PV

The Scottish Government should restore access to interest-free loans for solar and batteries

Wednesday, 23 October 2024 Robin Whitlock The Scottish Government should restore access to interest-free loans for residential solar power and battery energy storage systems to help the nation accelerate delivery on its targets for low carbon ...

UK Government decision on CfDs welcomed by Solar Trade Association (STA)

Tuesday, 24 November 2020 Robin Whitlock The Solar Trade Association (STA) has welcomed a decision by the UK Government on proposed amendments to Contracts for Difference – the government’s main incentivisation scheme for supporting renewable ...

Australia

Australia’s renewable energy target should be left alone says CEC

Friday, 09 May 2014 Robin Whitlock

Reducing Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) would increase power bills and lead to thousands of lost jobs the Clean Energy Council has told a review panel.

juwi enters APAC markets with photovoltaic plants

Thursday, 15 November 2012 Dan McCue Having successfully established itself in the Asian-Pacific market with the opening of its Regional head quarters in Singapore earlier this year, juwi has announced it is now developing free-standing plants ...

Czech Republic

Czechs enjoy solar power thanks to Germany solar technology

Tuesday, 01 November 2011 REM The German solar photovoltaic (PV) specliaist, juwi GMbH has successfully commissioned two solar arrays in Hostovice and Trebovice, providing clean energy for 2,000 four-person households in the Czech ...

China and Korea join to develop new nanomaterials for flexible solar cells

Monday, 19 April 2010 The 2010 Korea-China joint research programme, “New Photovoltaic Polymers and Advanced Flexible Plastic Solar Cells”, was officially kicked off last week at the Qingdao Institute of bioenergy ...

Suniva opens the first solar cell factory in the South of US

Monday, 29 December 2008 At a ribbon cutting ceremony, Suniva Inc., a manufacturer of high value crystalline silicon solar cells, officially opened the first solar factory in the Southeastern US with the help of Georgia Governor ...

New solar PV subsidy in Holland

Ms Maria van der Hoeven, Dutch Minister of Economy, has announced the introduction of a government subsidy for solar PV electricity. A similar system existed in the system some years ago but it was phased ...

Genera goes solar

The 2007 edition of Genera, which is supposed to be an energy and environment exhibition, has seen twice as many visitors as last year and an increased focus on solar energy. Many experts suggest that ...