Dow Corning to establish new USD$13 million Solar Energy Exploration & Development Center?
Dow Corning has unveiled plans to establish a USD$13 million Solar Energy Exploration & Development Center (SEED) at its European headquarters in Seneffe, Belgium. Construction is expected to begin later this year.
ESEI Group and Solar Source Corporation aim to install 100 MW of PV in Canada
Engineering, procurement and construction company, ESEI Solar and the Solar Source Corporation (SSC) have announced their intention to build 100 megawatts (MW) worth of photovoltaics (PV) projects in Canada over five years.
IPVSEE 2010: Key issues hindering ramp up of China's PV market
Although China is developing its photovoltaics (PV) market rapidly, the country still has some major hurdles to overcome. As the 2010 Golden Sun PV Industry Summit, held this week in Beijing, China, clearly showed, not only do the prospects of a national feed-in tariff remain uncertain, but other key issues are proving to hinder a major ramp-up of the domestic market.
Centrosolar increases manufacturing capacity to almost 200 MWp; may expand further
Germany-based Centrosolar Sonnenstromfabrik, a subsidiary of Centrosolar Group AG, has increased its photovoltaics (PV) module manufacturing capacity from 155 megawatts peak (MWp) to almost 200 MWp.
Flexible solar modules used for refrigerated vehicles
Offering up an alternative for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) modules, Fahrzeugwerk Bernard Krone GmbH presented a refrigerated semi trailer equipped with flexible PV modules, provided by Germany-based Solarion AG, at the 63rd IAA Commercial Vehicles show, held last week in Hanover, Germany.
Report: UK PV market to see extreme challenges for solar companies
According to a new report issued by Solarbuzz, the UKs emergence into the photovoltaics (PV) market couldnt be better timed. However, with a fast-growing downstream market, it said extreme challenges lie ahead for solar companies to operate profitably.
Yingli Green Energy to increase power output by over 400 percent??
Yingli Green Energy Holdings Co. Ltd is scheduled to increase its power output by at least four times to meet the boosting overseas energy market, according to China Business News, which was quoting unnamed sources.
Research: PV cell capacity forecast to hit 33 GW by end of year, but margins will fall
Annualized photovoltaics (PV) cell production capacity has again increased in the second quarter of this year, said IMS Research, reaching over 25 gigawatts (GW).
Czech Republic: Scatec Solar connects two PV plants to the grid
Norwegian photovoltaics (PV) company, Scatec Solar, has connected two PV plants worth a total of 2.65 megawatts (MW) to the Czech grid.
2 MW PV plant installed in Bulgaria; country could hit 4 GW capacity by 2020
A two-megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) plant has been installed in the western Bulgarian town of Ihtiman by Sunservice Ltd.
