photovoltaic tracking News
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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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Soltec to Serve Australian Solar Tracker Market
Soltec is expanding to serve Australia with an office in Sydney. The new office will execute on Soltec’s activities in the southern country, including project equipment supply that leverage Soltec’s 14 years’ history as PV tracking specialist. Following on its customers’ successes in the Americas and about 2 GW supplied or underway, Soltec is leading in regional markets ...
By Soltec
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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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Mississippi Public Service Commission Gives Green Light to 1,000-Acre Solar Farm
The Mississippi Delta will soon be home to the largest utility-owned solar farm in the state, after receiving approval from the Mississippi Public Service Commission. Recurrent Energy, a solar facility manufacturer, will build the project on behalf of Entergy Mississippi, LLC. The project should be complete by no later than mid-2022. Once built, Entergy will assume ownership for the life of the ...
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Prothea advised on the successful purchase of 6,7 MW solar photovoltaic farms operating in Italy in a deal worth €28,5M.
Prothea, an independent renewable energy advisory firm, announced today that its customers have entered into a definitive agreement with Kirchner Solar GmbH for the purchase of the 100% stake of Sonnen Systeme Italia S.r.l, an Italian company owning and operating a portfolio of 6,7 MW dual-axis solar photovoltaic parks near Alessandria (Piedmont region) in northern Italy. Prothea acted as ...
By Prothea srl
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SRP, ASU Partner on 1-Megawatt Solar Power Plant
MESA, Ariz., Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Salt River Project (SRP), Arizona State University (ASU) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced an agreement to build a 1-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant at ASU's Polytechnic campus in Mesa, Ariz. The 1-megawatt facility will be the first commercial deployment of SunPower® C7 Tracker technology, a solar photovoltaic tracking ...
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Tucson Electric Power Plans 6-Megawatt SunPower C7 Tracker System
Reinforcing its commitment to promote the use of renewable energy, Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has modified an existing agreement with SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) to incorporate six megawatts of its new C7 Tracker technology into a planned facility that will also include two megawatts of SunPower's T5 Solar Roof Tile technology. The SunPower C7 Tracker is a solar photovoltaic tracking system ...
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Schneider Electric Presents Solar Solutions at Intersolar North America
Schneider Electric will present solar solutions in Booth 7510 at one of the largest solar trade shows in California, Intersolar North America, taking place from July 12-14 in San Francisco. The Renewable Energies Business of Schneider Electric is focused on designing and developing photovoltaic products and solutions, as well as providing global customer service and technical support. Schneider ...
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Tumbling Costs for Wind, Solar, Batteries Are Squeezing Fossil Fuels
Coal and gas are facing a mounting threat to their position in the world’s electricity generation mix, as a result of the spectacular reductions in cost not just for wind and solar technologies, but also for batteries – according to research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). BNEF’s latest report on the levelized costs of electricity, or LCOE, for all the leading technologies finds that ...
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Saudi Aramco sees PV storage as most economic at under 4 storage hours
Speaking at the MENASol 2016 conference in Dubai on May 25, Polega discussed Saudi Aramco’s comparative analysis of the future levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for storage-backed CSP and PV with storage. According to the company's scenario, PV with lithium-ion battery storage is also more cost-competitive than CSP for storing up to seven hours in 2021 and of up to 15 storage hours in ...
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Giant Nevada solar project set for federal approval; Global PV installs forecast to rise 14%
Nevada solar plus storage project clears environmental hurdle The 690 MW Gemini solar plus storage project in Nevada looks set to receive federal approval after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a favorable Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) December 30. BLM will close its final comment period on January 27 and will issue a Record of Decision in the Federal Register by ...
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Soltec collaborates in the construction of a hydroalcoholic gel production plant in Malawi
Soltec, a manufacturer and supplier of solar tracking equipment for photovoltaic panels worldwide, in its commitment to help alleviate the impact of the current health crisis, has joined the initiative promoted by Botanicae, a company from Murcia specialized in the development and packaging of perfumes, to finance the construction of a plant for the production of hydro-alcoholic solutions in ...
By Soltec
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International CSP industry to gather next week in Santiago
Next week the international concentrated solar power community will meet at the 2nd Chilean Solar Conference & Exhibition in Santiago (27 & 28 May). It will be the first time the solar industry is able to debate the new energy agenda presented by the Chilean Government last week. In its second year, CSP Today will host CHILESOL 2014 next week in Santiago at the Ritz Carlton hotel. ...
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COLEXON Energy Opens SOLAR WAREHOUSE AND SHOWROOM in Rye and Launches COLEXON FLEX Solar Photovoltaic Kits
COLEXON Energy, a leading international solar power engineering, contracting and distribution company, is opening a SOLAR WAREHOUSE AND SHOWROOM in Rye, East Sussex, and launching its COLEXON FLEX kit series in the United Kingdom market. COLEXON's SOLAR WAREHOUSE AND SHOWROOM will open with an information event for renewable energy and solar photovoltaic installers on Tuesday, 24 May, when ...
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Soltec launches the SF8, the largest Single-row Tracker on the market
Soltec, leading manufacturer and supplier of single-axis solar trackers worldwide, presents its new SF8 tracker. Under the slogan “engineered for greatness”, the SF8 tracker aims to revolutionize the photovoltaic market with its new minimum 2×60 configuration and 4 to 6-strings. This elegantly designed tracker reinforces its structure to facilitate installation and favors high ...
By Soltec
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EDF Renewables N. America and Clean Power Alliance Sign Power Purchase Agreement
EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) and Clean Power Alliance (CPA) recently announced the signing of a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement for the Desert Quartzite Solar-plus-Storage project. The project, consisting of a 300 megawatt (MWac) solar project coupled with a 600 MWh battery energy storage system, is expected to begin delivery of clean electricity to CPA's customers throughout Los Angeles ...
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