Martifer Solar moves into India with 25 MW solar plant
Portuguese photovoltaic company Martifer Solar has announced it will work in India for the first time, with local firm Louroux Bio Energies Ltd., to install a solar plant worth 25 megawatts (MW).
China: Canadian Solar announces second manufacturing facility in Jiangsu Province
Canadian Solar announced today that it will build a 600 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic cell production factory in China, only one day after announcing its intention to build a 600 MW wafer manufacturing plant in the country.
Solar to become mainstream, but will experience growing pains
A new report has found that the Fukushima nuclear disaster will help to push solar energy into the mainstream, but that demand is currently not growing as fast as production. Furthermore, regulatory stability is needed in order to foster investor confidence. Overall, while there are long-term gains to be had, the interim will be difficult.
Canadian Solar and GCL to build up to 1.2 GW wafer plant
Canadian Solar Inc and GCL-Poly subsidiary Suzhou GCL Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd. are to build a 600 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic wafer manufacturing plant in China. The ability to expand capacity to 1.2 gigawatts (GW) will exist.
Germany: 8.3 MW PV power plant opens
An 8.3 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power generation installation, which was connected to the grid in October 2010, was opened in a ceremony on Friday May 27.
Siemens to install 3 MW PV system in New Jersey
Siemens Energy, Inc. is to provide engineering, procurement and construction services on a three megawatt ground-mounted photovoltaic power plant in New Jersey, the U.S.
6 MW deal signed by SPP and JCM in Ontario
Solar Power Partners (SPP) and JCM Capital (JCM) have signed an agreement with Rumble Energy to provide six megawatts (MW) of commercial-scale photovoltaic installations in the state of Ontario, Canada.
Germany: Nuclear to be abolished; deeper PV cuts under consideration
In a positive move, The German cabinet has today announced it will close all of Germanys nuclear power plants. But, casting a shadow over the news, for some at least, it has been said that some governmental factions are looking to further curb photovoltaic feed-in tariffs.
Global PV manufacturing experiencing healthy growth
SEMI PV Group and the German Engineering Federation’s (VDMA) research into the global photovoltaic manufacturing industry has found that the industrys book-to-bill ratio stands at 1:13, indicating it is still in expansion mode.
Suntech to supply solarhybrid with 190 MW of solar panels
Chinese solar panel manufacturer Suntech has announced a deal to supply German photovoltaic power plant project developer solarhybrid AG for the majority of its projects in 2011.
