SMA raises financial guidance for this year; announces 2011 outlook
The managing board of SMA Solar Technology AG has raised its estimation for new global photovoltaics (PV) installations for this year from 14 gigawatts (GW) to around 17 GW. In line with this, the company has increased its financial guidance for a second time, from between 1.5 billion to 1.8 billion, to between 1.7 billion to 1.9 billion.
US: SunEdison awarded 14.5 MW solar contract with DMAFB
SunEdison has been awarded a solar service contract with Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (DMAFB) in Tucson, Arizona, the U.S. to build a 14.5-megawatt (MW) solar farm. Construction is scheduled to begin next year.
Opel Solar and Truenorth to install solar on brownfield sites across North America
Opel Solar, Inc. and Truenorth Solar & Environmental, L.L.C. have undertaken a strategic partnership to install utility-scale solar fields on brownfield sites across North America, which they say have been deemed otherwise unusable.
Study: Global installed BIPV to hit 2.4 GW by 2016
Global building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) installation capacity is expected to grow more than ten-fold in the next six years, with figures reaching as high as 2.4 gigawatts (GW) by 2016, according to Pike Research.
Exclusive: Enfinity developing EPC strategy; set to build 30 MW PV project
Speaking to pv magazine about the future, Wim Goethals, head of finance Americas for photovoltaics (PV) development company, Enfinity, said they are currently developing their own engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) strategy, in order to maintain a competitive edge.
US: Constellation Wines to install 3 solar projects worth 3.95 MW
Constellation Wines U.S. has announced it is to invest in three solar energy installations across California. Around 17,000 solar panels will reportedly be installed at the four wineries by the end of the year, making the initiative the largest solar footprint in the country’s wine industry, according to the company.
Professor Green: I would like to see a date fixed for RoHS-compliance
Following the news that the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy has called on the European Union (EU) to include photovoltaics (PV) under the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS), Professor Martin A. Green has told pv magazine he would like to see a fixed date for RoHS compliance.
Carbon Trust and the University of Cambridge launch new UK solar company
Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridges commercialization office, and the Carbon Trust have today announced the launch of Eight19 Limited, a new solar energy company located in the U.K.
4.4 MW PV project to be installed at Denver International Airport, US
Constellation Energy and Denver-based Oak Leaf Energy Partners are to install a 4.4-megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) project at Denver International Airport in the U.S.
Arizona, US schools to receive 2.5 MW worth of PV pavilions
Several schools in Arizona, the U.S. are set to be installed with photovoltaics (PV) pavilions, in a bid to meet their own electricity needs. The systems are expected to generate a total of 2.5 megawatts (MW) of power.
