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SEPA undertakes third annual solar fact finding mission for utilities The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) is currently in Japan along with 18 utility executives and managers, as part of its third annual Solar Fact Finding Mission, which takes place from 25 to 30 of this month.
Becky Beetz
Jul 25, 2010
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Research & Development
U.S. researcher awarded grant to help build efficient organic solar cells The National Science Foundation (NSF) has presented a South Dakota State University researcher with a grant of USD$400,000 — USD$80,000 per year for the next five years, in order to build new high-performance organic solar cells with increased efficiency.
pv magazine
Jul 25, 2010
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Markets & Policy
Solar powered aircraft breaks number of world records as it prepares to land after two weeks in the air QinetiQ will today bring Zephyr, its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS) back to earth after two weeks in the air. Celebrating, the company says it has smashed a number of long-standing official and unofficial world records.
Becky Beetz
Jul 22, 2010
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Applications & Installations
Shock for SpainÂ’s solar industry, pv magazine told Spain’s government wants to pass drastic retroactive and future cuts as well as ceilings for photovoltaics (PV) feed-in tariffs, pv magazine has learnt. This is the result of a two-day round of talks between government and industry representatives.
pv magazine
Jul 22, 2010
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Technology & Products
AEG PS announces inverter sales will increase ten fold as its inverter achieves 98.7 percent efficiency grade AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS) has said it expects sales of its solar inverters to increase ten fold this year, following the news its Protect PV.250 solar inverter has yielded an efficiency grade of 98.7 percent from the the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and Bureau Veritas.
Becky Beetz
Jul 22, 2010
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Technology & Products
EGing to provide Payem with 100 MW of solar modules under new agreement Payom Solar AG and EGing Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd. have concluded a framework agreement, under which China-based EGing will provide Payom with 100 megawatts (MWs) of solar modules. The agreement will begin this year and is set to run until 2013.
Becky Beetz
Jul 22, 2010
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Applications & Installations
S.A.G. Solarstrom AG to implement 48 MWp large-scale PV project in northern Italy Germany-based S.A.G. Solarstrom AG has announced it is to set up a 28 megawatt (MW) ground-mounted photovoltaics (PV) system in the northern Italian region of Veneto, in the municipality of Canaro. Once completed, the company says it will be one of the largest connected ground-mounted projects in the region and its largest project to date. Construction is due to start before the end of the year.
pv magazine
Jul 22, 2010
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Technology & Products
Leoni raises 2010 sales and earnings forecasts by more than 20 percent to between €2.6 and €2.7 billion Leoni AG of Nuremberg, Germany has significantly raised its sales and earnings forecast for this year. The company, which supplies power cables to photovoltaic (PV) plants and a flat wire for PV panels, among other business activities, told pv magazine that the solar industry “is increasingly contributing to [its] sales and earnings”.
pv magazine
Jul 22, 2010
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Applications & Installations
SunPower and Solar Ventures to build three Italian solar parks totaling 11.1 MW SunPower Corp. and Solar Ventures S.r.l., a developer of solar parks in Italy, France and the Mediterranean area, have signed a contract to design and build three solar power plants in the Piedmont region of Italy. Totaling 11.1 megawatts (MW) over 30 hectares, the companies say the development represents one of the largest solar power developments in the region. Construction on the plants is due to start this month and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
pv magazine
Jul 21, 2010