PV

“Integrated approach” needed to foster deployment of solar, says IEA

Monday, 12 December 2011 REM In 90 minutes, enough sunlight strikes the earth to meet the entire planet's energy needs for one year. But how can we tap more of this incredible resource? A new International Energy Agency (IEA) study ...

US firm installs world's first hybrid PV/solar thermal panel cooling system

Friday, 09 December 2011 REM

Silicon Valley based rooftop solar company Chromasun has installed what it says is the world's first solar technology, a hybrid photovoltaic panel coupled with a solar thermal cooling system.

US Ex-Im Bank provides $103.2 Million in export financing for solar projects in India

Thursday, 08 December 2011 REM The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved $103.2 million in financing for two solar transactions in India, bringing the total number of Indian solar projects that the bank has financed ...

Boeing unveils 10-acre rooftop solar farm in US

Monday, 05 December 2011 REM

Boeing Corp. has unveiled the 10-acre solar farm installed on its new final assembly plant for the 787 Dreamliner passenger jet in North Charleston, SC in the US.

South Africa

African nation could benefit most from solar power

Friday, 02 December 2011 REM Of all renewable energy sources, solar has the biggest potential in South Africa. That is because the host of the COP17 climate change conference in Durban has one of the highest and the most stable solar ...

United Kingdom

Solar tariff cuts threaten up to 4,500 jobs at major UK installer

Thursday, 01 December 2011 Toby Price Support services giant, Carillion, reportedly put its entire energy services workforce on redundancy notice yesterday, shocking staff. According to Carillion Energy Services, the sole installer for the ...

Enel Green Power to develop 60 MW of PV in Italy

Wednesday, 30 November 2011 REM

Enel Green Power (EGP) has been awarded two of the thirteen lots offered for tender by Difesa Servizi SpA for the allocation of military land for the installation of photovoltaic systems.

Germans solar researchers look out to space

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 REM Not content with leading the way down on earth, Germany’s solar industry is now looking skywards for inspiration. The prestigious Fraunhofer Institute and Azur Space Solar Power have just reinforced ...

Brazil

After the wind comes the sun

Wednesday, 23 November 2011 REM Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lobao, has said that the solar sector will follow a similar path to that of the wind industry in his country, which has gained momentum and gradually enjoyed ...

United States

Phoenix Solar building a 1.4 MW solar plant in Tennessee

Tuesday, 22 November 2011 REM Phoenix Solar AG has announced that its US subsidiary has established a strategic alliance with Silicon Ranch Corporation to develop and build photovoltaic power plants in Tennessee and the southeastern ...