Europe
Shanghai Solar Declaration Calls for Multilateral Trade Negotiations
21 May 2013POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
Last week, representatives from SEIA went to China to meet with the Asia PV Industry Association to discuss how to settle the lingering trade dispute with China over anti-dumping and anti-subsidy allegations. John Smirnow, vice president of trade and competitiveness for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) – issued the following statement:
“Meeting last week in China, SEIA and the Asia PV Industry Association – along with several other organizations – agreed to a joint policy position, the Shanghai Solar Declaration, which strongly encourages the United States, China, the European Union and other nations to engage in multilateral trade negotiations aimed at ending this costly and disruptive dispute.
Nanostructure-Coated Black Silicon Solar Cells Via ALD
09 May 2013POSTED IN Research
Aspiring to improve photovoltaic energy conversion efficiency by using latest advances in nanotechnology, researchers at Aalto University, Finland, are combining “black silicon” with the method of atomic layer deposition (ALD). As a result, the nanostructures fabricated by plasma dry etching minimise sunlight reflection. Moreover, a conformal, thin passivating layer, deposited onto the nanostructures through ALD, prevents charge carriers from recombining at the surface.
Conergy Builds Second 2MW Solar Plant in Romania
07 May 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Conergy is currently building another 2MW solar power plant in the Romanian region of Slobozia. It was only in January this year that the PV solution and service provider had announced its entry into the market in the Eastern European country with a 2.2MW solar park.
Intersolar Europe 2013: Soleos Solar debuts high-performance solar module
06 May 2013POSTED IN New Products
Soleos Solar is launching a new solar module in June and will show it at Intersolar Europe 2013. The polycrystalline Soleos 250P module is manufactured in Europe and has a rated output of 250 watts and a module efficiency of 14.94%. It thus produces more output and has a greater degree of efficiency than its predecessors.
Solarexpo 2013: Bosch presents storage solutions and solar modules
06 May 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Bosch presents its high-performance storage system solutions from Bosch Power Tec as well as innovative photovoltaic products from Bosch Solar Energy at this year’s Solarexpo from 8 to 10 May in Milan, Italy. The Solarexpo is an international trade fair for renewable energies and efficient environmental technology.
Intersolar Europe 2013: Changing business models for the PV industry
06 May 2013POSTED IN Business News
At Intersolar Europe 2013, which takes place in Munich, Germany from 19 to 21 June at Messe München, numerous exhibitors showcase a variety of new PV system solutions and investment opportunities. Exhibition tours, workshops and presentations at PV Energy World shed light on the topics from a variety of perspectives and a specially dedicated set of presentations at the Intersolar Europe Conference rounds off the range of information available at the exhibition on new business models for the photovoltaics (PV) industry.
EU Close to Levying Tariffs on Chinese Solar Imports
03 May 2013POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht is expected to tell his fellow EU commissioners on Wednesday that Brussels should levy the tariffs on solar panels from China. The move is to guard against Chinese production that quadrupled between 2009 and 2011 to more than the entire global demand.
Intersolar Europe 2013: Milk the Sun will present its online marketplace
02 May 2013POSTED IN Business News
Milk the Sun plans to exhibit at Intersolar Europe 2013, which takes place in Germany from 19 to 21 July.
Intersolar Europe 2013: Kaco new products and solutions
29 April 2013POSTED IN New Products
With solutions from Kaco new energy, operators of photovoltaic systems can do their part in the energy revolution: at this year's Intersolar Europe in Munich, the Neckarsulm-based inverter manufacturer will present products and solutions in this spirit.
IBM Develops Economical Sunflower CPV System
29 April 2013POSTED IN Research
IBM’s solar concentrator system — called an economical High Concentration PhotoVoltaic Thermal (HCPVT) system — could revolutionise solar energy. Mounted on innovative concrete solar trackers, the sunflower-inspired parabolic dish uses a multitude of mirror facets to concentrate sunlight onto several microchannel-liquid cooled receivers with photovoltaic converter chips. Scientists are hoping to develop an affordable photovoltaic system that can collect and convert 75–80% of the incoming solar radiation into energy.
Solar Stocks on the Rise
25 April 2013POSTED IN Business News
Where First Solar goes, others follow. This week shares of First Solar took another big gain, rising almost 11% for another high. Shares of Canadian Solar, Jinko Solar, LDK Solar, SolarCity and SunPower also saw gains.
PV Cycle and Retela Partner on PV Recycling in Czech Republic
25 April 2013POSTED IN Business News
PV Cycle and the Czech WEEE-scheme Retela announced that they have started to collaborate in the area of PV module take-back and recycling in the Czech Republic.
Celebrating the Opening of Germany's Latest Battery Plant
24 April 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Tomorrow, 25 April 2013, the first production line of high-qualitative lithium-iron-phosphate batteries will be celebrated by ECC Repenning GmbH near Hamburg, Germany.
Solar Module Prices Rise in Europe
23 April 2013POSTED IN Business News
Reflecting a major shift in the global solar market after four years of severe erosion, prices for photovoltaic (PV) modules in the key European market are rising due to number of factors—including the newly restored balance between supply and demand.
Trina Solar Head of EU Public Affairs Named to EPIA Board
23 April 2013POSTED IN Business News
Trina Solar Limited announced the election of its Head of EU Public Affairs, Jodie Roussell, onto the Board of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).
European Solar Demand Up in Response to Anti-Dumping Duties
18 April 2013POSTED IN Business News
The Scandinavian-German solar module manufacturer Innotech Solar (ITS) has concluded contracts with six new distributors, benefiting from the increased demand for European solar modules from distributors who want to avoid paying backdated anti-dumping duties for purchasing modules made in China.
Intersolar Europe 2013: Connecting solar business
17 April 2013POSTED IN Business News
The solar industry will gather at Messe München 19 to 21 June 2013 for Intersolar Europe, where the motto this year is "Connecting Solar Business".
Hannover Messe 2013: Energy focus with low solar participation
15 April 2013POSTED IN Editors Blogs
Hannover Messe, the largest industrial show worldwide attracted some 225,000 visitors to Hannover, Germany, during the five exhibition days; some 50% came from abroad. Although the theme was “Integrated Industry”, renewable energy and sustainability was a strong focus.
Bulgaria Energy Minister Proposes to Pull the Plug on Non-Compliant PV Plants
28 March 2013POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
Bulgaria's caretaker Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, proposed that renewable energy installations without certificates should be temporarily disconnected from the country's power grid.
Hanwha Q CELLS "Made in EU" Certified
27 March 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Hanwha Q CELLS, a Germany-based photovoltaic company, has now received the French "Made in EU" certificate for the manufacturing of both solar cells and solar modules from purely European components. The certificate will enable French customers of Q CELLS PV products to get a bonus on the French Feed-in-Tariff of up to 10% with immediate effect.
