Advanced Batteries for Energy Storage Will Represent a Market of Nearly $30 Billion by 2022

August 2012 The market for advanced batteries for utility-scale energy storage faces an array of challenges. Costs are high compared to traditional power generation resources; the regulatory environment remains ambiguous; no single optimal technology has emerged; and advances in grid infrastructure equipment, such as smart inverters, could accomplish many of the same objectives as advanced [...]

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ReneSolar Announces Year-to-Date Shipments of Solar Panels to Australia Now Total 45 MW

JIASHAN, China, Aug. 2, 2012, a leading global manufacturer of solar wafers and solar modules, today announced it has sold 8 MW of its high-quality, high-performance monocrystalline solar modules to True Value Solar, Australia’s largest solar specialist and one of the country’s leaders in solar photovoltaic (“PV”) installations. True Value Solar operates as part of [...]

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Second Largest Contract Ever Signed for Solar Power Equipment by AEG Power Solutions

AEG Power Solutions Wins a Major Follow-up Contract with Activ Solar for Photovoltaic Power Plant Equipment ZWANENBURG, The Netherlands, Jul 23, 2012. www.solarthermalmagazine.com Follow-up contract confirms the outstanding partnership of both companies and the success of the Group’s solar strategy –While Western European markets are maturing, AEG Power Solutions strategy and footprint expanding in Asia, [...]

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Solar Power in Germany Increases 40 Percent

Published: Monday, July 9th,2012.  -SolarThermalMagazine. Solar Power in Germany today. Solar power accounted for 10 percent of Germany’s total electricity production in May, an increase of 40 percent from the previous year, as reported by the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry. The significant jump stemmed from heightened capacity complemented by sunny days. [...]

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Market statistics: European Solar Thermal Energy Market Remains Static in 2011

Brussels. There are signs that the strong decline reported over the last two consecutive years has come to an halt in 2011, according to the annual solar thermal market statistics published today by the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation. However, for a full trend reversal, the industry must develop new market segments and improve price [...]

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