PV

US Export-Import Bank guarantees loan to finance solar power in Barbados

Friday, 28 September 2012 REM The US Export-Import Bank provided a $6.4 million loan guarantee to finance the export of solar modules from West Coast-based SolarWorld Americas to Williams Industries Inc.-Williams evergreen Ltd. of ...

United Kingdom

Solar panels seen as a plus for homebuyers

Thursday, 20 September 2012 Toby Price Recent research conducted by mortgage provider ING Direct revealed that one of the most popular non-essential aspect of a property which encourage a buyer to sign on the dotted line, was solar panels. ...

Texas utility adds 10 MW of solar power to its portfolio

Monday, 13 August 2012 REM CPS Energy, a utility serving customers in the US state of Texas, added 10 MW of solar energy to its portfolio with the completion of a "New Energy Economy" project in the community of Sommers ...

PV Cycle to establish presences in Germany and Italy

Tuesday, 03 July 2012 REM

To allow more efficient response to increasing operations and to facilitate cooperation with local partners, Belgium-based PV Cycle has announced its intention to set up offices in Germany and Italy.

PV CYCLE celebrates second birthday this week at Intersolar Europe

Monday, 11 June 2012 REM PV CYCLE, the only fully operational, pan-European take-back and recycling scheme for all photovoltaic (PV) technologies available on the market to date, will celebrate its fifth company anniversary and ...

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 Innovation ...

Europe

500 tonnes of panels collected for recycling in four months

Friday, 20 April 2012 Toby Price The European Centre for the recycling of Solar Energy (CERES) is celebrating the free collection of over 500 tonnes of end-of-life photovoltaic panels between 1 January and 1 April on behalf of its 50-plus ...

Clinton tours fruits of $1 million commitment to solar in Haiti

Thursday, 08 March 2012 REM Former US President Bill Clinton visited Haiti this morning with David Crane, President and CEO of NRG Energy, to see two just-completed solar projects considered key to Haiti's ongoing recovery from the ...

Europe

Discussions on where large-scale PV goes next, later this month

Friday, 02 March 2012 REM The international solar conference PV Power Plants – EU 2012 is being held at the end of the month, and will offer perspectives on the future of large solar plants in Europe during a period of weak demand ...

Europe

Solar industry ready for challenges of WEEE Directive

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 Toby Price After three years of negotiations, European policy-makers agreed at the end of December upon a recast of the EU Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, better known as WEEE. According to ...