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Bankability key hurdle for concentrated PV

Bankability key hurdle for concentrated PV

Wednesday, 19 October 2011 REM In a recent industry survey, a third of companies working in concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) cited bankability as the biggest challenge they face. Commercialisation and reliability and cost were also ...

Global market for solar panels projected to reach $71.8 billion by 2017

Global market for solar panels projected to reach $71.8 billion by 2017

Thursday, 13 October 2011 REM Driven by robust demand in china, India and the US, the global market for solar panels is expected to reach $71.8 billion by 2017, according to the new analysis from Global Industry Analysts, Inc (GIA). ...

Spanish solar firm receives funding for first plant in Ohio

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Spanish solar firm receives funding for first plant in Ohio

Monday, 10 October 2011 Toby Price Some good news to brighten the gloomy skies over solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer Isofoton. While its workforce in Spain went on strike last Thursday, its North American subsidiary announced it will ...

PV cell production ramps up across Asia

PV cell production ramps up across Asia

Wednesday, 05 October 2011 REM Asian solar photovoltaic (PV) cell production markets have enjoyed strong growth rates in the previous years, with Taiwan counting among the countries that have seen significant growth. The ever increasing ...

China poised to double solar capacity by year’s end

china poised to double solar capacity by year’s end

Saturday, 13 August 2011 REM china will double its solar capacity to around 2 GW by the end of the year as the world's largest solar-panel maker ramps up domestic installation, according to a report by the Energy Research Institute, ...

QSolar makes first shipments from new Chinese factory

QSolar makes first shipments from new Chinese factory

Friday, 15 July 2011 REM

Canadian photovoltaics developer QSolar has begun shipping modules from its new manufacturing base in Shanghai, china.

Second Solarboat Challenge comes to an end

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Second Solarboat Challenge comes to an end

Thursday, 07 July 2011 Toby Price During the first weekend of July and thanks to the sponsorship of Astronergy Solar, from the Chint Group of china, the Second Solarboat Challenge race, a competition for manned vessels on solar energy, ...

Solar-powered world cup football final

Solar-powered world cup football final

Tuesday, 21 June 2011 Toby Price While Europe, the US, china, India and even parts of Latin America are making significant progress towards boosting their use of renewables, large swathes of Africa remain not only renewables-free but ...

Canadian Solar and GCL announce manufacturing joint venture

Canadian Solar and GCL announce manufacturing joint venture

Tuesday, 31 May 2011 Canadian Solar is partnering with Suzhou GCL Photovoltaic Technology, a subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited (GCL), china’s largest polysilicon producer, to build a 600 MW capacity wafer ...

Innotech Solar establishes warehouse in Hong Kong

Innotech Solar establishes warehouse in Hong Kong

Friday, 20 May 2011 Innotech Solar has opened a logistics centre in Hong Kong to compliment its existing sales and purchasing office in Shanghai. In a related move, the company’s chief sales officer, Robert Händel ...

Baterías con premio en la gran feria europea del almacenamiento de energía

El jurado de la feria ees (la gran feria europea de las baterías y los sistemas acumuladores de energía) ya ha seleccionado los productos y soluciones innovadoras que aspiran, como finalistas, al gran premio ees 2021. Independientemente de cuál o cuáles sean las candidaturas ganadoras, la sola inclusión en este exquisito grupo VIP constituye todo un éxito para las empresas. A continuación, los diez finalistas 2021 de los ees Award (ees es una de las cuatro ferias que integran el gran evento anual europeo del sector de la energía, The smarter E).