Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL), a leader in manufacturing of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, has just announced it received its first official documents from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology in January 2010 to establish a State Key Laboratory to develop [...]

United Renewable Energy uses Sunny Central Solar Inverter for USFloors Production Facility ROCKLIN, Calif., Jan 26, 2010—United Renewable Energy, LLC (URE) has commissioned the largest commercial solar installation in the state of Georgia at the USFloors building in Dalton. Based on its quality and efficiency, an SMA Sunny Central 250U inverter was chosen to convert [...]

  This study was commissioned by BSW/EPIA and funded by the BMU (grant number 03MAP092), BSW, EPIA and PV CYCLE. Against the backdrop of a fast growing number of PV-installations and the voluntary committment of the PV-Industry to create a sustainable way of managing PV-waste, this study aims to elaborate the recommendations for a viable [...]

PV CYCLE was founded in July 2007 to implement the photovoltaic industry’s commitment to set up a voluntary take back and recycling programme for end-of-life-modules and to take responsibility for PV modules throughout their entire value chain. PV modules are designed to generate clean, renewable energy  for  over  25  years. With  the  first  significant installations  [...]

Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC) invites financial analysts and investors to attend a special field trip to REC’s polysilicon plant in Moses Lake, Washington (WA), USA on March 16, 2010. The number of participants will be limited, and analysts and investors who are interested in attending will have to register in advance. Priority will be [...]

EDP Renováveis, S.A. (“EDPR”), through its subsidiary Relax Wind Park I SP. Z.O.O., has just entered into a 15-year agreement with ENERGA – OBRÓT SA (“Energa”) to sell the green certificates generated from its 120 MW Margonin wind farm in Poland. This agreement enables EDPR to secure an important part of its revenue line in [...]

The world’s first floating wind turbine has been towed to sea in a pilot project aimed at creating future wind farms miles off shore where the wind can be very strong. The 2.3 Megawatt turbine has 100 meters of ballast below the water to support the massive structure. It is expected to generate enough green [...]