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Canadian Solar Signs 100MW Module Agreement with Fire Energy
20 April 2011POSTED IN Business News
Canadian Solar Inc. announced that the Company has signed a 100 MW solar module supply agreement with Fire Energy Group.
Canadian Solar Supplied 8MW of Modules to French Project
19 April 2011POSTED IN Business News
French Firm Soitec Provides CPV Solar Near San Diego
13 April 2011POSTED IN Applications News
San Diego Gas & Electric and subsidiaries of Soitec Solar Development, LLC announced the signing of three contracts with a combined capacity of 30 megawatts (MW) of solar energy that will be generated at three solar power plant sites in San Diego County using Soitec Concentrix technology.
New Energy Technologies Sought for Prize
05 April 2011POSTED IN Applications News
The Arts-Sciences Workshop, a common innovation initiative between CEA-Grenoble and the Hexagone Scène Nationale de Meylan, in partnership with the Cultural Centre for Scientific and Industrial Engineering (CCSTI) in Grenoble, has issued a call for projects. The 2011 Art Research Technology Science (ARTS) prize is open to an international audience for the first time.
Lower Costs Drive Up Building Integrated PV Market
05 April 2011POSTED IN Business News
A recent report from Pike Research forecasts that, driven mainly by lower costs, the global BIPV market will see strong growth in the coming years, with annual wholesale revenues rising from $744 million in 2010 to nearly $4 billion in 2016, under a base case scenario.
Uni-Solar Powers Largest Solar Power Plant on French Riviera
04 April 2011POSTED IN Applications News
United Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. and a manufacturer of lightweight, flexible thin-film solar laminates, today announced that its Uni-Solar brand photovoltaics (PV) are powering the recently completed 570 kilowatt peak (kWp) solar power plant atop the Nice Saint Isidore Eco-vallee Business Park in Nice, France.
A Better Understanding of Nanowire Structure
03 April 2011POSTED IN Research
PhD student Peter Krogstrup from the Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen has discovered why and how nanowires take the form they do, findings with implications for the development of future electronic components and solar cells.
Distributed Energy Resources Lab Accepts New Members
29 March 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
Today, the Association of European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories (DERlab e.V.) has accepted four new members at its general assembly in Roskilde, Denmark: VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland; EnergyVille in Belgium; Interdisciplinary Centre for Reliability, Security and Trust at the University of Luxembourg; and Sandia National Laboratories in the US.
Belectric Tops IMS Research's PV System Integrator Rankings
23 March 2011POSTED IN Business News
IMS Research has issued its "2010 Global PV System Integrator Rankings" report and Germany's Belectric (formerly known as Beck Energy) leads the pack.
Frost & Sullivan Forecasts High BIPV Growth in Europe
22 March 2011POSTED IN Business News
Distinctive tariffs and increasing awareness about the benefits are the main drivers of demand for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). However, more suitable and standardised products are required in the market. Decline and withdrawal of incentives in the near future will be the main challenge for industry participants.
3Power Energy Enters Into Agreement for Solar, Wind, Hydro
11 March 2011POSTED IN Business News
Prime Sun Power Inc., recently rebranded as 3Power Energy Group, announced that it has signed a financing and security agreement with CR&P Holding S.p.A., an Italian investment group, for a $50 million secured loan, with the intention of using it to finance photovoltaic, wind and hydro power plant development projects and prospective acquisitions in Italy, France, Turkey, Albania and Chile.
Soitec CPV Solar Chosen for California Project
10 March 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Soitec announced that its Concentrix concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology has been selected by Tenaska Solar Ventures to produce 150 megawatts (MW) of clean energy for San Diego Gas & Electric.
Enphase Energy Expands Globally with First European Offices
03 March 2011POSTED IN Business News
Enphase Energy, the leader in solar microinverter systems, today announced the appointment of two country managers and opening of new offices in France and Italy to service global demand for its high-tech solar microinverter system. Building on the success of more than 20,000 installations and 500,000 units shipped in North America, Enphase is expanding to Europe to capture a growing share of the worldwide inverter market. Microinverters are expected to grow dramatically in Europe, and Enphase is one of just a few vendors positioned to receive the CE and VDE mark for its products.
Floating Solar Panels
28 February 2011POSTED IN Research
Developed by a Franco-Israeli partnership, this new solar power technology introduces a new paradigm in energy production.
CNPV Signs Long Term Strategic Supply Agreement with JIT Solaire French Company
28 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
CNPV Solar Power SA, a public limited liability company organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with JIT Solaire, a leading project developer and installer of solar photovoltaic systems based in Western France.
Solyndra Solar Powers Food Facility in France
15 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for large commercial rooftops, today announced that Nazca, a Platinum Solyndra Solution Provider, has completed a 1.2MW solar system installation on the rooftop of a food conditioning facility in Cavaillon, in the South of France.
Solar Added to ICIS Heren Daily Electricity Report
07 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
ICIS Heren now offers subscribers access to a daily forecast of wind and solar power from spotrenewables, a service from EuroWind Gmbh, a market leader in European renewables forecasting.
France Solar Funding: Facing the challenge
18 January 2011POSTED IN Business Features
During December 2010, the French government announced plans to impose a three-month moratorium on new solar projects eligible for the country’s feed-in-tariff (FiT), to prick an anticipated “speculative bubble” building up around the industry and prepare for a new renewable energy regulatory framework.
Amid growing concerns that the framework will impose substantial cuts in tariffs, observers are bracing themselves for a severe funding shortfall in France’s solar energy industry.
Mixed Solar and Wind Park in France
12 January 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Boralex Inc. is developing a solar project in France, with Q-Cells group providing the engineering, construction and maintenance of the facility.
AES Solar Closes Financing for 24MW PV in Italy
23 December 2010POSTED IN Business News
AES Solar, a joint venture between The AES Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC, announced today that one of its subsidiaries closed on long-term non-recourse financing facilities of €103 million for a 24MW portfolio of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, named ”Il Terzo,” which is located throughout the Lazio, Puglia and Sicilia regions of Italy.
