Italy
Etrion Engages ABB to Finish 10MW Solar Project in Italy
08 June 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Etrion Corporation, an independent solar power producer, today announced an agreement with ABB, a power and automation technology group, to complete Etrion's 10 megawatt (MW) Helios ITA 3 solar project under construction in the Puglia region of Italy.
Astonfield, T-Solar Partner for Solar Projects in India
01 June 2011POSTED IN Business News
US-based Astonfield Renewable Resources today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Grupo T-Solar Global S.A., a Spanish-based solar power producer with an installed generation capacity of 168 megawatts (MW) in Spain and Italy, as well as a large pipeline in Southern Europe, Latin America and the US.
PV Installations to Exceed 21GW in 2011
31 May 2011POSTED IN Business News
IMS Research predicts that more than 21 gigawatts (GW) of new photovoltaic (PV) capacity will be installed in 2011, up from ~18GW in 2010 according to its latest quarterly report on PV demand.
Top Global Renewables Market by Country Predictable, Solar Not So Much
26 May 2011POSTED IN Business News
Countries around the world are increasingly broadening the scope of their renewable energy portfolios amid challenging market conditions, according to Ernst & Young's latest quarterly global Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices.
PV Inverter Shipments Decline 39%, Germany Losing Market Share
26 May 2011POSTED IN Business News
Global PV inverter shipments declined to 4 gigawatts (GW) in the first quarter of 2011, 39% lower than the previous quarter, but 31% higher than in the first quarter of 2010, according to IMS Research's latest quarterly report on the market.
Global PV Module Inventories Reach Record Level
24 May 2011POSTED IN Business News
According to a recent report from IMS Research, PV module inventory levels have reached over 10GW in Q2'11, the highest amount recorded to date, driven in part by lower incentive levels in key European markets.
Termoindustriale to Distribute SkyFuel Parabolic Trough in Italy
19 May 2011POSTED IN Business News
Parabolic trough maker SkyFuel has reached an agreement with Italian power engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm Termoindustriale for distribution of SkyFuel's SkyTrough in Italy.
Sanmina-SCI to Manufacture Solar Inverters in Canada for Santerno
13 May 2011POSTED IN Business News
Sanmina-SCI Corporation and Santerno Inc., a leader in the Italian photovoltaic market, today jointly announced that Sanmina-SCI will manufacture Santerno's solar inverters for commercial applications at its Ottawa, Ontario, Canada facility.
PV Module Shipments and Prices Decline Sharply
10 May 2011POSTED IN Business News
Photovoltaic (PV) module shipments declined in the first quarter of 2011 (compared to the fourth quarter of 2010) for the first time since the beginning of 2009, according to IMS Research.
Italy Caps Solar Spending
05 May 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
Italy has approved a draft decree that caps spending on generous solar power incentives.
SolarExpo 2011: Solergy Announces Building Integrated
05 May 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Solergy,Inc., developers of the innovative Cogeneration Concentrated Photovoltaic (Cogen CPV) solar energy system, introduced their new BICPV product for building rooftops, greenhouses, and agriculture today from SolarExpo, Italy's largest solar conference.
First Solar Announces First Quarter 2011 Down on Lower Margins
04 May 2011POSTED IN Business News
First Solar, Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2011 indicating that sales were $567 million in the quarter, a decrease of $42.5 million from the fourth quarter of 2010, mostly due to lower prices, higher costs and some uncertainty in European markets.
SolarExpo 2011: Q-Cells SE Exhibits Solar Portfolio
04 May 2011POSTED IN New Products
Q-Cells SE, one of the world's leading photovoltaics companies, is presenting their new, performance-optimised solar cell technology and the comprehensive portfolio of modules, ranging from crystalline solar modules to thin-film modules, at the industry fair SolarExpo in Verona from 4-6 May 2011.
Solarexpo 2011: Enecsys Microinverters
29 April 2011POSTED IN New Products
At Solarexpo 2011, which takes place 4-6 May in Verona, Italy, Enecsys will demonstrate how micro inverters deliver up to 20% more energy from solar PV systems over their lifetime.
Kyocera Modules Bound for Italy Solar Plant
28 April 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Kyocera Corporation has supplied approximately 6-megawatts (MW) of the company's multicrystalline silicon solar modules for a large-scale solar power plant near Turin, Italy.
Changes to Italy's Solar Tariffs
28 April 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
The closely watched Italian solar market is only slightly relieved by the announcement that Italy will extend its current solar incentives until the end of August.
Market Roundup of Solar Inverters
28 April 2011POSTED IN Business News
For the first time many of the top 10 market gainers in the solar inverter market in 2010 were European, due mostly to the explosive market growth in key European markets, according to a recent report by IMS Research.
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.
Japan's Nuclear Disaster Raises Europe's Renewable Energy Forecast
13 April 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
The earthquake-related nuclear disaster in Japan has sensitized Germany and Italy, in particular, to the dangers of a nuclear meltdown, according to new IHS iSuppli research.
Silicon Update: Polysilicon suppliers call the shots
12 April 2011POSTED IN Business Features
Polysilicon is the essential raw material for crystalline PV. Its price can fluctuate wildly in response to changing supply and demand; and has a strong effect on costs and margins throughout the industry. Concerns that supply will fall short of the PV industry’s demands in the future are regularly voiced by many through the PV market, which is understandable with quarterly PV installation growth rates swinging wildly (from -70% at the start of 2009 to more than 200% during mid-2010). Supply of polysilicon is not the only thing under pressure: given that government incentives in most major markets are falling fast, the industry needs prices all along the supply chain to fall as well.
