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Consortium wins contract for Europe's largest photovoltaic power project
Nov 13, 2014 (SPX)
A consortium comprising Eiffage, acting through its Clemessy subsidiary (consortium leader), Schneider Electric and Krinner has been awarded a contract for the ...
Residential energy storage market to grow 10 fold by 2018
Nov 13, 2014 (SPX)
The global market for grid-connected residential photovoltaic (PV) solar installations coupled with energy storage is predicted to grow tenfold to reach more th...
Dutch unveil world's first solar-powered bicycle path
Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)
The Netherlands on Wednesday unveiled the world's first solar bike path, a revolutionary project to harvest the sun's energy that could eventually also be used ...
10 reasons why solar PV installations should be tested regularly
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
Jim Wallace of Seaward Solar looks at the reasons why electrical testing and inspection of solar PV installations is a fundamental requirement for system safety...
Dutch CIS installation completed with FlatFix Fusion mounting
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
Esdec BV supplied its FlatFix Fusion mounting system for the biggest CIS flat roof PV system in Holland. The system consists out of more than 5500 Solar Frontie...
SunPower Acquires Solarbridge Technologies
Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)
SunPower has announced that it had acquired PV microinverter manufacturer, SolarBridge Technologies. SunPower is the second largest US manufacturer of PV module...
New Materials Yield Record Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells
Nov 11, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have found that temperature-controlled aggregation in a fami...
SMA's revenue growth lags solar inverter market in four out of last five quarters
Nov 10, 2014 (SPX)
Data from the IHS 'PV Inverter Market Index' which relies on data collected from all leading PV inverter suppliers shows that global industry revenues reached $...
Australia lags on renewables as China races ahead
Nov 10, 2014 (AFP)
Australia is falling behind China and the United States in tackling climate change, with new investment in renewable energy falling by 70 percent, a study relea...
SunEdison And Irvine Unified School District Complete Solar Installations
Nov 07, 2014 (SPX)
SunEdison and Irvine Unified School District have announced the completion of three new solar installations at schools in Orange County, California. The school ...
SunPower Announces Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility in South Africa
Nov 07, 2014 (SPX)
SunPower has announced plans to own and operate a solar panel manufacturing facility in Cape Town, South Africa, to meet the growing demand for solar in that re...
IHS predicts UK utility-scale solar boom of in first quarter of 2015
Nov 07, 2014 (SPX)
IHS forecasts 2014 solar PV installations to reach 2.8 GW (revised down from its earlier prediction of 3.2 GW), as projects are pushed to the end of 2014 and ea...
Canadian Solar Wins Solar Power Projects In Brazil
Nov 07, 2014 (SPX)
Canadian Solar has announced that it has won 3 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects totaling 114 megawatts (MW) In Vazante, in the state in Minas Gerais in Brazil. ...
Trina Supplies Power Modules To 10 Commercial Rooftops In Thailand
Nov 07, 2014 (SPX)
Trina Solar has announced it completed the supply of 7.8 MW modules to power ten rooftop solar power plants in Thailand, which are developed by subsidiaries of ...
PROINSO kick starts ZeverSolar with 50kWp installation in Mumbai
Nov 05, 2014 (SPX)
Proinso recently supplied integrated solution including Jinko modules, and ZeverSolar string inverters, to a roof top project located close to Mumbai. With this...
OPDE begins construction of a new 6.9 MWp solar farm in Hothfield, UK
Nov 05, 2014 (SPX)
OPDE has started construction of a new 6.9 MWp solar farm near Ashford in Kent. The new solar farm represents a total investment of over Pounds 7 million and is...
Research Shows Solar Energy Owners Predominantly Middle-Class
Oct 31, 2014 (SPX)
Most people going solar in Massachusetts have household incomes (HHI) of less than $150,000, according to a survey conducted by New England Clean Energy. Nearly...
A New Way To Convert Light To Electrical Energy
Oct 31, 2014 (SPX)
The conversion of optical power to an electrical potential is of general interest for energy applications, and is typically accomplished by optical excitation o...
Hanwha Q CELLS to Build 800 Megawatt Module Factory
Oct 30, 2014 (SPX)
Hanwha Q CELLS has announced that it will build a large-scale module factory at its existing site in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. The new facility will include four pro...
KentuckyU Generates Green Power and Innovation
Oct 30, 2014 (SPX)
MAGE SOLAR USA has announced that the University of Kentucky added a 50kW PV system to the Christian County Extension Office in Hopkinsville. The system was des...
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