Solar PV Company Expands into Canada Predicting 1 Gwatt Installed by 2015

ONTARIO, July 10, 2012.-SolarThermalMagazine. Trina Solar Limited TSL -0.22% (“Trina Solar” or “the Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from ingots to modules, today announced a new Ontario sales and business development office as the Company also announces a partnership with Silfab Ontario, enabling Trina Solar to offer world-class modules that [...]

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First Solar Looking to Benefit from Saudi Arabia’s $109 Billion Plan

Solar stocks could get a boost as Saudi Arabia has announced a $109 billion plan to create a solar industry that will generate a third of the nation’s electricity within two decades.

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Honeywell Launches Third-generation Film to Protect Solar Panels

The product, PowerShield® 3W, is a cost-effective backsheet for photovoltaic panels that helps protect the electrical circuits in solar panel modules, preventing moisture from entering the module and keeping electrical charges within the module.

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Will Q- Cells SE be the Next German Panel Maker to File for Bankruptcy?

According to TheDeal.com,  Q-Cells SE could be the next German panel manufacturer to go bankrupt, saying a proposed financing restructuring will provide some short-term relief but offers no long-term solution to its competitive problems. The company is currently facing a February 28th  maturity date for $650 million in convertible bonds.  Q-Cells  issued a statement on [...]

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BioSolar Reports Sales Progress with Large Solar Manufacturers

One large customer is preparing for full panel certification by Underwriter’s Laboratories, the final step required for production run purchase orders BioSolar, Inc, developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that it has made considerable sales progress with [...]

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Solar Panels Made from Renewable Plant Sources. Bio-based Solar

BioSolar, Inc, developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that the company will present BioBacksheet integrated PV panels at the GovGreen Conference held in Washington DC later this week. The panels were produced by four PV manufacturers that [...]

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U.S. Union Stands Behind Solar Panel Dumping Allegations Against China

The United Steelworkers Union and dozens of U.S. solar-panel installers and other organizations voiced support Monday for a trade complaint filed last month by U.S. solar-panel manufacturers against Chinese rivals. SolarWorld AG’s U.S. unit and six other U.S. solar-panel makers accused Chinese rivals of “dumping” solar panels on the U.S. market at prices below the [...]

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World’s First Bio-based Backsheet Certified by UL for Sale to Solar Manufacturers

BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that the company received the long awaited provisional Relative Thermal Index (RTI) recognition from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for its BioBacksheet. RTI is the temperature below which a [...]

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Newly-formed Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing takes Action Against China

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. solar panel manufacturers on Wednesday filed formal trade complaints with regulators to combat “illegal” subsidies by Chinese solar panel makers. The newly-formed Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing submitted requests to the U.S. Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission to seek “relief from China’s illegal trade activities,” the group said [...]

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