February 4, 2013 - Toronto Hydro has awarded Carmanah Technologies contracts worth about $1,100,000 to engineer and construct three rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) generating facilities, located on York Mills, McGregor and Mimico Arenas in ...
TSMC Solar Ltd, which was founded in May 2009 as a subsidiary of the world’s biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC), has announced confirmation by both TUV SUD and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) ...
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Solar design and installation firm Solar Alternatives of New Orleans and Stion Corp in nearby Hattiesburg, MS, which makes nanostructure-based CIGSSe (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film photovoltaic panels, have teamed up ...
Tags: Solar design, Solar Alternatives, Stion Corp, CIGSSe, Super Bowl
A building that produces more energy than it consumes: the Efficiency House Plus shows that it is possible to build detached houses that can function as miniature power stations. Power is supplied by the photovoltaic modules that are ...
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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, has acquired the 50MWAC Macho Springs ...
Tags: First Solar, photovoltaic modules, CdTe, solar project
Global installations of photovoltaic (PV) systems are set to rise again this year, but the industry will suffer a decline in overall revenues because of a slowing growth rate and decreasing system prices. That’s the latest ...
Dow Corning and Crystal Solar have said they plan to develop a business relationship to supply high-performance, silicon-based materials for photovoltaic cells and modules. The two companies also intend to assess options for developing ...
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Installation of PV arrays at roof level, and the siting of solar parks in open, exposed locations, makes PV systems susceptible to damage from partial lightning currents. Partial lightning currents can enter the PV system following a ...
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Willen Hospice, based in Milton Keynes, which specialises in caring for people whose illnesses no longer respond to curative treatment, is now benefiting from solar power thanks to an initiative from Conergy, SMA Solar UK and local PV ...
Tags: Coenergy, SMA, FSG, Energy Team, Solar Energy System
SOLFEX energy systems have announced that it will be stocking the Enphase Microinverter System and accessories. Tom Edwards, photovoltaic sales / technical manager for SOLFEX energy systems commented on this new development, “We are ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), says it has been notified of an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer by TRC Capital Corporation (TRC) to purchase up to ...
At the Glass Association of North America’s (GANA) Annual Conference in San Diego yesterday, three unique industry-related perspectives from three different occupational fields discussed whether using less glass in building ...
NTT Basic Research Laboratories in Japan has used hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) layers to release nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from sapphire and transfer them to commercially available adhesive tape [Toshiki Makimoto ...
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A new survey conducted by IMS Research of more than 400 photovoltaic (PV) inverter purchasers has revealed that the most preferred PV inverter brand globally in 2012 was SMA Solar Technology. IMS Research’s recently released report ...
The UK's biggest solar energy farm is to be built on farmland in New Romney and will occupy a 114-acre site on agricultural land at Sycamore Farm in Millbank Lane. Ranks of photovoltaic cells – technically known as an array - will ...
Tags: Solar Array, solar energy farm, solar energy