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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 ...
By Soitec
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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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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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Rioglass Solar Signs Contracts for World’s Largest CSP Plant
The record-breaking Dubai 700 MW CSP + 250 MW PV Hybrid Project Noor Energy 1, developed by Acwa Power in close cooperation with DEWA, Shanghai Electric Group Corporation as EPC, and Abengoa Energía as solar field technology provider, will utilize the Rioglass Solar tempered mirror and solar receiver technologies. Rioglass Solar has received the confidence of the project partners and the ...
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Maxwell Technologies, Soitec Join Forces To Demonstrate Benefits Of Integrating Energy Storage With Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) Technology
SAN DIEGO, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXWL) and Soitec (Euronext, Paris) announced today that they will collaborate on a California Energy Commission-funded, two-phase program to demonstrate the cost and efficiency benefits of combining an energy storage system with Soitec's Concentrix™ CPV technology. Maxwell has been awarded a $1.39 million ...
By Soitec
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ITRI Wins R&D 100 Awards for Fifth Year in a Row
ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech research and development institutions, will accept six 2012 R&D 100 Awards in Orlando, Fla., on Nov. 1, 2012. ITRI was selected as a winner for the fifth consecutive year, collecting six awards for the following advanced technologies in their respective categories: Lignoxy?, ...
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Soitec Completes ZAR 1,000,000,000 Inaugural Solar Financing Bond Transaction in South Africa
? Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for energy and electronics successfully finalised the ZAR 1,000,000,000 (more than $100 millions) solar financing bond issued by CPV Power Plant No.1 Bond SPV (RF) Ltd, an affiliate of Soitec Solar GmbH. The bonds will finance the construction of a 44 MWp utility-scale concentrator ...
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Scientists set new record for solar cells efficiency
Researchers at the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) announced that they have succeeded in improving the efficiency of solar cells, which are designed to convert available light into electricity. The quantum electronic phenomenon called the photovoltaic (PV) effect makes this possible. The team said the effectiveness of III-V semiconductor multi-junction solar ...
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The solar researchers aiming to light up Africa
Can a new network of African solar researchers lead the way on solar power for the continent? Christine Ottery finds out. It was a surprise to Daniel Egbe to discover, at a 2010 conference in Tunisia, that two of his colleagues, both solar researchers from Africa, were not acquainted. So the Cameroonian scientist introduced Teketel Yohannes, a professor at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, to ...
By SciDev.Net
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Zytech Solar and Energyweb. Partners to Create Blockchain-ready Solar PV Systems
Today Zytech Solar announced that it had become the newest member of Energy Web. Together the two organizations also jointly unveiled an initiative to develop blockchain-ready solar PV systems that are out-of-the-box compatible to transact on the Energy Web Decentralized Operating System (EW-DOS). “We’re proud to welcome Zytech to the Energy Web ecosystem,” said Jesse Morris, ...
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Abengoa will develop a new 100 MW solar plant in South Africa
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) of South Africa to develop Xina Solar One, a 100 MW parabolic trough plant with a five-hour thermal energy storage system using molten salts. This project will form the largest ...
By Abengoa
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Soitec Completes Construction and Grid Connection of Largest Concentrator Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant in Italy
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today it has completed construction and grid connection for the largest concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power plant in Italy. Located in the Belpasso municipality in the Catania province in Sicily, the highly efficient, ...
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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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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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Soitec Selected as a Preferred Bidder Under South Africa`s IPP Program for the Supply of 50 Megawatts of Solar Energy
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, today announced that it has been selected by South Africa's Department of Energy as one of the preferred bidders under the country's independent power producer (IPP) program. Soitec's initial project under this program is to install a 50-megawatt ...
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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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Soitec Announces Industry´s First Four-Junction Solar Cell for Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, Entering Industry´s Roadmap at World-Class Level with 43.6% Efficiency
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today the industry's first four-junction solar cell device, which works under concentrated sunlight, putting the company on the solar-energy industry's technology roadmap at a world-class level of an outstanding 43.6 percent efficiency. ...
By Soitec
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Soitec and Reflexite Energy Solutions Enter Joint Venture to Ensure Most Competitive CPV Solutions
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Reflexite Energy Solutions Inc., a U.S.-based global supplier of microstructured optical components for the solar power, lighting, instrumentation and display industries, have entered a joint venture called Reflexite Soitec Optical Technology LLC. ...
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Soitec and Schneider Electric Sign Memorandum of Understanding With Masen on Integrated Partnership on CPV Technology in Morocco
Soitec, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Masen (Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy), lead player in the Moroccan Solar Plan, on an integrated partnership on ...
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