Israel
Hanwha SolarOne Opens Israel Office
26 November 2012POSTED IN Business News
Hanwha SolarOne today said it has opened its first office in the Israeli market.
The office is based in Modiin, near Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and will be managed by Eran Kopel, Hanwha SolarOne’s new sales and marketing director for Israel.
Grant to Fund Solar Energy Research in Israel
26 October 2012POSTED IN Applications News
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced a gift of $15 million over three years to fund joint research in solar energy and biofuels between the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Woodward, SolarEdge Partner on Utility Scale PV
17 October 2012POSTED IN Business News
Woodward and SolarEdge Technologies today announced today their partnership to offer a utility scale PV power optimization system.
SolarEdge will also distribute Woodward’s SOLO inverters in Israel.
SPI 2012: Dagan’s solar absorbers production equipment
20 August 2012POSTED IN New Products
Dagan Machine Engineering Ltd. offers production equipment for the solar thermal absorbers line. Dagan will be exhibiting at Solar Power International 2012 on 10-13 September at the Orange County Convention Centre (booth B2881) in Orlando, Florida (US).
Israel Certifies ReneSola Solar Modules
17 August 2012POSTED IN Business News
ReneSola today announced it has obtained certification from the Standards Institution of Israel (SII) for the Company’s solar modules, including its Virtus series, monocrystalline series and multicrystalline series of solar modules.
This means that ReneSola’s solar modules meet Israel’s safety requirements.
Intersolar Europe 2012: Winners of Intersolar Award 2012
14 June 2012POSTED IN Business News
The Intersolar Award 2012 has been presented to companies at Intersolar Europe 2012 in Munich, Germany. The international award pays tribute to companies, products and services in the categories of photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal technologies and PV production technologies.
Solarexpo 2012: SolarEdge Launches Inverters and Voltage Optimisers
07 May 2012POSTED IN New Products
SolarEdge Technologies, a provider of end-to-end solar power optimisation systems and monitoring solutions, announced today the introduction of its new 15 kilowatt (kW), 16kW and 17kW three-phase solar inverters and a new extended voltage power optimiser that can support modules with voltage up to 125 volts direct current (VDC).
Italian Inventor Launches Floating Solar Panels
22 February 2012POSTED IN Applications News
Floating solar panels soaking up the sun on Italy’s Lake Colignola will provide a cost-effective, more visually attractive way to harness the sun’s power, says its inventor Marco Rosa-Clot, a professor at Florence University and head of Scintec, a small family business that produces a variety of renewable energy and industrial devices.
Israel's AORA Solar Opens CSP Plant in Spain
27 January 2012POSTED IN Applications News
Israel’s AORA Solar will inaugurate its second power station in southern Spain on 7 February. The thermodynamic solar plant in Almeria, on the Mediterranean coast, is expected to produce 100 Kilowatt (KW) of electricity per hour for 80 homes, and 170KW per hour of heat energy as a byproduct, which will be used to power an adjacent desalination facility.
SolarEdge Launches Line of Inverters
25 January 2012POSTED IN New Products
SolarEdge Technologies introduced today a line of top efficiency, single-phase solar inverters with up to 98% weighted efficiency and an extended temperature range for the North American market.
European Markets Hot for Solar Despite Financial Crisis
04 January 2012POSTED IN Business News
Small European markets, such as Portugal, promise favorable system returns now while Asia rises later, according to Lux Research's latest Solar Demand Forecaster.
Nanoantennas Could Lead to Less Expensive and More Efficient Solar Cells
17 November 2011POSTED IN Research
Researchers from Tel Aviv University are developing a solar panel composed of nanoantennas. By adapting classic metallic antennas to absorb light waves at optical frequencies, a much higher conversion rate from light into useable energy could be achieved.
Combining Solar Thermal with Conventional Fuel for Hybrid Power Plants
04 November 2011POSTED IN Research
Researchers at Tel Aviv University are developing a new technology to combine conventional fuel with solar power, which could provide a cost-effective and realistic way to integrate solar technology into today's power plants.
Applied Materials' Acquisition of Varian Semiconductor Receives Clearance from US DOJ
19 October 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that it has received notice from the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division of early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.
Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals Promising for Solar Cells
18 July 2011POSTED IN Research
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University have shown that semiconductor nanocrystals can be doped in a way that allows them to be used as conductors, making them useful in many electronic and electro-optical devices including solar cells.
Suntech Unveils High-Efficiency and Innovative Solar Module for Israel
18 July 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a producer of solar panels, unveiled the Suntech 300W Vd series, a new generation high-efficiency solar module, for Israel, available immediately.
Newport Corporation Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd.
08 July 2011POSTED IN Business News
Newport Corporation today reported that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd., a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation and three-dimensional ("3D") non-contact measurement equipment.
Pythagoras Solar Wins GE ecomagination Innovation Award
23 June 2011POSTED IN Business News
Pythagoras Solar, provider of photovoltaic glass unit (PVGU) technology, a solar window that simultaneously delivers energy efficiency, high power density and transparency, has been selected as a winner in the GE ecomagination Challenge, which recognises the most promising building energy innovations.
Doped Quantum Dots may Improve Solar Cells
06 April 2011POSTED IN Research
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have successfully doped semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots, thereby opening the way for improving quantum dot properties for applications such as solar cells.
New Call for US-Israel Joint Project Proposals
28 March 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
BIRD Energy announced its third funding cycle with a call for US-Israel joint project proposals focusing on renewable energy and energy efficiency. (BIRD is an acronym for Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development.)
