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Renewable Energy in Germany Facing Cuts?
Germany Trade & Invest shares business opportunities in Europe's largest market at the Green Energy Expo A decision is expected at the end of the week on changes to Germany's cornerstone law - the Renewable Energy Sources Act. Drastic reductions to solar subsidies are still on the table, but even this scenario cannot curb Germany's march forward in renewable energy, according to Germany ...
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Midsummer reports record order intake in the third quarter and prepares capital acquisition for expanded production capacity
During the third quarter 2022, Midsummer reached a new record high order intake for the business area Solar roofs with SEK 37.8 million [approx. EUR 3.45m], an increase of 63 percent compared to the corresponding period last year and 110 percent compared to the previous quarter. Demand from the Swedish private market hit a new record during the quarter, while sales to commercial actors also ...
By Midsummer
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Enbridge and First Solar Complete the Largest Photovoltaic Facility in the World
CALGARY, ALBERTA and TEMPE, ARIZONA - Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB)(NYSE: ENB) and First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) have achieved commercial operation of the 80-megawatt (MW) Sarnia Solar Project, making it the largest operating photovoltaic facility in the world. The project complements Enbridge's significant and growing portfolio of green energy assets that includes interests in seven wind farms, a ...
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GE Plans to Build Largest U.S. Solar Factory in Colorado, Expand Solar Innovation in New York and Deliver Lighter, Larger, More Efficient Thin Film Solar Panels
GE (NYSE: GE) today announced plans to build its new solar panel factory in Aurora, Colorado. When completed, the advanced manufacturing facility will create 355 jobs in Colorado and will be larger than any existing solar panel factory in the country today. GE anticipates the new factory will first start up earlier than expected with the first panels coming off ...
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U.S. closes US$4.75 billion in solar loans before program deadline
The U.S. Energy Department completed US$4.75 billion in loan guarantees for four solar projects yesterday, the deadline for a 2005 program funded by the stimulus act. Projects being developed by ProLogis Inc., SunPower Corp. (SPWRA), and First Solar Inc. (FSLR) won U.S. backing, and First Solar and SunPower immediately sold theirs. The guarantees come at the end of a month in which the Energy ...
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Retooling a developed economy’s energy base: Germany at the head of the class
The European Union has been far more united and proactive than the US federal government when it comes to policies ushering in post-petroleum and fossil fuel era by restructuring and retooling its energy and industrial infrastructure. Germany is at the forefront of this wave of change. Energy consumption in Germany dropped 5.6% - the equivalent of 18.5 tons of oil - in 2007 as its economy grew ...
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GE and Gehrlicher Solar Team up to Build Solar Parks Worldwide
GE (NYSE: GE) and Gehrlicher Solar today announced that the two companies have begun construction on a solar power plant in Aschheim, Germany; the first of many global projects planned between the two companies. The project, planned and built by Gehrlicher Solar, includes GE’s thin film solar panels. Designed to improve the ease of installation and ...
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GE and Gehrlicher solar team up to build solar parks worldwide
GE (NYSE: GE) and Gehrlicher Solar today announced that the two companies have begun construction on a solar power plant in Aschheim, Germany; the first of many global projects planned between the two companies. The project, planned and built by Gehrlicher Solar, includes GE’s thin film solar panels. Designed to improve the ease of installation and scalability of large-scale solar power ...
By GE Power
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GE Solar Technology to Bring Power of the Sun to Invenergy’s Grand Ridge Solar Project
GE (NYSE: GE) today announced an agreement to supply 23 megawatts (MW) of advanced solar equipment to Invenergy. Invenergy will install the solar equipment at its Grand Ridge Solar project (“Grand Ridge Solar”), now under construction in Illinois. When completed in mid-2012, Grand Ridge Solar will be the largest solar farm in the Midwest. The Grand Ridge ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, First Solar and Big Green Zero Energize Solar Power System at Taliesin West
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation today inaugurated a new 250-kilowattAC solar photovoltaic (PV) power system donated by First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) which will help power the historic Taliesin West campus. The commissioning marks the successful completion of the first phase of the Energizing Taliesin West™ initiative, a pioneering effort to transform the ...
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NSG Group will increase Ohio solar glass capacity to supply First Solar with American product
Glass and glazing system supplier Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG Group) recently announced it would invest in additional transparent conductive oxide (TCO) glass production capacity at its plant in Rossford, Ohio, to support the solar market. The float line at Pilkington North America, a member of NSG Group, will begin shipping TCO glass for solar panels by Q1 2025. Pilkington will supply glass to ...
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Constellation Energy to Acquire 30 MW Solar Installation in Sacramento
Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced that it acquired a 30-megawatt DC (25-megawatt AC) solar generation project in Sacramento, Calif., from utility-grade photovoltaic power plant developer Belectric, Inc. The system will be comprised of approximately 381,000 First Solar thin film photovoltaic panels, ground-mounted at multiple sites near the city of ...
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GE Technology to Help MPX Double its Solar Energy Production in Brazil
GE (NYSE: GE) and MPX, a division of EBX Group, owned by businessman Eike Batista, announced an agreement that will double the output of MPX’s first solar power plant in Brazil. The announcement signifies an important step for both MPX and GE in helping provide clean, renewable energy to the people of Brazil and marks GE’s entrance into the Brazilian ...
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Rosendin Electric Receives Photovoltaic Project of Distinction Award for Groundbreaking Arizona Western College Solar Project
Rosendin Electric (www.rosendin.com), one of the nation's largest private electrical contractors and a 100% employee-owned company, was awarded one of three PV Project of Distinction Awards presented by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) for the design and construction of an innovative solar array at Arizona Western College in Yuma, ...
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Solar Plate: An Overview
With the passage of time and the rapid advancement of technology, it is necessary to take steps toward environmental sustainability. People now prefer renewable energy sources to conventional energy sources to safeguard the environment. The UK government has taken a good step toward environmental conservation by implementing the Feed-in-Tariff scheme. They have demonstrated to the rest of the ...
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Constellation Energy Begins Construction on Maryland’s Largest Solar Photovoltaic Power System
Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced that its retail energy business affiliate has started construction on a 16.1 megawatt DC grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) solar installation in Emmitsburg, Md. Part of the state of Maryland’s Generating Clean Horizons initiative, the approximately $60 million solar facility will be financed, owned and ...
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