Solar Energy News
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REC Solar Joins Energy Leaders Including Ted Turner, Tim Wirth, U.S. General Wesley Clark and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter at the 8th Annual AREDAY Summit
REC Solar, leading solar electric provider in the United States, is participating in the 8th annual American Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY) Summit, speaking in the company of global environmental powerhouses in the annual forum promoting powerful cross-sector dialogue and collaborations. This year’s theme, “Putting the Green in Green, Monetizing ...
By REC Solar
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Canadian Solar Skyrockets in Second-Quarter 2011 as Projects, Recognition Grow Worldwide, an Industrial Info News Alert
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Canadian Solar Incorporated (NASDAQ:CSIQ) (Kitchener, Ontario), a designer and manufacturer of solar products and one of the world's largest solar module producers, reported significant gains in the second quarter of 2011 as worldwide shipments and brand recognition continued to grow. Net income for the quarter was reported to be ...
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New ventures forum addresses challenges to scaling up clean energy access in India
New Ventures India, part of WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship, and CDF-IFMR convened a workshop in Mumbai earlier this summer to address the barriers to the clean energy industry serving India’s rural poor. Representatives from every major clean energy company in India joined senior executives from corporations with rural marketing and distribution expertise, ...
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SMA Sunny PRO Club Launches Regional Forums in the U.S. and Canada
SMA’s Sunny PRO Club, a membership-based professional partnership program for solar installers, is launching a series of Regional Forums. Scheduled for select cities throughout the U.S. and Canada, these free events are available to both members and non-members, who can participate in technical training and hands-on product workshops, as well as learn more about the exclusive marketing ...
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SolarMax central inverter receives BDEW unit certificate
Most powerful central inverter of Sputnik Engineering meets the criteria of the BDEW Medium-Voltage Directive. Biel, 18 August 2011 : Newly commissioned grid-coupled inverters equipped with a direct medium-voltage connection in Germany must demonstrate their compliance with the directive “Generator plants on the medium-voltage network” by means of a unit certificate of the BDEW ...
By Solar Max
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Solarcentury installs a 5 megawatts solar park in Great Britain using SolarMax inverters
One of the largest solar parks in Great Britain has sprung up on Mingay Farm in Cambridgeshire. The British company Solarcentury installed the 14 hectare park with an output of five megawatts. In the County of Cambridgeshire solar radiation is good, comparable with that in the south of Germany . The 19,960 solar modules installed in the Mingay Farm project generate enough energy to supply up to ...
By Solar Max
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Trina Solar Announces Strategic Partnership with Australia`s Origin Energy
Trina Solar Limited (TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from ingots to modules, today announced that through its subsidiary, Trina Solar Australia Pty Ltd, it has signed a strategic partnership with Origin Energy Australia ("Origin"), the leading Australian integrated energy company. Under the terms of the agreement, Trina ...
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LS Power and SunPower Dedicate 10-Megawatt Dover SUN Park
At a ceremony today attended by Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Dover Mayor Carleton E. Carey, Sr. and other dignitaries, White Oak Solar Energy, LLC, (a wholly owned subsidiary of LS Power Group) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) recognized the commencement of operations of the 10-megawatt Dover SUN Park. Dover SUN Park is delivering solar power to the local utility distribution grid ...
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CSP Gold Rush in South Africa
With the first 200MW of Concentrated Solar Thermal Power allocated as part of South Africa’s IPP programme, the question at the forefront of the industry is does this represent a market changer or a one off opportunity? London, UK, August 17 2011 The Ministry of Energy in South Africa officially launched the Independent Power Producers (IPP) Procurement Programme earlier this month. ...
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China Sunergy Signs US$160 Million Financing and Credit Facility from China Development Bank
China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: CSUN) ("China Sunergy" or "the Company"), a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, is pleased to announce the signing of US$160 million in financing and credit facilities from China Development Bank ("CDB") to help fund its growth. The contracts with CDB were signed by China Sunergy's two domestic subsidiaries, China Sunergy (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. and ...
