PV

A new wave of PV

Thursday, 24 May 2012 Antonio Barrero F. Gehrlicher, Gestamp, Würth, Juwi, SunEdison, etc. All these companies and some others are currently developing solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays of over a hundred megawatts: solar arrays that, subsequent ...

PV sector grows, grid parity paradigm shift near

Friday, 18 May 2012 Toby Price The 2012 EurObserv’ER Photovoltaic Barometer has been released, focusing on developments in Europe regarding solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation for the year 2011. According to the report’s ...

Europeans demand political focus on decentralised solar energy

Friday, 11 May 2012 REM Leaders of the solar energy community representing citizens across Europe called on Brussels politicians to increase their support for solar energy yesterday. In video messages from france, Italy and Portugal, ...

Europe

“Overly burdensome bureaucracy” hindering PV development, finds European study

Thursday, 03 May 2012 REM A two-and-a-half-year European initiative on breaking down the legal and regulatory barriers hindering solar PV development, PV LEGAL project finds that despite some progress, many EU Member States still ...

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 ...

Chile

juwi and Kaltemp construct Chile's largest PV array

Friday, 23 March 2012 REM The sunny Región de Coquimbo in northern Chile is becoming an electricity producer. On unused land close to the City of Vicuña, German renewable energy specialist juwi and Chilean engineering company ...

Italian designer spreads climate change message through clothing

Wednesday, 07 March 2012 Dan McCue Pasquale Bilancio is a clothing stylist with a cause. A native of Naples, Italy, he's recently undertaken a series of designs based on social themes, "creating clothes that try to launch messages ...

Israel’s “solar village” boasts solar power on over 70 percent of its roofs

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 Toby Price In the settlement Ram-On in Israel, modules from aleo solar AG produce solar power on over 70 percent of the roofs. Aleo’s Israeli partner, Solenergy Ltd., installed the photovoltaic plants with an output ...

Conergy completes three rooftop photovoltaic installations in france

Thursday, 02 February 2012 REM

Germany’s Conergy SAS has completed installation of 6.1 MW ofPV capacity on three rooftop sites in france in collaboration with local project partner Soligest.

European and global solar PV markets continue growth

Thursday, 26 January 2012 REM The European Photovoltaic Industry Association's (EPIA) new Market Report 2011 shows important increase in grid-connected capacity of PV systems, but warns changing economics will require development of ...