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CPV Industry to Lay Down Marker towards Commercialization in November
PV Insider is pleased to announce the launch of the 3rd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit USA 2011, taking place at the San Jose Crowne Plaza on November 14-15. The CPV industry is making headway in the renewable energy landscape, with a pipeline of around 700MW now either planned or in operation. Recent reports have estimated at least 1GW of new installations will be in place by 2015, ...
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CPV experts to gather in Seville on November 18-19 to discuss how to prove CPV´s commercial viability
SEVILLE, SPAIN With more than 20 MW installed to date, CPV’s commercialisation is firmly underway. It has been predicted that the CPV market will soar in value to over a quarter of a billion dollars by 2014 leading to exponential growth of 6GW by 2020. To address the critical issues that the industry will face on the way to commercialisation, CPV Today will be bringing together over ...
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CPV World Map 2011 unveiled by PV Insider
Researchers at PV Insider have completed work on the CPV World Map 2011, as part of the launch of the 3rd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit USA. Hours of research has resulted in the general release of the CPV World Map 2011, which shows operational and pre-operational installations across five continents. The PDF gives detailed insight into the biggest geographical markets at present, ...
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CPV webinar featuring SolFocus, Abengoa Solar to discuss technology’s next steps
PV Insider have released details of their free concentrated photovoltaic webinar, discussing the topic ‘CPV's next steps: fight the PV price war and seize new opportunities’. 2012 has so far seen some of the most exciting CPV project announcements in the technology’s history, with companies expanding into new, high DNI markets, such as Mexico, Latin America and South Africa. ...
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CPV installations in the USA set to grow at a CAGR of 75% in the next five years
According to the Concentrated Photovoltaics Industry Report, CPV installations in the USA will grow from 1.5 MW to 75MW in the next five years. If installation patterns in the PV industry are anything to go by, this will represent just 8% of total CPV installations by 2015. Findings from the Concentrated Photovoltaics Industry Report show that the CPV industry has emerged stronger in recent ...
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CPV industry strategy up for discussion in October
Mastering reliability and qualifying new opportunities identified as key themes as the public gets first details of PV Insider’s CPV USA 2012 Summit, announced for 15-16 October in San Jose, California. These topics reflect current industry trends, as a number of concentrated photovoltaic companies have recently announced plans to expand into new markets. SolFocus and Arima have made ...
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Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) Technology Ready to Compete in Solar Market, According To GTM Research
While the CPV market remains a fraction of the world’s total installed solar base, at a mere 28 of the total 33,000 megawatts (MW), CPV technology is finally gaining momentum with multiple utility-scale project announcements over the past year. This growing pipeline of CPV represents a vote of confidence from solar developers for a technology that, to date, has been marginalized because it ...
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Concentrated Solar Distribution and Research, Inc.
(CSDR) is a US manufacturer of Concentrated Photovoltaic Dual Axis tracked power systems featuring the SC-90 25KWp Power Tracker. Currently, their global manufacturing capacity is at 300MW annually and is expected to achieve 600MW by mid 2014. The SC-90 Power Tracker System offers the lowest cost per kW, using 10000m2 per MWp and provides reliability and performance guaranteed for 30 years, ...
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Soitec has Executed a sales agreement to sell 150 MW of PPA s to Large Solar Services Provider
This is a major milestone toward realization of a solar project that is expected to deploy up to 83,400 Soitec concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules. Soitec, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today that Soitec Solar Development, LLC ("Soitec"), a wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into a ...
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Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World`s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 37.9%
Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency*1 of 37.9%*2 using a triple-junction compound solar cell in which three photo-absorption layers are stacked together. Sharp achieved this latest breakthrough as a result of a research and development initiative promoted by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)*3 on the ...
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Thermax Limited Partners with Amonix Inc.
Thermax Limited and Amonix, Inc. today announced an agreement that will bring proven, concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology for clean power generation to India. In this exclusive partnership, Amonix will offer high-performance solar power generation systems and Thermax will be the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) partner to provide turnkey ...
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Siemens Acquires Stake in the U.S.-Based Solar Company Semprius
ORLANDO, Fla., June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens has acquired a minority share (approximately 16 percent) in U.S. pioneering solar company Semprius. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Semprius develops high concentrating photovoltaic (HCPV) modules. This investment gives Siemens early access to a highly promising technology for CO2-free power generation from solar energy. Siemens ...
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Soitec Takes Another Step Forward in its Expansion in South Africa by Signing a Power Purchase Agreement Covering its Soon-To-be-built 44 MWp Touwsrivier Power Plant
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, has announced the signature today of a power purchase agreement covering the electricity generated at the Touwsrivier power plant it is to build in South Africa. This signature represents a decisive step for the project submitted by Soitec in ...
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Soitec Solar Awarded $25 Million From U.S. Department of Energy for North American Solar Manufacturing Facility in San Diego, California
Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today that one of its US Solar Energy subsidiaries has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive a SUNPATH award in the amount of $25 million to support its new North American solar manufacturing facility in San ...
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NextEra Energy Resources powers up North America’s largest concentrated photovoltaic solar power plant
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the competitive energy subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) and North America's leading generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, announces the commissioning of the Hatch Solar Center, located in Hatch, N.M. The 5-megawatt Hatch facility is comprised of 84 Amonix 60-kilowatt units, and began operation in June 2011. The plant is the largest ...
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Leading Supplier of Utility-scale Solar Solutions Soitec to Exhibit at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
Soitec will exhibit its high-efficiency concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solutions in the French pavilion (booth #8503) at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2013, coming January 15-17 to the National Exhibition Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Soitec commits to provide the Middle East with a full range of CPV solutions ranging from systems using the company's Concentrix™ ...
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Global Markets and Technologies for Photovoltaic Systems
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Markets and Technologies for Photovoltaic Systems http://www.reportlinker.com/p0969861/Global-Markets-and-Technologies-for-Photovoltaic-Systems.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Solar_Photovoltaic Use this report to: l Receive information on the current status of the ...
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City of Hami in China to open its new 20MW solar plant
A concentrated photovoltaic project (CPV) of 20 megawatts in Hami, a city on the edge of the Gobi Desert in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, has secured a funding of 200 million yuan (about 32.7 million) from China Development Bank (CDB). This industrial size project, which the central driver of 3 MW initially was announced by Focusic and Soitec in 2011, is the first based on CPV technology to ...
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SunPower Concentrated Photovoltaic C7 Tracker Delivers LowestCost for Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) today launched the SunPower(TM) C7 Tracker, a solar photovoltaic tracking system that concentrates the sun's power seven times to achieve the lowest levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for utility-scale solar power plants available today. The C7 Tracker combines single-axis tracking technology with rows of parabolic mirrors, reflecting light ...
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Soitec Completes Delivery of 5 MW in Solar-Energy Systems to Italy
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, has completed delivery on a total of 5 megawatts* (MW) of its Concentrix™ concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems to seven solar power plants throughout Italy. This latest sales news follows Soitec's announcement in June that it had ...
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