Falling costs and increasing capacity may see PV rival fossil fuels
The IEEE, a body of professionals involved in all aspects of the electrical, electronic and computing fields, believe there is a potential for photovoltaic electricity generation to become more economical than traditional fossil fuels, within the next decade.
McGraw-Hill announces 14.1 MW solar plant in New Jersey
In what will amount to a large privately owned photovoltaic installation, McGraw-Hill will install a ground-mounted solar array on 50 acres of land adjacent to the corporations two office buildings in East Windsor, New Jersey.
Bangladesh set to install 2,000 PV power plants
Bangladesh is set to install 2,000 photovoltaic mini-grid power plants by 2014 in a bid to bring its off-grid areas under the power network.
pvXchange looks to international expansion and eyes US market
Online photovoltaic module and inverter trading platform pvXchange has appointed new senior management and will open new offices overseas, as part of its international expansion program.
BSW: Germany to invest over 5 billion in its solar industry
According to the German solar association, BSW-Solar, the countrys industry is planning to invest around 5.5 billion in both production, and research and development over the next two years.
Cadmos Energías Renovables launches 6.2 MW solar park
Switch flicked on new Spanish thin film photovoltaic plant in the Caceres region in western central Spain.
UK: Diverse group rallies behind solar industry and braces for bad news
Later today the British government is expected to release the details of response to its fast-track feed-in tariff (FIT) review. The solar industry expects FIT rates for schemes over 50 kilowatts (kW) to be vastly reduced, so much so that they will not be commercially viable.
British feed-in tariffs for "larger" solar installations dramatically cut
BREAKING NEWS: The feed-in tariff (FIT) rate for installations larger than 50 kilowatts (kW) has been dramatically cut as the results of the British Governments fast-track review of the scheme are made public. Renewable Energy Association and Solar Industry Association react angrily to the changes.
India: Details emerge as to T-Solar and Astonfields solar partnership
A strategy to develop 200 megawatts (MW) of installed photovoltaic capacity in India in the next two to four years has become clear in an ongoing European-Indian solar partnership.
Hersheys sweet PV installation soured by poor renewable energy generation incentives
American confectioner, the Hershey Company, has completed the installation of 1,092 solar panels over a walkway and parking lot at its Chocolate World amusement centre, at the companys home base in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
