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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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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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 ...
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The average cost of going solar in the US continued to decrease significantly in 2011 and through the first half of 2012,according to a report released today by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.Solar ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic(PV)modules based on cadmium telluride(CdTe)as well as providing engineering,procurement and construction(EPC)services,says that its advanced thin-film Series 3 ...
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Gerresheimer dedicated a new $11 million rooftop solar system Wednesday that allows the company to continue its pharmaceutical glass production with environmentally friendly energy. The solar project involved nine months of work. KDC Solar ...
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Commentary:Non-FIT business model to pave way for grid parity Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 15 October 2012]The continuous feed-in-tariff(FIT)cuts by Europe's governments and increasing trade barriers have been pushing ...
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Foxconn reportedly registers solar subsidiary in China Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 28 September 2012]Foxconn Electronics(Hon Hai Precision Industry)has registered its solar subsidiary in China,according to news reports ...
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Taiwan government's National Development Fund (NDF) will offer 15-year loans totaling NT$10 billion (US$338 million) to finance exports of green-energy products, including solar, wind, LED lighting, biomass and electric vehicles, and ...
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Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech will raise NT$4.62 billion(US$157 million),consisting of a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$4 billion and the issuance of 5-year convertible bonds worth NT$620 million. Fellow solar maker,Neo Solar ...
Agricultural installations in China provide 300MW boost to PV domestic sales,says Solarbuzz Press release;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES [Tuesday 18 September 2012]New solar projects on agricultural land are playing a pivotal role within the rapid ...
Post-installation service contracts adding thousands of new sales prospects, says Solarbuzz Press release, Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 12 September 2012] Previously over-looked opportunities are now emerging for solar PV systems ...
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China-based solar firms reportedly to sell solar PV systems and power-generation plants Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Tuesday 4 September 2012]China-based solar firms have been suffering from low demand in Europe and severe ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto,Ontario,Canada and its subsidiary OPEL Solar Inc,which makes high-concentration photovoltaic(HCPV)panels and solar tracker systems,have entered into an agreement involving the sale of most of its solar ...
OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto,Ontario,Canada-which makes high-concentration photovoltaic(HCPV)panels and solar tracker systems through its subsidiary OPEL Solar Inc and develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US ...