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 the first time.
Arava Power unveils Israels first solar field
In a historic ceremony on Sunday night, one of Arava Power Companys founders David Rosenblatt saw his company and countrys first photovoltaic field inaugurated.
APVA reports on Australian solar industry's record-breaking year
The Australian Photovoltaic Associations (APVA) report on the state of the market in 2010 has been released, with the countrys record year in numbers matched by progress in research and development.
Spain: Isofoton and HKSilicon take on 600 million polysilicon project
Following negotiations, Spain-based Isofoton and Hong Kong company HKSilicon are to build what they say is one of the worlds biggest polysilicon factories.
Solar Frontier and HopSol sign deal to move into southern Africa
German and Swiss photovoltaic companies sign three year deal to work on solar projects in southern Africa in the “double digit megawatt range”.
GCL-Poly and Goldpoly to build 300 MW wafer plant
GCL-Poly (Suzhou) New Energy Limited and Goldpoly New Energy Holdings Limited will build a 300 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic wafer plant in Quanzhou, China.
Tenesol completes 100 kW rooftop system on Sicilian organic farm
International photovoltaic manufacturer and installer Tenesol has completed a rooftop solar power system on an organic farm using 432 modules manufactured in France, which is its first turnkey photovoltaic project in Italy.
Italy: 9Ren grid connects 16 PV plants
Spanish company 9Ren has connected 16 photovoltaic plants worth a total of 25 megawatts (MW) to Italys grid over the past two weeks.
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 Federal Cabinet adopted the draft today (Monday).
2.4 MW solar installation at Pearl Harbor Naval Base
DRI Energy and Niking Corp. install SolarWorld photovoltaic panels on five key buildings at the historic US Naval Base.
