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Three modules highlighted
BenQ Solar highlight three modules at the Intersolar Europe 2013.
Intersolar Award: Applause for the deserving
The Oscars of the solar industry honored the most innovative today at the fourth Intersolar Awards ceremony. The nominees were all deserving having made breakthroughs, cut costs, increased efficiencies and impressed the jury.
India looks set to dominate at Intersolar Europe
The 20th Intersolar Europe has opened its doors today in Munich. While the trade show floors are still quite empty, word on the street is that, spurred on by China’s progress, India is getting ready to significantly ramp up its...
First Solar hits four GW milestone and opens second Frankfurt facility
Today’s announcement represents a photovoltaic electricity generation capacity equivalent to powering two million households or taking 500,000 cars off the road.
SunPower confirms that Total will acquire 60 percent of stock
Californian photovoltaic company SunPower has today confirmed that it is set to sell a majority share of its stock to French oil and gas giant Total.
Conergy boss struck by lightening
Conergy’s CFO, Sebastian Biedenkopf has had a lucky escape after being struck by lightening.
Hershey’s sweet PV installation soured by poor renewable energy generation incentives
American confectioner, the Hershey Company, has completed the installation of 1,092 solar panels over a walkway and parking lot at its Chocolate World amusement centre, at the company’s home base in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Arava Power unveils Israel’s first solar field
In a historic ceremony on Sunday night, one of Arava Power Company’s founders David Rosenblatt saw his company and country’s first photovoltaic field inaugurated.
High-speed rail line installation powers first solar train
Infrabel and Enfinity yesterday (Monday) inaugurated a 3.3 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic installation on a rail tunnel on the high-speed rail line between Paris and Amsterdam, powering one of the high speed trains on the route for...
Australia: Government backtrack pleases solar groups
Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state government has decided against cutting the solar rebate after weeks of campaigning by members of the country’s solar industry.
Phoenix to build 3 MW PV plant for EON
Phoenix Solar AG has announced that it will build a three megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power plant for E.ON Climate & Renewables.
Steep growth for PV forecast in EREC's plans for binding renewable targets
In late May, the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) called for a 45 percent binding renewable energy target by 2030 for member states to reach greenhouse emission reduction commitments. Photovoltaics is seen as playing a...
1.5 MW Greek PV park under construction
Conergy is currently constructing a 1.5 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic park in Arta, 400 kilometers north west of Athens, Greece.
SDUSD’s 5 MW PV project prepares for ground breaking
The San Diego Unified School District and Amsolar Corporation will break ground on their five megawatt (MW) photovoltaic project tomorrow, Wednesday June 8.
Germany: Unscheduled cuts to solar FIT scheme dropped
Additional cuts to photovoltaic feed-in tariffs (FIT), which were to come into effect as of March 2012, have been struck from the draft of amendments to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), according to media reports. The German...
Italy: 9Ren grid connects 16 PV plants
Spanish company 9Ren has connected 16 photovoltaic plants worth a total of 25 megawatts (MW) to Italy’s grid over the past two weeks.
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