Tokyo-based Solar Frontier says that its CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar panels have been installed by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line, one of Japan's largest shipping companies) on its newest ...
Tags: PV Panels, solar panels
Chinese solar power hardware manufacturer Solar Leading has entered the new photovoltaic (PV) street light product market, which is designed with the aim of providing longer lifetime and low energy consumption lights to cities and ...
Tags: solar power, LED lighting
Originally founded as a supplier of solar power hardware, Solar Leading is expanding its presence into the LED lighting sector under the brand name Senior LED. In conjunction with this announcement, Solar Leading is introducing a new LED ...
Given the right policy frameworks and technology developments, solar technologies could be generating more than a quarter of the world’s electricity by 2050. That potential scenario, which would see solar overtake wind, ...
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Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting a 25 per cent rise in global demand for photovoltaics in 2015, with the emergence of the Indian market set to contribute strongly for the first time. “While 2014 remained a ...
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Installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels continues to gather momentum in the US, with another 1.4 GW of capacity added in the second quarter of 2015. That’s according to analysts at Greentech Media (GTM) Research, whose ...
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For first-quarter 2015, Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA - which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into off-grid applications and its EnerPlex ...
Globally, the Ikea Group's net income for the financial year 2014 amounted to €3.3b – the same as that reported for the previous year. Market conditions continued to improve with strong performance in China and North America, and ...
Tags: stores, Flat Performance, Furniture
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into off-grid applications and its EnerPlex series of consumer products, ...
Tags: Solar Industry, low-load bearing structures, Electrical
Yingli Green Energy has commented on the final anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) decisions by the US Department of Commerce regarding the import of solar PV panels assembled in China using components from a third country. ...
Tags: anti-dumping, countervailing duty, Lights
Quarterly solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is forecast to reach the 10 gigawatt (GW) level for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2014. According to Solarbuzz, annual APAC PV demand in 2014 is forecast ...
Tags: APAC PV demand, global PV market, Lights
In the presence of the Republic of Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet, the Chilean Senate’s President Isabel Allende and Minister of Energy Máximo Pacheco, cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker ...
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Eight thousand solar panels have been installed on the roof of Wolseley UK's National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Leamington Spa, capable of generating enough electricity to power around 450 homes a year*. Wolseley UK is part of Wolseley ...
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Protecting PV system components, in particular inverters, from the damaging effects of overvoltage surges is both crucial and necessary. Here Tony Garlinge-Warren, senior applications engineer, Eaton's Bussmann business, examines what ...
Tags: PV system components, PV, Electrical, Electronics
Segen, the UK's leading value added distributor of renewable technologies, has today announced a new partnership with Phono Solar, adding a new range of quality and cost-effective PV panels to its comprehensive portfolio. Segen will begin ...
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