PV

Government to appeal against solar tariff court ruling

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 Toby Price On 21 December, the UK High Court upheld a legal challenge from Friends of the Earth and two solar firms against the Government’s controversial decision to slash the feed-in tariff incentives for solar ...

Trina Solar announces the establishment of Changzhou Trina International School

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 REM Trina Solar Limited (TSL), an integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (pv) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of pv modules, has announced the establishment ...

Google ends year with $94 million clean energy investment

Tuesday, 20 December 2011 REM Barely a month after signalling that it was curtailing its investments in renewable energy, Internet search giant Google announced a new, $94 million investment in a portfolio of four solar photovoltaic ...

Greece

US embassy in Athens goes solar

Monday, 19 December 2011 REM The US Embassy in the Greek capital of Athens now boasts a solar array, which was installed in October by IBC Solar. The array was installed as part of the US Mission Solar Energy Project, which aims to ...

solarhybrid AG develops 150 MW solar power plant in Brandenburg

Friday, 16 December 2011 REM solarhybrid AG has entered into a partnership with Airport Development A/S, which also operates the Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport in Saxony-Anhalt to develop a 150 MW pv solar plant at a former military ...

United States

Solar industry has best quarter ever

Thursday, 15 December 2011 REM The US solar energy industry achieved a new record for installations and growth in the third quarter of 2011 thanks to utility-scale project completions, a strong residential market, effective policies ...

ABB invests in utility-scale concentrating pv solar company

Wednesday, 14 December 2011 REM

Swiss technology firm ABB has agreed to invest $20 million in US-based GreenVolts, a provider of turnkey concentrating photovoltaic (Cpv) systems.

Germany

Heliatek achieves new efficiency record for organic solar cells

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 REM Heliatek GmbH, a global leader in high-end solar pv technology, has once again set a new world record for organic solar cells after Fraunhofer ISE CalLab certified a cell efficiency of 9.8% for a 1.1 centimetre-squared ...

Scatec Solar is selected as preferred bidder for 75 MW pv plant in South Africa

Monday, 12 December 2011 REM Scatec Solar, the global developer and turn-key supplier of solar pv (photo voltaic) solutions, has been selected as a preferred bidder for a 75 MW project during the first round of the South African Renewable ...

United Kingdom

High Court to hear application to challenge solar tariff cuts in UK

Monday, 12 December 2011 REM The British High Court has agreed to hear applications by Friends of the Earth and two solar companies – Solarcentury and HomeSun - for permission to challenge government plans to slash financial incentives ...