Manufacturing

Phoenix Solar AG, has built a photovoltaic (PV) power plant with a peak power of 14.4 megawatts (MWp) for Hamburg-based LUXCARA Asset Management GmbH. Production will be ramped up to 18 MWp in a second construction phase, says the company.

Spain-based Isofotón has said it will be entering new photovoltaics markets, such as Asia and the U.S.

In a bid to “rapidly increase” its overseas business, China-based Singyes Solar has announced it is expanding its production capacity. A focus will be on Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV).

Models in the 2010 Portland Fashion Week – scheduled to be held this October in Portland, the U.S. – will walk a runway composed of Solarworld’s solar panels, thus helping to underline the sustainable development of two of the world’s biggest industries – fashion and energy.

The British Board of Agrément (BBA) has granted the MCS certificate for the complete Upsolar photovoltaics (PV) module range after a detailed certification process. The certificate is mandatory in order to be eligible for Clean Energy Cash Back Incentives (feed-in-tariffs).

To help meet the increasing demand for its home solar plans and for expansion into new U.S. markets, Sunrun has announced it has secured USD$55 million in funding.

Laytec has expanded its photovoltaics (PV) distribution network with the addition of two new Asian partners. The company has said this is so it can meet the “increasing interest” in its in-line metrology systems for PV applications.

The first curved solar module in the U.S. to meet the requirements for UL 1703 certification has been announced.

Systaic has sold its 64 percent holding in the joint venture Webasto Solar GmbH to automotive supplier Webasto AG for around one million euros.

Sharp Electronics Corporation is commemorating the production of its two millionth solar panel at its assembly operation at Sharp Manufacturing Company of America (SMCA) in Memphis.