Germany: New PV FIT cuts not ruled out in 2011
The German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety has not ruled out further photovoltaics (PV) feed-in tariff (FIT) cuts in the coming year. Representatives from the solar industry have purportedly indicated their willingness to accept this renewed cap on subsidies.
Manz Automation records strong solar orders
Manz Automation AG has secured new orders worth a total of more than 50 million, much of which has come from automation and process equipment for the manufacture of crystalline solar cells.
National Solar Repository launched in Singapore
Singapore’s National Solar Repository (NSR) has been launched by the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), in collaboration with Singapore Polytechnic, at the country’s Solar Pioneer Awards ceremony held yesterday.
Market diversity a key trend for next year
According to the photovoltaics (PV) analysts, market diversity will be one of the key trends next year, with a number of emerging countries making up the expected shortfall of installed capacity in Germany.
Rights to the sun secured by Spain
A Spanish woman has reportedly spent 30 buying the proprietary rights to the sun. Now she says she wants to charge solar businesses.
California: 250 MW solar ranch to be installed
A 250 megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) power plant is to be installed in California, the U.S. following an agreement between NRG Solar and SunPower Corp.
Trina to increase production capacity, following strong third quarter
Trina Solar has said it will increase its annual in-house production capacity of ingots and wafers to around 1.2 gigawatts (GWs) and its photovoltaics (PV) cell and module production capacity to approximately 1.7 GWs in 2011.
Solar jobs to increase in US in 2011
Following the first U.S. solar jobs census, it has been found that over half of all solar employers plan to expand their workforce in the next year.
Upsolar expands Italian presence
Upsolar has established a new subsidiary in Italy. The first project serviced through Upsolar Italia SRL was a 7.3 megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) park in Alessandria.
Strong quarter for solar inverter shipments, but slowdown expected
The third quarter of this year has seen solar inverter shipments grow almost 50 percent to reach 7.3 gigawatts (GWs), thus representing another record quarter (quarter two peaked at five GWs). It has been predicted, however, that the fourth quarter will see a slowdown.
