PV

Total invests €897.7 million in US solar power firm

Monday, 02 May 2011 france’s biggest oil company is set to purchase 60 percent of SunPower Corporation, the second biggest solar panel manufacturer in America, in the hope that the partnership will serve as a cornerstone ...

France

Energy firm Total to acquire Tenesol’s solar operations in Europe

Friday, 15 April 2011

French energy company Total said it will acquire solar energy operator Tenesol’s operations in Europe, a move that significantly expands the utility’s regional renewable footprint.

Feed-in tariff uncertainty spreads in Europe

Tuesday, 05 April 2011 The European PV market is in a unique and continuing state of flux, with 2010 global installations amounting to 15.7 GW. German installations have set the record again with 3.9 GW in the first half of ...

France

Largest photovoltaic array planned for Haute-Loire region

Tuesday, 29 March 2011 Phoenix Solar AG, a leading international photovoltaic system integrator, has signed an agreement with LHI Leasing GmbH (LHI) for the turnkey construction of a solar park in france with a peak power of ...

Italy announces feed-in tariff reductions, rates undetermined

Friday, 04 March 2011 Officials from Italy's Ministry for Economic Development and Ministry for the Environment and the have reached an agreement with Gruppo Imprese Fotovoltaiche Italiane (GIFI), the country's PV industry ...

EPIA warns Europe to carefully consider methods of financing solar PV before acting

Friday, 04 March 2011 Toby Price Back in January, the European Commission (EC) released a communication entitled “Renewable Energy: Progressing to 2020”, in which it suggests ways to ensure a more cost-effective financing ...

PV still leading renewable energy technology in 2010

Wednesday, 02 March 2011 The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has released new figures that will be included in its EPIA Global Market Outlook until 2015 showing that solar photovoltaic power (PV) was the leading ...

United States

Thin-film solar PV reaches record 12 percent efficiency‎

Wednesday, 02 February 2011 United Solar, the thin-film subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., has achieved a 12 percent conversion efficiency rating for a large-area solar cell using its proprietary Nano-Crystalline(TM) ...

Germany

Germany compromises on cuts to solar PV feed-in tariff in July

Wednesday, 02 February 2011 The German solar industry association (BSW-Solar) has reached a new compromise on solar photovoltaic (PV) funding with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment. The step, which can be seen as an ...

Boralex, Q-Cells building PV project in southern france

Monday, 24 January 2011 Boralex Inc., a Canadian electricity producer whose core business is the development and operation of power stations that generate renewable energy, and Q-Cells, a leader in the photovoltaic industry, ...