April 22, 2013 - ABB announced it is acquiring Power-One Inc.—a provider of renewable energy and of energy-efficient power conversion and management solutions—for $6.35 per share in cash or $1028 million equity value. The ...
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Analyst: PV module market to bounce back to growth in 2014 23 Apr 2013 But Solarbuzz predicts 20% decline in revenues this year, and survival remains the priority . Solar roller-coaster: down then up The global market for ...
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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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Alan Bartlett and Sons has commissioned the construction of the largest privately owned, roof mounted solar panel installation for self-use in the UK. The company acquired its Chatteris site in 1968, which has since been developed into a ...
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ABB has agreed to acquire US-based power firm Power-One in a deal valued at $1,028m. Swiss firm ABB is bidding to strengthen its position as a supplier of solar inverters used in photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems. "Solar PV is ...
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The benefits of solar energy have been widely published for many years, with the technology able to make significant inroads on carbon emissions as well as reducing the financial costs of running a home. However, recent studies and ...
While feed-in-tariffs are a well-established incentive scheme, which many homeowners have benefited from since they were introduced, the government's new Green Deal financing scheme is very much in its infancy. With feed-in tariff ...
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Hanwha SolarOne, a global provider of total photovoltaic (PV) solar solutions has supplied modules for two new ground-mounted PV installations in the UK. The Germany-based EPC company ib vogt GmbH was responsible for the realization of ...
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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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Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited, the UK's largest solar energy developer has completed and commissioned over 133 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the first quarter of 2013. The 133 MWp involved developing ...
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A new study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) puts some hard numbers to the benefits realized when U.S. cities streamline their solar PV permitting processes. Germany´s residential solar adoption is attributed to ...
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Cree and Delta Energy Systems claim a breakthrough in power density, efficiency and weight of photovoltaic (PV) inverter design. The latest Delta solar inverters use SiC power mosfets from Cree. “The SiC mosfets from Cree were ...
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Clean energy production using CSP technology has moved out of the doldrums and is making considerable headway. The well-known Desertec project is now in full swing and new plants are being built in the vast desert areas of North Africa. ...
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Energized by a surge of shipments in Asia, the global PV inverter market in 2012 bucked weak worldwide solar industry conditions to expand by 5% and break the US$7 billion level for the first time. Global PV inverter market revenue last ...
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Delta Energy Systems, a subsidiary of Delta Electronics Group (one of the world's largest providers of power management solutions), has launched a new generation of solar photovoltaic (PV) power inverters that use silicon carbide (SiC) ...
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