PV

First international marketplace for PV projects goes online

Thursday, 17 March 2011 ProjectForum4t2 has launched “the world’s first professional online marketplace for trading solar photovoltaic (PV) projects”, which the company says “will bring clarity and structure ...

Siliken PV modules come out tops in Photon study

Monday, 14 March 2011 Since 2005, Photon Laboratory has been carrying out exhaustive testing of the performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules from the world's best manufacturers. Recently it announced the results of the ...

German solar company sees potential in Turkey, UK and China

Wednesday, 09 March 2011 As the German solar photovoltaic (PV) market matures, IBC Solar is expanding its international operations with new affiliates in Turkey, the United Kingdom and China “in order to exploit the PV potential ...

Italy

Italian PV market attracting yet more solar “Made in Spain”

Monday, 07 March 2011 Toby Price Since the Spanish solar photovoltaic (PV) market was decimated by unfavourable legislative changes in 2009 and ongoing uncertainties regarding the retroactive application of cuts to feed-in tariffs, a ...

Western Wind signs 30 MW solar PPA in Puerto Rico

Friday, 04 March 2011

Western Wind Energy Corp. has signed a 30 MW solar photovoltaic power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority for a term of 20 years.

EPIA warns Europe to carefully consider methods of financing solar PV before acting

Friday, 04 March 2011 Toby Price Back in January, the European Commission (EC) released a communication entitled “Renewable Energy: Progressing to 2020”, in which it suggests ways to ensure a more cost-effective financing ...

Siemens secures order for eight Italian PV Plants

Wednesday, 02 March 2011 Siemens Energy has received a follow-up order for the turnkey construction of eight photovoltaic plants in Italy. The customer is Viridis Energia, a joint venture between Echidna S.p.A. and La.G.I. S.r.l. ...

PV still leading renewable energy technology in 2010

Wednesday, 02 March 2011 The European photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has released new figures that will be included in its EPIA Global Market Outlook until 2015 showing that solar photovoltaic power (PV) was the leading ...

Solar Power Inc. installs PV array on iconic movie studio

Tuesday, 01 March 2011 As all of Hollywood braced for the Academy awards this past weekend, Solar Power Inc. was putting the finishing touches on a 160 kW PV solar system at the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation studios ...

New agreement signed to raise awareness of PV worldwide

Monday, 28 February 2011 EuPD Research and the British photovoltaic Association (BPVA) have reached an agreement to strengthen their cooperation in the global photovoltaic (PV) industry. According to EuPD Research the agreement ...