First Solar to acquire breakthrough Solar startup TetraSun
Wednesday, 10 April 2013 Robin WhitlockTetraSun is a Solar PV startup that has developed a breakthrough cell architecture capable of conversion efficiencies exceeding 21 percent
Martifer Solar completes a utility scale Solar PV plant cluster
Tuesday, 09 April 2013 Dan McCueMartifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has developed a cluster of utility scale photovoltaic plants totaling 28.1 MWp in the United Kingdom.
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 09/04/2013
Tuesday, 09 April 2013 REM • Enbridge, EDF buy 300 MW Alberta wind project Reuters • Swedish Nanotech Startup Sees Space Material Improving Solar Bloomberg • Industry Special: Evonik promotes tech-driven urbanization Ch...
Innotech Solar modules retain high performance in warm temperatures
Tuesday, 09 April 2013 Robin WhitlockPhoton test demonstrates an outstanding temperature coefficient of 0.39 percent per Kelvin
Pacific region
Sunlabob to provide Pacific island-nation Kiribati with Solar PV
Tuesday, 09 April 2013 Robin WhitlockOne of the least-developed island states in the Pacific region is to receive Solar PV equipment courtesy of Laos social enterprise Sunlabob Renewable Energy
Grupotec connects 46 MW in the UK in a little over two months
Monday, 08 April 2013 Dan McCue Grupotec has successfully connected 46 MW of Solar photovoltaics to the UK grid, completing multiple PV projects in record time, despite confronting what Britain's National Weather Service has describ...
Japan
New REC Solar plant goes on-grid in Japan
Monday, 08 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe new 1.7MW Solar facility will provide green electricity to 510 Japanese households
SunEdison, Thermax, Azure to install rooftop Solar in four Indian cities
Friday, 05 April 2013 REM Three companies — SunEdison, Thermax and Azure — have won the bidding for the right to install rooftop Solar power projects in four Indian cities—Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Gurgaon, the Hindu...
Report: Japan poised to become world's second biggest Solar market
Friday, 05 April 2013 REMJapan is poised become the largest Solar market in the world after China this year, according to a new analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Fluor awarded Operations & Maintenance contract for Arizona Solar power facility
Friday, 05 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe company has been handed a five-year O&M contract by Arlington Valley Solar Energy II