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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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Call for Papers open for 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam
The experts of the PV solar community will meet in Amsterdam to discuss new concepts, trends and developments in science and industry. The EU PVSEC provides the most inspiring platform for dialogue and information exchange across the world. The next European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2017), the leading international conference in photovoltaics, will be held in ...
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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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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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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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NREL and 3M sign agreement on renewable energy research
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced a series of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with 3M, the St. Paul, Minn.-based technology company. The collaborative effort demonstrates both 3M’s and NREL’s commitments to meeting the nation's clean energy needs by developing technologies that are vital to producing ...
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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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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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Secretary Moniz announces $30 million investment for solar development
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced $30 million in funding to 12 projects to develop solar technologies which can produce electricity when the sun is not shining. The 12 award recipients will develop technologies that span solar photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP) and concentrating photovoltaics (CPV). “The Energy Department is working across the industry to ...
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The Grass is Greener over in MENA
The Middle East and North African Utilities Industry is in a state of growth, global investment has meant that the Middle East is officially on the road to recovery. Investment banks are increasing their spending within the utilities sector. Maintaining the correct balance between supply and demand has meant large scale investment such as the recent $1.8bn going to the SEC (Saudi Electric ...
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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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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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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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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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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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