Belltown Alpha Renewables has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 10.2MWp solar project in Somerset and a 500kW wind project in Wales. Belltown Alpha Renewables was formed in May 2013 as a joint venture between Belltown ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Following Greg Barker's (Minister of State, Department of Energy & Climate Change) announcement of the UK's solar energy roadmap at Solar Energy UK this week, the Minister visited Bentley Motor's factory in Crewe to tour their impressive ...
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The entire daytime electricity needs of the refurbished British Gas-owned Smart Home development in Watford are expected to be met thanks to an innovative transparent solar PV glass atrium, according to the Cambridge-based company – ...
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Taiwan-based Motech Industries on October 17 unveiled its Sirius series monocrystalline silicon solar cells with a maximum energy conversion rate of 20.5% and will kick off volume production in the first quarter of 2014. Motech said it ...
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After a successful presence at this year's Solar Energy UK, Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering (SolarMax) announced to have signed a partnership with PV wholesaler Solen Energy UK. Both companies agreed on a nationwide ...
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Global market revenues for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters will drop by 9% in 2013, due to rapid price declines for commercial and utility-scale inverters and intense cost pressure in mature markets such as Germany and Italy, according to ...
Foxconn Electronics has obtained Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification for frames for PV systems and the company indicated that it currently produces such frames on an OEM basis. Since Foxconn also has experience in producing solar ...
Tags: PV Module Frames, PV systems
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has entered into an agreement to construct a 250MWAC solar power plant in Riverside County, CA, for a subsidiary of ...
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According to EnergyTrend, the intensive pricing competition in the photovoltaic (PV) market has gradually come to an end. Due to the increased demand in emerging markets, solar system demand in 2014 is likely to rise substantially. The ...
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Asahi says that its profitability of the PV glass market is falling due to Chinese competitionAsahi Glass Co. Ltd. (AGC, Tokyo) has announced that it will transition its factory in Suzhou, China from making glass for solar photovoltaic (PV) ...
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SolarCity deployed a record 78 MW during the third quarter of 2013, and expects to deploy more in the fourth quarter SolarCity Corp. (San Mateo, California, U.S.) reports that its deployments of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems increased ...
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Asahi Glass will reduce its solar output with the conversion of an existing Chinese plant to automotive production. Source: AGC Solar. Asahi Glass will convert one of its solar glass factories in China to make automotive products. ...
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Energy services provider MidAmerican Solar of Phoenix, AZ (a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables LLC) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA say that the five millionth solar ...
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China has introduced measures to curb photovoltaic overcapacity while seeking to expand domestic deman. China has put forth new rules to tackle overcapacity in its solar power industry. A document released by the Ministry of Industry and ...
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Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has raised its own world record for mass-produced photovoltaic module efficiency from 33.9% (announced in January 2012) to 35.5% ...
Tags: Solar Modules