Shows & Conferences
SPI 2012: Eye Lighting to Exhibit
23 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
Eye Lighting International, the US division of Iwasaki Electric of Japan, is a manufacturer of lamps, luminaires and related lighting products. Eye Lighting will share its views on the latest trends and emerging markets in the solar energy industry at during Solar Power International 2012 on 10-12 September at the Orange County Convention Center (booth 1048) in Orlando, Florida, US.
Intersolar NA 2012: Renusol America 10º mounting system
18 July 2012POSTED IN New Products
Renusol America, manufacturer of the Renusol CS60, a one unit per one panel non-penetrating, ballasted mounting system, announced the Renusol CS60 10º mounting system for all types of flat roof commercial system installations at Intersolar North America 2012.
PV Technology Conference, North Africa in September
18 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
The “PV Technology Conference – North Africa 2012”, taking place on 10 September 2012 in Casablanca, will provide information on the policies and conditions currently affecting photovoltaics in North Africa for those interested in doing business there.
EU PVSEC 2012: Atlas Material Testing exhibits
17 July 2012POSTED IN Applications News
Weathering technology and services company Atlas Material Testing Technology has announced it will exhibit at the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Exhibition 25-28 September in Frankfurt, Germany (hall 3.1, booth H37).
Schott Solar Wins CSP Award
17 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
Schott Solar today announced it has won the CSP Technology and Supplier Award for the second year in a row.
The company accepted the award at the annual CSP Today conference in Las Vegas, Nevada (US) at the end of June.
Intersolar NA 2012: Industry observations
17 July 2012POSTED IN Editors Blogs
Dropping prices, the need for storage, smarter monitoring, cutting costs, FiTs or no FiTs, the need for forecasting, varying permitting requirements, the need for more innovation. We heard all this and more last week at Intersolar North America 2012. Most importantly what we saw and heard is that the industry is becoming more realistic.
SPI 2012: How six companies navigate today's solar market
16 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
Executives from utility, manufacturing and finance companies share the stage at Solar Power International 2012 (SPI 2012) to discuss how their companies manage uncertainty due to the changing nature of policy. SPI 2012 takes place on 10-13 September at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida, US. Senior leaders from DBL Investors, Florida Power & Light, Hannah Solar, NRG Energy, SMA America and SunPower Corporation will offer their perspectives during a panel discussion on Monday, 10 September from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.
Solar Brasil 2012
16 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
Since the Brazilian Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL; also known as the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency) released new legislation regarding solar power in April 2012, there has been an explosion of interest in the Brazilian solar market. The Empresa de Pesquisa Energetica (EPE) is the research arm of the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Brazil. In the EPE's comprehensive 60-page report, released just weeks ago, they cover everything from Brazil's solar resources and existing incentives to the potential industrial value chain and the competitiveness of both distributed and centralised generation. The report was commissioned to instruct the Ministry of Mines and Energy in their decision-making processes for solar policy.
GulfSol 2013
POSTED IN Events CalendarWebsite & registration: www.gulfsol.com
The 1st dedicated, totally-solar technologies exhibition will take place in the UAE, with GulfSol 2013 in Dubai. The World’s attention has been focused on the entire Middle East as a growth area for solar, with Dubai located right at its heart. Huge levels of investment across the entire Middle East, MENA and Gulf regions into renewable energy have created a fantastic opportunity for all those connected with solar and PV technology.
Establish your credentials in this most exciting and vibrant of solar centres on the first focused exhibition platform in the region, in what is becoming the solar industry’s natural home, Dubai.
Intersolar NA 2012: ET Solar Debuts AC Module Series
12 July 2012POSTED IN New Products
ET Solar Group has announced its high-efficiency AC (Alternative Current) module at Intersolar North America. ET Solar's AC modules have been certified to UL 1741 and UL 1703 for the North American market.
Intersolar NA 2012: First annual Intersolar Award for solar projects
12 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
Intersolar North America 2012, taking place this week at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco, California, US, has named the winners of the first annual Intersolar Award for solar projects in North America. The winners are: Enerworks Inc.'s Oxford Gardens Solar Project (Canada); Vanir Energy LLC's William G. White Jr. Family YMCA (US); and ESA Renewables LLC's Martins Creek Elementary School Solar PV Project (US).
Intersolar NA 2012: Global market reality
12 July 2012POSTED IN Editors Blogs
In a session at Intersolar North America panelists discussed the German solar model, funding schemes to jumpstart and sustain the industry and realities versus fantasies of industry expectations.
German Engineering Perspective on PV Market Shifts
12 July 2012POSTED IN Editors Blogs
Sales of German manufacturers of PV components, machinery and equipment fell in the first quarter of 2012 by 54 percent over the same quarter last year, the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) reported on the sidelines of the Intersolar North America in San Francisco this week.
Intersolar NA 2012: SPG Solar releases its latest SunSeeker tracker
12 July 2012POSTED IN New Products
SPG Solar today launched the next generation of its All Weather SunSeeker tracker at Intersolar North America 2012, taking place this week at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco, California, US. This updated single-axis tracker technology has been engineered by SPG Solar to cost less over its lifetime, deliver more solar energy over its lifetime and to last in all weather conditions. The SunSeeker is an automated single-axis tracker that follows the sun through the course of the day and produces up to 25% more solar energy than a fixed-tilt system.
Intersolar NA 2012: Leviton enters zero-money-down rooftop solar market
11 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
Leviton Solar, at Intersolar North America booth 8547, has entered the zero-money-down home rooftop solar market.
Intersolar NA 2012: Locus Energy’s LGate 350 data acquisition system
11 July 2012POSTED IN New Products
Locus Energy today announced its LGate 350, a plug-and-play data acquisition system designed to collect performance data from commercial- and utility-scale solar PV installations. The standard configuration combines a revenue-grade power meter and Modbus-enabled datalogger pre-wired in an outdoor-rated enclosure. The LGate 350 can also be specified to collect data from a variety of peripheral devices and meteorological sensors.
The company will demonstrate LGate 350 at Intersolar North America, booth 8500.
Intersolar NA 2012: CFV Solar Test Laboratory awarded IS0-17025 accreditation
11 July 2012POSTED IN Applications News
PV module testing facility CFV Solar Test Laboratory (CFV) has been awarded the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO-IEC17025 certification, CFV today announced.
This ensures CFV’s customers that testing will be done to the highest possible quality standards and enables CFV to test PV modules for listing with the California Energy Commission (CEC) program, required to get incentives in California.
Intersolar NA 2012: Record-setting numbers in San Francisco
11 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
Intersolar North America has drawn record-setting numbers of attendees to its fifth annual show, and organizers expect about 22,000 visitors from 80 countries to visit 800 exhibitors this week.
Intersolar NA 2012: Attaining a renewable future
11 July 2012POSTED IN Editors Blogs
Intersolar North America 2012 opened this week in San Francisco with a ceremony that culminated in the signing of a memorandum of understanding among the three leading solar research institutes in the world: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE, Germany), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, US), and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan).
GCube and Assurant Partner with Solar Insurance Programs
06 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
GCube Insurance Services, Inc., a provider of insurance for the renewable energy industry and Assurant, Inc., a provider of specialty insurance, announced that they have signed a distribution agreement to provide US commercial solar project developers’ greater access to a comprehensive insurance bundle and warranty management program at affordable prices.
