During the second half of 2013, global solar photovoltaic (PV) demand is forecast to reach 20GW, up 22% on year. This increase, driven largely by aggressive PV development in China and Japan, will drive full year 2013 PV demand to a record ...
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There were 5,694 sub 50 kW PV installations registered during the week ending 30th June 2013 (similar to levels seen towards the end of July 2012, before a tariff reduction on 1st August 2012), compared to 3,194 in the week ending 23rd ...
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Conergy, one of the world’s leading PV solution and service providers, announced today the completion of a 4.5 megawatt solar farm at the end of March for the UK’s largest solar PV developer, Lightsource Renewable Energy. ...
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The initial installation numbers for the week ending 14th April 2013 show 2,013 sub 50 kW PV installations in that week compared to 1,673 for the week ending 7th April 2013. This now brings the total number of sub 50 kW solar PVs ...
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The SOLiC 200 – an intelligent solar immersion controller – is now for sale in the UK from Segen Ltd. Iain McRitchie, Managing Director of Earthwise Products Ltd, comments, "We are thrilled that Segen, a recognised ...
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Weekly PV Highlights There were 1,632 sub 50 kW PV installations registered during the week ending 7th April 2013, compared to 1,981 in the week ending 31st March 2013. Although this represents a fall of 17.6% in the weekly total, the ...
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In 2012, the global solar market was affected by incentive policy changes in various countries. Now such incentive programs are mostly aimed at pushing steady market growth until grid parity is achieved. In Europe, solar PV installations ...
Solar demand from the emerging Asia Pacific and Central Asia (EAPCA) region is forecast to exceed 3GW by 2017, according to Solarbuzz. Compared to 723MW of solar demand in 2012, this represents a strong compound annual growth rate of 28%. ...
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The initial installation numbers for the week ending 24th March 2013 show 1,988 sub 50 kW PV installations in that week compared to 2,046 for the week ending 17th March 2013. Total capacity installed during the week ending 24th March 2013 ...
Weekly PV Highlights The initial installation numbers for the week ending 3rd March 2013 show 1,849 installations in that week compared to 1,694 for the week ending 24th February 2013. The total number of installations on the MCS is ...
Residents at The Rose Garden Extracare village in Hereford are set to make significant energy savings, thanks to an 80-kilowatt solar energy system installed by Eco2Solar. The major investment by Festival Housing, owners of The Rose ...
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SEG Commercial, part of the Save Energy Group and a leading renewable energy provider for UK business, is pleased to report better than expected green energy generation from its solar photovoltaic installations in 2012. Despite some of ...
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As solar markets in Europe are growing slowly, emerging solar markets have become the focus. China and Japan achieve a combined market share of 25% of the global market in 2013. The US and India are both promoting solar with policies, ...
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Taiwan is building its fourth nuclear power plant. The main island of Taiwan is only 36,193 square kilometers and already houses three nuclear power plants - two of them in New Taipei City in northern Taiwan and one located in Pintung ...
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Solar demand for 2012 reached just 29.0GW, an increase of only 5% on year compared to 27.7GW in 2011, according to Solarbuzz. This is the first time in a decade that on-year market growth in the solar industry has been less than 10%. ...
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