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“The beginning of an epochal change across all fabric structure industries”: photovoltaic tents, tarps, sailboat sails, umbrellas
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has signed a strategic supply agreement with FTL Solar, LLC., a world leader in lightweight solar structur...
“Largest rooftop CIGS photovoltaic array” installed in Italy
Friday, 05 March 2010
Photovoltaics specialist, CDM, has announced completion of what it describes as “the largest CIGS PV installation in the world”, comprising 3,600 228w panels installed on a rooftop in the ...
Two for the price of one – Solimpeks’ hybrid solar collector
Friday, 05 March 2010
The Turkish company, Solimpeks Corp., has launched its Volther hybrid photovoltaic-solar thermal collector, which produces electricity and hot water simultaneously. The hybrid system allows extra modu...
Titan Tracker starts producing solar trackers in California
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Leading solar tracker manufacturer, Titan Tracker, has begun manufacturing its solar trackers in California in order to supply the competitive American solar photovoltaic and solar thermal electric ma...
T-Solar and Solarpack awarded 173 GWh a year PV tender in Peru
Thursday, 04 March 2010
T‐Solar and Solarpack will be jointly commissioning four 20‐MW photovoltaic (PV) power plants in Peru. Two of these will be developed and run by T‐Solar and the other two by both com...
Solar trackers survive "the perfect storm"
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Major winter storms swept across the Iberian Peninsular last weekend, bringing hurricane-force winds and heavy rains. Hurricane Xinthia proved to be major test of the robustness of the OPDE Group&rsqu...
Martifer Solar's solar roof system resists hurricane-force winds
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
Martifer Solar, the Portuguese photovoltaic (PV) specialist, has developed a new solar roof system capable of withstanding winds of up to 200 km/h.
Suntech recognised for its “bold” business strategy
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the world's largest producer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, was recently handed the 2009 FT ArcelorMittal Boldness in Business Environment Award in ...
Taking photovoltaics to another level using silicon wire
Friday, 26 February 2010
A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible solar cell using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate. The n...
Germany tones down plan to slash PV feed-in tariff
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
According to a report yesterday by the news agency Bloomberg, the German Government has toned down plans to slash the feed-in tariff for photovoltaic (PV) arrays. Solar companies around the world bene...
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