PV sector grows, grid parity paradigm shift near
Friday, 18 May 2012 Toby Price The 2012 EurObserv’ER Photovoltaic Barometer has been released, focusing on developments in Europe regarding solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation for the year 2011. According to the report...
Solar PV closer to grid parity than many think, says BNEF
Thursday, 17 May 2012 REM A new research paper produced by various organisations including Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation shines light on the competitiveness of s...
Scottish researchers tap into potential of solar power in space
Thursday, 17 May 2012 REM Innovative research being carried out at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow may well be laying the groundwork for a viable way to gather solar energy in space and get it back down to Earth through...
Japan
Building meets own energy demand with 4,570 solar panels
Thursday, 17 May 2012 Toby Price Take the Tokyu Ooimachi line between Jyugaoka and Ookayama in Tokyo and you’ll soon reach an eye-catching black building just after Midorigaoka station. This is the new Environmental Energy Innovati...
GCL Solar Energy places large order with Satcon Equinox to supply Caribbean solar facility
Monday, 14 May 2012 REMGCL Solar Energy has placed a large and multi-faceted order with power conversion solutions firm Satcon Technology Corp, to supply a 76 MW solar facility the company is building in the Caribbean.
United Kingdom
Fears solar PV no longer viable “wholly misplaced,” says trade associations
Monday, 14 May 2012 Toby Price All four major trade associations representing domestic solar photovoltaics in the UK– the British Photovoltaic Association (BPVA), the Micropower Council (MPC), the Renewable Energy Association (RE...
California Legislature preempts local agencies to speed solar project's development
Friday, 11 May 2012 REM The California Assembly in the US has approved legislation that will fast-track the development of a 663 MW solar energy project by allowing the developer, K Road Power, to bypass local agencies and t...
Europeans demand political focus on decentralised solar energy
Friday, 11 May 2012 REM Leaders of the solar energy community representing citizens across Europe called on Brussels politicians to increase their support for solar energy yesterday. In video messages from France, Italy and ...
Solar power achieves “remarkable” growth but now at crossroads, says EPIA
Friday, 11 May 2012 REM The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has released its “Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics Until 2016”, an authoritative analysis of PV markets in Europe and around the world;...
SoloPower sees thin-film opportunity In Italy
Thursday, 10 May 2012 REM SoloPower, a US manufacturer of thin-film solar cells and modules, is previewing its next generation technology at the 13th annual Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation International Exhibition ...
Administration official to address future of fuel cells in US at D.C. conference
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