Press Releases

From receipt of stock flat glass to semiconductor deposition, to assembly of final modules and testing, automated material handling systems from Shuttleworth transport CIGS thin-film solar modules through HelioVolt’s highly-automated and fully-integrated production processes to achieve high manufacturing efficiencies and low production costs compared to competing technologies.

First Solar, Inc. has announced that Bruce Yung has joined the company as Managing Director and Vice President of Business Development for China. In his new role, Yung will be based in First Solar’s Beijing office and report to Jim Brown, Executive Vice President of Global Business Development.

Conergy is continuing its solar success story in Spain: Just a few months after the 1 megawatt capacity and thereby largest rooftop plant in the Basque Country, two additional large-scale power plants are being connected to the grid in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.

In 2010, housebuilder and developer Larkfleet Group demonstrated its commitment to sustainable energy by installing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels to provide electricity for its head offices in Bourne, Lincolnshire. Now, two years later, the installation has been shown to be producing even more electricity than was predicted when it was installed.

EDP Renováveis, S.A. (“EDPR”) starts the construction of 39 MW of Solar Photovoltaic (Solar PV) projects in Romania, executing one of the strategic growth options announced on its May 2012 Investor Day.

A cost effective solution has finally been developed that solves one of the photovoltaic (PV) industry’s longest running problems—the sun keeps moving!

The VDE (Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) has awarded Q.Cells’ standardised block unit for large-scale solar power plants a new seal of quality: As of now, Q.MEGA, the 1.4-megawatt standard block unit for ground-mounted systems, holds the VDE Quality Tested certificate for managed planning and correct construction.

Just before PV Taiwan starts next week, the Taiwan based thin film manufacturer, NexPower Technology Corporation, received a 2MW order of its high performance Xtreme+ Series from its Japanese distributor, Marubun Corporation.

Power-One, Inc. will present both its largest and its smallest PV inverters at Solar Power UK: the AURORA ULTRA central inverter system with an output of up to 1.5 MW and the improved AURORA MICRO module inverter with an output of 250 W and 300 W. Solar Power UK is one of the leading solar platforms in the UK, bringing together the entire PV industry. It takes place in Birmingham from October 2 to 4, 2012.

Grace Solar ground mounting system of GS series successfully passed the TUV certification standard, this is another authoritative certification achieved by Grace Solar.