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REC Solar Joins Energy Leaders Including Ted Turner, Tim Wirth, U.S. General Wesley Clark and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter at the 8th Annual AREDAY Summit
REC Solar, leading solar electric provider in the United States, is participating in the 8th annual American Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY) Summit, speaking in the company of global environmental powerhouses in the annual forum promoting powerful cross-sector dialogue and collaborations. This year’s theme, “Putting the Green in Green, Monetizing ...
By REC Solar
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Dow Challenges Students Around the World to Develop the Next Generation of Near-Zero Dwellings
As a leading global chemical company focused on bringing innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) launched today the Dow Solar Design to Zero Competition, an international challenge open to architecture, design and engineering students and professionals. The competition challenges students to ...
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First Solar Announces Departure of Jens Meyerhoff
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) today announced that Jens Meyerhoff, President of the Utility Systems Business Group (USBG) and former Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will be leaving the company effective Sept. 30, 2011. James Brown, currently Senior Vice President of Utility Systems Business Sales, will succeed Meyerhoff, reporting to Rob Gillette, CEO of First ...
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NRG Energy to Acquire Energy Plus Holdings, Adding Immediate Scale and Unique Sales Channel to Expanding Northeast Retail Business
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Energy Plus Holdings LLC, a Philadelphia-based retail electricity and natural gas provider for $190 million in cash. Through its exclusive marketing partnerships with leading loyalty program providers, Energy Plus has a proven ability to successfully enroll attractive customer groups and will provide NRG an effective retail ...
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Utility Scale PV map reveals substantial growth in the US & Canada
PV Insider has today unveiled the Utility Scale PV Map – USA & Canada 2011, as part of the launch of the 2nd Utility Scale PV Plant Optimization Summit USA (17-18 November, San Jose). As global PV players turn their attention towards the utility scale PV market in the United States, the research team at PV Insider have been working overtime to complete the Utility Scale PV Map – ...
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Intergraph(R) Publishes Full CAD and Engineering Analysis Course Details for CAU2011, to Be Held September 19-21 in Houston
Intergraph has posted full details on the 60+ CAD and engineering analysis courses and sessions being offered at CADWorx & Analysis University 2011 (CAU2011), to be held September 19-21, 2011 in Houston, Texas, USA. There are 24 CAD sessions on plant design using Intergraph CADWorx®, 14 sessions on vessel and exchanger design and analysis using PV Elite®, and 22 sessions on pipe ...
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Ascent Solar Enters Major Strategic Alliance with TFG Radiant Group of China
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (“Ascent”) (NASDAQ:ASTI) and TFG Radiant Group (“TFG Radiant”) today announced they have signed a more than $275 million plus royalties long-term, multi-faceted, strategic partnership that includes (i) investments by TFG Radiant in Ascent and (ii) a joint development agreement between TFG Radiant and Ascent to ...
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Supercritical-CO2 could hold the secrets for CSP
As the solar industry prepares to meet in San Francisco in three week’s time, at the 2nd CSP Plant Optimization Summit (7-8 September), Zhiwen Ma, Senior Engineer at NREL, has been speaking to CSP Today about his recent research into supercritical-CO2 for CSP. Ma is scheduled to present his paper on this at the conference, in which he outlines the main advantages of Super-critical CO2 when ...
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Canadian Solar Announces Industry Leading Product and Performance Warranty
Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ),one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced the introduction of its new and improved photovoltaic (PV) solar module product and performance warranty. Effective August 1, 2011, Canadian Solar's warranty now provides a linear performance guarantee for the Company's PV module power output over a 25-year ...
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Supercritical-CO2 could hold the secrets for CSP
As the solar industry prepares to meet in San Francisco in three week’s time, at the 2nd CSP Plant Optimization Summit (7-8 September), Zhiwen Ma, Senior Engineer at NREL, has been speaking to CSP Today about his recent research into supercritical-CO2 for CSP. Ma is scheduled to present his paper on this at the conference, in which he outlines the main advantages of Super-critical CO2 when ...
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