BAODING, China, Jan. 4, 2013. Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar,” today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resources Company [...]
CHANGZHOU, China, Oct. 25, 2012. Trina Solar Limited, a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products, today announced that it has obtained Carbon Footprint Verification (the “Verification”) for the Company’s solar PV modules from the British Standards Institution (BSI), a leading international standards and certification body. In accordance with PAS 2050:2011 and ISO 14067 [...]
TEMPE, Arizona. First Solar, Inc today announced that its advanced thin-film Series 3 photovoltaic (PV) solar modules have been listed by UL (Underwriters Laboratories) as meeting standards UL1703 and ULC1703 for use in PV systems up to 1000 volts. This system voltage is typical for utility-scale PV power plants. “First Solar is pleased that UL [...]
Breakthrough should eliminate need for anti-reflection layer, cutting costs October 2012 Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have produced solar cells using nanotechnology techniques at an efficiency – 18.2% — that is competitive. The breakthrough should be a major step toward helping lower the cost of solar energy. NREL [...]
Berlin, Germany, 24 July 2012 Valentin Software has launched PV*SOL basic 6.0, a practical tool with an attractive modern interface able to intelligently dimension inverters for PV system planning in residential areas. PV*SOL® basic 6.0 enables both beginners and professional planners to rapidly design, simulate and clearly present photovoltaic systems. Valentin Software has adapted the [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 10, 2012 .SolarThermalMagazine.com CFV Solar Test Laboratory (CFV), one of the nation’s premiere Photovoltaic Module testing facilities was awarded the highly coveted International Organization for Standardization’s ISO/ IEC17025 certification. This ensures CFV’s customers that testing will be done to the highest possible quality standards and enables CFV to test PV modules for [...]
NANJING, China, July 11, 2012.SolarThermalMagazine.com ET Solar Group Corp. (“ET Solar”), a leading solar one-stop solution provider, today announces that its multi-crystalline ET-P660240 module demonstrated high yield performance in the outdoor tests conducted by PHOTON Laboratory (“PHOTON Lab”). The ET-P660240 modules are multi-crystalline solar modules that have a maximum unit power output of 240 watts. [...]
A new test stand from PSE AG enables stress-testing of PV modules under real-world conditions. CFV Solar puts new mechanical load test stand into operation. The CFV Solar Test Laboratory in Albuquerque, NM, USA, has begun using a mechanical load test stand supplied by the Freiburg company PSE AG. With this new test stand the [...]
KYOTO, Japan, July 10, 2012.-SolarThermalMagazine.com Kyocera Corporation KYO -0.40% (tokyo:6971) announced that its solar modules have again passed independent quality testing with flying colors after the non-profit Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP (Halle, Germany) disclosed the results of its potential induced degradation (PID) test which demonstrated that Kyocera’s modules did not show any degradation [...]
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