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.
China Sunergy and Pythagoras Solar create BIPV partnership
China Sunergy Co., Ltd. and Pythagoras Solar have signed an agreement with the aim of capitalizing on the growing building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market through the use of Pythagoras’ transparent photovoltaic glass units (PVGU).
Sharp to begin mass production of new crystalline cells
Sharp Corporation has announced it will begin mass production of its new single crystalline solar cell.
Meyer Burger acquires SGS Slicing Solutions
Swiss company Meyer Burger Technology Ltd has completed the acquisition of U.S.-based SGS Slicing Solutions, Inc. and SGS Machine Tool, LLC. for an undisclosed financial sum.
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.
India: Rural regions get solar boost
A Scottish-based charity is aiming to improve the lives of people living in rural locations in Southern India through the implementation of a number of clean energy projects, including solar.
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.
OPV cell achieves record 8.3 percent efficiency
An organic-based photovoltaic (OPV) cell has been verified by the National Energy Renewable Laboratory (NREL) as having demonstrated a record-breaking 8.3 percent efficiency.
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.
Phoenix Solar to build 2 PV plants in Italy worth 8.9 MWs
Phoenix Solar AG has announced it is to build two photovoltaics (PV) power plants in Italy, with an overall peak power of 8.9 megawatts (MWp). Construction, which began in October, is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.
