The Japan government will reportedly hike energy efficiency standards for imported PV modules in 2013 from 250W currently to 255-260W for a module made of 60 monocrystalline silicon solar cells and from 235-240W to 245W for one made of 60 ...
Taiwan's Bureau of Energy held a discussion forum on planning and business opportunities from installing solar PV power-generating plants in Japan. The forum invited experts from the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA), and NTT ...
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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 ...
Countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines have sufficient sunlight hours which is suitable to develop a strong solar market. Vietnam has relatively high sunshine hours of 2,067 hours per year but lacks ...
Tags: Southeast Asia, solar markets, subsidies
Taiwan-based solar conductive paste maker Giga Solar unveiled a solar-power generating plant in Tainan, southern Taiwan on October 26, 2012. Nevertheless, this 1.2MW plant may be the last one of this size built in Taiwan. According to ...
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Thailand enjoys long sunshine hours. Its capital city, Bangkok, has an average year-round temperature of 24-degrees Celsius with over 1,800 sunshine hours/year. Central and Northeastern Thailand have over 1,850 hours of sunshine per year. ...
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Cogenra Solar, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems, has announced the installation of its solar cogeneration system at the Clover Stornetta Farms' dairy processing plant in Petaluma, California, in the US. According to ...
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(China Glass Network) Following the collection of Anti-dumping Duty and Countervailing Duty by Europe, America and India, China PV industry is confronted with crisis. To explore the new market is extremely urgent. Then the Africa shows up. ...
Tags: Anti-dumping Duty, Countervailing Duty, PV industry, Europe, America, India
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, is to supply solar modules for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's (PWR's) $2.3m award from the Environmental Security Technology ...
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Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes nanostructure-based CIGSSe (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film photovoltaic panels, has received a $2m award from the US Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative to continue ...
November 30, 2012 - Silfab Ontario Inc. and Heliene Inc. announced they have commenced an operational arrangement, under which the two will start a commercial cooperation—working jointly as one—to serve larger developers in ...
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November 30, 2012 - Silfab Ontario Inc. and Heliene Inc. announced they have commenced an operational arrangement, under which the two will start a commercial cooperation—working jointly as one—to serve larger developers in ...
Tags: Silfab Ontario, operational arrangement, commercial cooperation, power
According to the market research report"Global Smart Glass market 2012-2017,by technology(Thermochromics,Liquid Crystal(LC),Suspended Particle ...
India has a long and hot summer with temperatures around 35-48 degrees Celsius from March-September.The average annual sunshine hours in India exceeds 2,000 hours,making it a suitable country for developing solar energy.The northwestern and ...
Tags: summer, sunshine hours, solar energy, electricity shortages
(China Glass Network) The terminal point of NO.14 line of Beijing Metro has got a special design, the proof of Zhuangguo Village Stop is installed with solar panels. The total installation amount for the proof is 2500 square meters, which ...
Tags: metro, solar panels, aesthetics, electricity consumption