Power Project
Conduit Capital Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm focused on energy infrastructure investment and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and CAF, development bank of Latin America, today announced that they have invested in the Tacna and Panamericana solar projects in southern Peru, and that the Tacna project has entered into operation. Construction … Continue reading Conduit Capital and CAF Invest in 40 Megawatt Peruvian Solar Power Project
Continue readingChina’s producers protest US duties on photovoltaic solar cells
producers on Thursday protested the United States’ latest decision to slash trade duties on solar energy products from China. The decision will seriously harm the Chinese solar energy industry and exports of solar energy products to the US, said a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Machinery and … Continue reading China’s producers protest US duties on photovoltaic solar cells
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Dow Opens Photovoltaics Films Lab in Shanghai
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) announced today that it has opened a Photovoltaics Films Application Laboratory in Shanghai to help customers in the Asia-Pacific region improve how they harness the power of the sun with ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Films technologies and solutions. “Asia-Pacific is an important and growing market for our ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Encapsulant Films and … Continue reading Dow Opens Photovoltaics Films Lab in Shanghai
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Solar power project in Balochistan
Balochistan government is implementing Rs 888 million Solar Energy Home Project under which around 300 villages in parts of the province would be electrified. Provincial Finance Department sources told APP here Monday that nature had endowed the province with immense opportunities for generation of solar, wind energy and geothermal energy. “The provincial government has already … Continue reading Solar power project in Balochistan
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Solar energy in sunny Ethiopia
Ethiopia is known by some as “the land of 13 months of sunshine,” a reference both to its climate and to its unique calendar of 12 months of 30 days and an additional month of five or six. But the Ethiopian government’s ambitious plans to expand renewable energy production seem to disregard all those months … Continue reading Solar energy in sunny Ethiopia
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Intersolar India gets underway
Today at 10:00am (IST), the Intersolar India Conference re-opened its doors at the Leela Kempinski Hotel in Mumbai. The organizers expect to welcome some 700 attendees over the four days of the conference, which is taking place in parallel to the Intersolar India exhibition. Tomorrow, on November 6, Intersolar India opens its doors to the … Continue reading Intersolar India gets underway
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Germany’s solar power use jumps 50% this year
German utilities say solar power production rose by more than 50 percent on the year over the first nine months of 2012 amid a boom in installations of photovoltaic panels. The German utilities’ industry association BDEW said Monday the solar power output rose to 25,000 gigawatt hours in the January to September period, from 16,500 … Continue reading Germany’s solar power use jumps 50% this year
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Increasing Demand from Solar Energy Products to Drive Growth in the Global Silicon and Ferro Silicon Market
The global silicon industry has continued to register robust growth in the last couple of years, primarily driven by its usage in numerous end-use applications such as solar energy products. Amidst an increasing demand from end-markets and a surge in production capacity, the global market for silicon metal to a large extent recuperated from the … Continue reading Increasing Demand from Solar Energy Products to Drive Growth in the Global Silicon and Ferro Silicon Market
Continue readingWelspun Energy to set up 100 MW solar power
Welspun Renewables Energy Ltd (WREL), a subsidiary of Welspun Energy, has inked an MoU with Chattisgarh government for installing 100 MW Solar Power project. The MoU was signed in Raipur. “The project is to be commenced in 2015, entailing an estimated investment of Rs 1,000 crore,” the company said. With this project, WEL will achieve … Continue reading Welspun Energy to set up 100 MW solar power
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India catching up in solar power
Grid parity is the point at which the cost of solar power equals the cost of utility power from conventional sources. The rising cost of conventional power, largely driven by increasing raw material exports and the growing cost of putting up green-field facilities coupled with the steady decline in solar power costs could result in … Continue reading India catching up in solar power
Continue readingStanford scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell
Stanford University scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive materials used in photovoltaic devices today. The results are published in the Oct. 31 online edition of the journal ACS Nano. “Carbon has the potential to deliver high performance at a low cost,” said study … Continue reading Stanford scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell
Continue readingCleanergy installs solar power plant in China
As China’s gloomy photovoltaic solar industry endures trade investigations by the United States and the European Commission, the Swedish energy technology company Cleanergy AB is seeking opportunities to invest in the country’s renewable market. Cleanergy installed its first commercial demonstration solar power plant with a capacity of 100 kilowatts in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region … Continue reading Cleanergy installs solar power plant in China
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Amonix achieves record-breaking CPV technology efficiency
Amonix, the leading designer and manufacturer of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems, announced that they have successfully converted more than one third of direct sunlight into electricity. In May of this year, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirmed an outdoor operating efficiency rating of 33.5% for an Amonix module, breaking the previous 30.3% … Continue reading Amonix achieves record-breaking CPV technology efficiency
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German Environmental Award goes to German Photovoltaic Pioneers
German president presented the most lucrative European environmental prize today in Leipzig – DBU bestows award. The German Environmental Award of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) has been bestowed for the 20th time. The co-founder and supervisory board chairman of SMA Solar Technology AG (Kassel), Günther Cramer (59), and the researcher-entrepreneur team Dr. Andreas Bett/Hansjörg … Continue reading German Environmental Award goes to German Photovoltaic Pioneers
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China: New policies support ailing solar energy industry
State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the country’s largest state-owned utility company, announced a plan to allow small-scale distributed solar power generators to connect to its power lines. China is creating supportive measures to shore up its ailing photovoltaic (PV) industry, which has been rocked by recent U.S. duties on Chinese exports over alleged dumping. … Continue reading China: New policies support ailing solar energy industry
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