Driven by a combination of policy initiatives, California is poised to regain its dominant position in the US solar market in 2013, according to NPD Solarbuzz. Once the dominant player in the US on-grid solar market, California's ...
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US financial institutes may securitize solar PV system projects. Solar firms believe securitization of solar PV projects could help firms obtain funds easier, which would benefit the industry. Solar firms added that the commercialization ...
Dialight has secured LED lighting orders from a manufacturer of onshore drilling rigs and the operator of a solar-thermal power plant in the California desert. LED lighting manufacturer Dialight (LSE: DIA.L) has secured two major orders in ...
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Dialight has secured an order to provide in excess of 1,000 LED lighting fixtures, with a total contract value of approximately US$400,000, for installation at a 250 megawatt (MW) solar thermal power plant in California, US. The order ...
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Increasing numbers of policies to promote solar power are emerging at both federal and state level in the US, in a bid to improve energy independence and lower carbon emissions, according a GlobalData report. The new report says that the US ...
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The Obama administration on Friday gave final approval to a plan that opens up 285, 000 acres in 17 zones in six Western states for streamlined utility-scale solar power development. The Department of the Interior said the fast-track sites ...
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China has called on the US to repealduties set this week by the US Commerce Department on imported Chinese solar panels. "The United States is inciting trade friction in new energy and sending a negative signal to the whole world about ...
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Digitimes Research: US solar installations to reach 3.6-4GW in 2012 Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Monday 10 September 2012] The first quarter of the year is usually a low season for the solar market, however, in the US, first-quarter ...
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The US witnessed a major increase in deployments of large-scale solar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2012, according to a new report. Produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) industry group awhich opposed the ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA says that it is developing the 139MWAC Campo Verde Solar Project,located near El Centro in Imperial County,CA,using its cadmium telluride(CdTe)thin-film photovoltaic modules. Campo Verde is expected to ...
Cadmium telluride(CdTe)thin-film photovoltaic(PV)module maker Abound Solar of Loveland,CO,USA says that it intends to file a petition for protection under US Bankruptcy Code in Delaware this week.Suspension of operations will impact about ...
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Solar shake-out claims Abound amid GE worries 03 Jul 2012 After$370 million in investment–partly through a DOE loan guarantee–the thin-film CdTe module maker files for bankruptcy. 20kW installation Abound Solar has become ...
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Motech executives claim the company has been operating at full capacity since 2012.According to Simon Tsuo,chairman of Motech,forecast total solar cell shipments in 2012 are likely to exceed the 10.8GW of 2011. Tsuo indicated current ...
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Digitimes Research:US PV inverter sector thrives Sophia Chen,DIGITIMES Research,Taipei[Thursday 31 May 2012]Compared to the solar supply chain in other countries,the US solar industry has been thriving in sectors such as ...
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The huge duties slapped onto China-made solar cells by the US Department of Commerce have been causing different effects in different economies. Some in the US solar market welcomes the duties and see them as a way to curb China-based ...
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