Tenesol completes 100 kW rooftop system on Sicilian organic farm
International photovoltaic manufacturer and installer Tenesol has completed a rooftop solar power system on an organic farm using 432 modules manufactured in France, which is its first turnkey photovoltaic project in Italy.
Italy: 9Ren grid connects 16 PV plants
Spanish company 9Ren has connected 16 photovoltaic plants worth a total of 25 megawatts (MW) to Italys grid over the past two weeks.
Germany: Unscheduled cuts to solar FIT scheme dropped
Additional cuts to photovoltaic feed-in tariffs (FIT), which were to come into effect as of March 2012, have been struck from the draft of amendments to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), according to media reports. The German Federal Cabinet adopted the draft today (Monday).
2.4 MW solar installation at Pearl Harbor Naval Base
DRI Energy and Niking Corp. install SolarWorld photovoltaic panels on five key buildings at the historic US Naval Base.
T-Solar forms partnership to move into Indian PV market
Spanish solar power producer and installer T-Solar has announced a partnership with Indias Astonfield Renewables to build five MW solar plant.
Australia: FIT changes may lead to dangerous installations
Consumer protection body enters the debate over safety of solar panel installations in the Australian state of New South Wales.
UK: Solar Trade Association challenges government in new report
Industry body takes the fight for a solar UK to government, claiming 360,000 jobs can be created by 2020.
Roofs for rays, Toronto schools sign onto 66 MW solar scheme
Hundreds of schools will get a makeover up top as solar panels pay for roof repairs in an agreement between the Toronto schools and AMP Solar Limited Partnership.
Germanys PV future discussed
Leading photovoltaic managers met at the 2nd German Solarforum, held in Berlin on Monday May 31, to discuss the future of Germanys solar industry.
Q-Cells hits 19.5 percent solar cell efficiency
Q-Cells SE has achieved a polycrystalline solar cell efficiency of 19.5 percent. The results have been confirmed by the Fraunhofer ISE Institute for Solar Energy Systems, based in Freiburg, Germany.
