IBM collaboration aims to make a PV system that could power the Earth
Tuesday, 23 April 2013 Robin WhitlockA High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal system could harness the energy of 2000 suns
Soitec inks deal to boost solar energy market growth in Saudi Arabia
Monday, 22 April 2013 REM French energy firm Soitec and Khaled Juffali Co. (KJC), a Saudi Arabian investment company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in driving solar industry growth in Saudi Arabia and ...
IRENA welcomes launch of Africa's largest solar PV plant
Monday, 22 April 2013 REM The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) earlier today welcomed word that the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Africa has been inaugurated by the government of the Islamic Republic of...
REC announces Sungate as its first Platinum Partner in Greece
Friday, 19 April 2013 Robin WhitlockAs a Platinum partner, Sungate will enjoy a variety of benefits including marketing, sales and technical support
SunEdison and Petrobras sign an agreement to build one of the largest solar PV plants in Brazil
Thursday, 18 April 2013 REM Global solar energy services provider SunEdison has signed an agreement with Petrobras, the Brazilian electricity regulatory agency, to build one of the largest solar photovoltaic power plants in Braz...
Rural Somerset community solar farm receives planning permission
Thursday, 18 April 2013 Robin WhitlockDespite some opposition to solar farms in the UK, many of them are being approved. The project being developed by Wedmore Community Power Cooperative in Somerset is one of them.
Power Electronics reaches 200 MW in UK
Wednesday, 17 April 2013 REM Spanish multinational Power Electronics commissioned last March a total amount of 156MW in solar PV inverters with various British Projects developers, resulting in a total of more than 200 MW install...
Lightsource responsible for over a third of UK’s installed solar PV in first quarter of 2013
Tuesday, 16 April 2013 Dan McCue Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited has completed and commissioned over 133 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the first quarter of 2013, over a third of the total 350 MWp co...
Indiana University installs $245,000 solar power array
Monday, 15 April 2013 Robin WhitlockIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is covering the flat roof of one of its buildings with solar panels – believed to be the largest array of its kind in downtown Indianapolis
University of Salford to launch new solar power research facility
Friday, 12 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe £400,000 facility will offer free consultancy and R&D as well as a space for testing new designs and configurations
Crown Estate to lease more wave and tidal sites for technology development
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