1,000 MW to be installed under Indian national solar mission
The Indian government has unveiled its Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) guidelines.
Time for US to adopt FITs "long overdue"
It is time for the U.S. to implement feed-in tariffs (FITs), according to representatives of the state and regional solar industry associations, who met during last weeks Intersolar North America, held in San Francisco.
Shock for Spains 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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
PBEC to develop 150 MW solar farm; eyes up an additional 707 acres
Pacific Blue Energy Corp. (PBEC), a development stage renewable energy company, has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of 100 acres in Gila Bend, Arizona, the U.S. in order to develop a 150-megawatt (MW) solar farm.
JinkoSolar announces 24 MW solar module supply agreement with Enfinity
?China-based JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. has entered into an agreement to supply 24 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to Enfinity Asia Pacific Limited this year. Module shipments have already begun, says the company, and will continue throughout the year.?
