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Scotland to see first renewable energies training centre Scotland’s first renewable energies training center is set to be established in Edinburgh this December. Photovoltaics (PV) courses will be offered.
Becky Beetz
Sep 26, 2010
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Report: Solar spotlight to shift from Germany; US could achieve grid parity first In its latest renewable energy attractiveness indices, Ernst & Young has announced the solar market is preparing for a shift from a “dominant” German market to other smaller hotspots. It added that Spain “remains largely in the doldrums”, with the wind industry largely thought to have won out over solar.
Becky Beetz
Sep 26, 2010
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Study: Decentralized development of renewable energies creates billions in value output In what has been termed the first “systematic and comparative analysis” of the effects of regenerative energy technologies on the output of value, the German Institute for Ecological Economic Research (IÖW) has concluded that photovoltaics (PV) contributed 36 percent to Germany’s sum total last year.
Becky Beetz
Sep 22, 2010
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Haiti’s economic recovery to be supported with USD$1 million solar initiative NRG Energy, Inc. and Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) have announced a commitment through the Clinton Global Initiative to “greatly” expand the use of solar power to meet electricity needs for the Haitian Central Plateau commune of Boucan Carre, through the use of a USD$1 million fund.
pv magazine
Sep 21, 2010
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Report: Global PV demand expected to double this year The global photovoltaics (PV) market is making positive progress, with new research released by solar energy market research company Solarbuzz showing that PV demand “soared” by 54 percent in the second quarter of this year (Q2’10), to 3.82 gigawatts (GW).
Becky Beetz
Sep 20, 2010
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LDK Solar and NREL sign silicon research MOU LDK Solar Co., Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
pv magazine
Sep 19, 2010
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USIBC solar task force formed In an effort to promote trade and investment in the solar industry between the U.S. and India, the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) has formed a solar task force.
pv magazine
Sep 19, 2010
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LDK Solar to repay Q-Cells loan 4 years early; signs MOU with NREL Q-Cells SE has announced that Chinese company LDK Solar will repay a USD224.9 million (ca. €170 million) loan, which was granted by Q-Cells in 2008, in its entirety by the end of next year. It was originally expected that the loan would be fully repaid by the end of 2015.
Becky Beetz
Sep 19, 2010
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Taiwan: TSMC to enter thin film PV market with construction of R&D Center and Fab Construction has begun on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.’s (TSMC) first thin film solar research and development (R&D) center and fab in Taichung’s Central Taiwan Science Park today.
Becky Beetz
Sep 15, 2010