SunPower Corp, a Silicon Valley manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, announced today that Akuo Solar, a subsidiary of Paris-based Akuo Energy, has ordered 75,000 high efficiency SunPower solar panels for Akuo’s planned 24-megawatt solar development. The development consists of two power plants that will be located in the Provence-Alps-Cotes d’Azur [...]
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that the Department of Energy finalized a partial guarantee for an $852 million loan to support the development of the Genesis Solar Project. The Genesis Parabolic Solar Thermal Power Project The Genesis Solar Project is a 250 megawatt (MW) parabolic trough concentrating solar power (CSP) facility that will increase [...]
LPKF SolarQuipment, a leading provider of solutions for the field of photovoltaics, will exhibit in Hall B1U, Booth A4 at the upcoming Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference & Exhibition, scheduled to take place September 5-9, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany. LPKF SolarQuipment will showcase its Allegro and Presto laser scriber systems for the manufacturing of thin-film solar [...]
TEMPE, Arizizona. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) today announced that five of its senior executives purchased a total of 5,500 shares of company stock this week to add to their current holdings. The purchases were made during one of four annual open trading windows for First Solar’s Directors and Section 16 officers and have been [...]
A Concentrated Solar Power CSP Developers DNI Dream In an emerging CSP market such as South Africa, one of the many challenges developers face is siting the project based on acquiring accurate Direct Normal Irradiation data, as optimal siting of Concentrated Solar Power plants is a key component to plant efficiency, and ultimate profitability. [...]
Local business and professional organizations joined together today to launch Natural Gas for New Jersey (NGNJ), a coalition committed to advancing the responsible development and affordable consumption of clean energy for the Garden State. In the wake of the state Legislature jeopardizing our economy through legislation to ban the process that enables production of most [...]
enXco Signs Power Purchase Agreement for 31 Megawatt Solar Photovoltaic Project With Marin Clean Energy enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, has announced a Power Purchase Agreement with Marin Clean Energy for 31 megawatts of solar photovoltaic energy. The project will be located on six potential sites in Kern, Kings and/or Tulare Counties including a [...]
Department of Defense Selects 10 Winners from CTSI Defense Energy Challenge to Showcase at Honolulu Summit HONOLULU.-Energy security and independence are two goals at the heart of the U.S. Military’s investment in clean energy technologies. With over 220 submissions, the 2011 CTSI Defense Energy Challenge has selected the top 10 technologies for presentation at the [...]
Department of Energy Announces $41 Million Investment for Carbon Capture Development Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the selection of 16 projects aimed at developing advanced post-combustion technologies for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal–fired power plants. The projects, valued at $41 million over three years, are focused on reducing the [...]
NRC CONTINUES TO ASSESS NORTH ANNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FOLLOWING VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE The Nuclear Regulatory Commission continues to assess the North Anna nuclear power plant in Louisa, Va., as the plant recovers from Tuesday’s earthquake, which was centered several miles from the plant. North Anna canceled its emergency declaration as of 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. The [...]
Solar Millennium AG: Corporate bond repaid as scheduled by date of maturity The third Solar Millennium AG corporate bond amounting to € 20 million, which was issued on 22 August 2006, was repaid in full to investors yesterday. The bond had a fixed interest rate of 6.5% p.a. and contributed to the successful realization of [...]
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., today announced that it has acquired privately-held Confluence Solar, Inc., the developer of HiCz(TM), a continuously-fed Czochralski (CCz) growth technology, that enables the production of high efficiency monocrystalline solar ingots, which is expected to lower production costs. The purchase price consisted of $60 million in cash paid to Confluence Solar’s shareholders [...]
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded contracts to supply solar steam generator systems to two separate solar thermal projects in Spain. The first of the two contracts is with UTE Africa Solar, the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for the La Africana [...]
SkyFuel First in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Industry to Offer Insurance-Backed Warranty
Solar Thermal Developer Solar Millennium Sells Additional Investments
Abengoa and JGC’s Thermal Solar Power Plant, Solacor 1, Comes Online
First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational
Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
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