2 MWp Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Project in Chile Announced for Q1 2013

Freiburg, November 6, 2012. S.A.G. Solarstrom AG is to implement a 2 MWp pilot project in Paiguano, in the Chilean region of Coquimbo, together with a local cooperation partner in Q1 2013. The landowner will purchase the electricity produced and any excess electricity will be sold via the spot market. Through this pilot project, S.A.G. [...]

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Lightway Solar America Team Executes 62.8 MW Project Development Pipeline

Lightway Solar America Team Executes 62.8 MW Project Development Pipeline in the Market October, 2012 – Lightway Solar America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd., has announced the execution of 62.8 MW of contracts through their project development subsidiary, Lightway Solar America Project Development, LLC. Lightway has implemented a sales [...]

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Solar Millennium Sells US Project Pipeline to Solarhybrid AG

Solar Millennium has sold the two project holding companies Solar Millennium Capital GmbH and Solar Millennium USA 2 GmbH to solarhybrid AG, Brilon. The sale of the two companies transfers Solar Millennium’s entire project pipeline for solar power plants in the southwest of the United States with a total capacity of 2.25 gigawatts to solarhybrid. [...]

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First Solar Postpones New Vietnam Factory to Adjust to Market Demand

First Solar, Inc. has announced it has consolidated its manufacturing capacity plan and accelerated progress toward its module conversion efficiency and production throughput targets. The company will postpone commissioning of its Vietnam factory until global supply and demand dynamics support the additional capacity. First Solar will continue developing its factory in Mesa, Ariz., in order [...]

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Despite Solyndra Utility Scale PV Takes Centre Stage in the US

Despite the fallout after the bankruptcy of manufacturing giant Solyndra, figures indicate the support for utility scale PV plants in the United States remains unaffected Two weeks ago the American solar company Solyndra declared bankruptcy, with the subsequent FBI investigation into their misuse of federal loans clearly damaging the image of photovoltaic manufacturing in the [...]

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Utility Scale PV Growth in the US is Not Set in Stone

Reducing balance of system (BoS) costs will be crucial for sustaining growth in the utility scale PV market in the United States  While the PV industry faces the effects of large cuts in feed-in-tariffs across Europe, growth has continued in the United States with the total PV project pipeline exceeding 16.6GW in 2011. Recently announced [...]

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Utility Scale Solar Summit – 3 days in September reserved for Large Solar Power Projects

The Utility Scale Solar Summit is the business hub where decision–makers (project developers, technology providers, utilities, investors, lenders, EPC contractors and other influential industry players) who are rapidly expanding the utility scale project pipeline, come to work out how to push these projects across the finish line. This international networking event provides a great chance [...]

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