The Board of Directors of the North American Development Bank (NADB) and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) approved certification and financing for a 6.1-megawatt (MW) solar energy plant to provide electricity to Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) in Tucson, Arizona. A US$13.15 million loan for the construction of the new plant has been approved [...]
Amonix Inc., the leading designer and manufacturer of utility-scale concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems and lead investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), announced their interim management plan in succession with the tragic passing of Amonix CEO, Brian Robertson. Robertson was a solar pioneer with significant expertise in the solar industry. He joined Amonix [...]
Falling module and balance of system (BOS) prices have significantly improved photovoltaic (PV) project internal rates of return (IRR) and led to an explosion in project development activities in China. According to the recently released Solarbuzz China Deal Tracker report, the non-residential PV project pipeline in China grew to 16 GW at the end of October. Solarbuzz [...]
NEW YORK, NY. Solar stocks have been crushed in recent months as worries regarding the Eurozone’s debt raised concerns on solar’s growth prospects. Solar stocks are finally showing signs of recovery this week as EU debt negotiations are showing some progress towards an agreement. Based on a study looking at five major solar markets — [...]
SunConnect, a leading Pittsburgh-based developer and technology provider of photovoltaic (PV) arrays, has received the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) listing on its entire Clearview Racking System. The only racking system in the rooftop solar industry to receive this certification, the Clearview Racking System is designed to hold PV panels firmly in place, yet will allow [...]
The Virginia State Corporation Commission, as requested by the MDV-SEIA, will hold a hearing on November 3rd, on the Stand By rates proposed by Dominion in July of this year. The MDV-SEIA is the regional chapter of the national trade association for solar energy, the Solar Energy Industries Association. Legislation passed by the General Assembly [...]
The Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association (SEMA) announces the agenda for the SEMA Training Course, scheduled to take place Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Celestica’s facility in Toronto, Canada. The training course will consist of two parts. Part One will provide an outline of manufacturing technology and troubleshooting photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing, and will be instructed [...]
Sandia National Laboratories will begin researching how to use glitter-sized photovoltaic cells in utility-scale solar power systems, which eventually could cut the costs of solar panels in half and nearly double their efficiency. Sandia’s work with industry, other labs and universities to improve the design, materials and manufacturing processes of the Microsystems-Enabled Photovoltaic (MEPV) cells [...]
Optimizing the design and engineering of large-scale plants is a top priority for the CSP industry in the United States As leading technical experts in the solar industry prepare to meet at the 2nd CSP Plant Optimization Summit on 7-8 September, Arturo Alvarez, Project Development Manager at Albiasa Solar has outlined the importance of such [...]
Duke Energy and SunEdison LLC have activated the final phases of a 17.2 MW solar farm in Davidson County, N.C. Constructed in five phases and covering over 200 acres of land, the project comprises more than 63,000 photovoltaic solar panels and is expected to generate an estimated 28 GWh annually.
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SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) has announced that it has signed three power purchase agreements with Southern California Edison (SCE) for delivery of a total of 711 megawatts (MW) of solar power. SunPower will install its solar technology at sites in Rosamond and Los Banos, Calif.
The University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) has announced that the construction of a 2.8MW fuel cell with enough capacity to power 2,800 homes has begun on its campus as part of a renewable-energy project with the City of San Diego and BioFuels Energy to turn waste methane gas from the Point Loma [...]
DuPont Apollo Photovoltaic Module Production Facility Powered by Clean Energy DuPont, through its wholly owned subsidiary, DuPont Apollo Limited (“DuPont Apollo”), and China Everbright International Limited (“Everbright”) have jointly announced the completion of an on-grid 1.3 megawatt (MW) rooftop photovoltaic installation at the DuPont Apollo production facility in Guangming New District, Shenzhen. The project is [...]
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