First Solar Creates Utility Systems Business

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) has recently announced it has formed a utility systems business group to address the large-scale photovoltaic (PV) system solutions market. Jens Meyerhoff, 45, has been named president of the group. Mr. Meyerhoff has served as First Solar’s chief financial officer since 2006. "With the pending completion of First Solar’s acquisition [...]

REpower With One gigawatt Wind Power Capacity Now Installed in France

Output of REpower fleet accounts for 20 percent of the entire wind power capacity installed in France REpower the second largest manufacturer of wind turbines on the French market in 2009 In June, REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) passed the one gigawatt milestone with wind energy systems installed in France. The manufacturer has installed around [...]

Solar Millennium AG: HelioTrough collector awarded innovation prize by industry experts

Majority of 650 CSP-Today conference attendees in San Francisco voted for HelioTrough in the innovation category Test results confirm the expected efficiency enhancement by 10 percent compared to predecessor design At the end of June the participants of the 4th Concentrated Solar Power Conference in San Francisco voted for HelioTrough, the Solar Millennium Group’s newest [...]

RWE Innogy´s hydro-power expansion projects forge ahead in Scotland

RWE Innogy has received the green light from the Scottish Government to build another hydro- power plant in the United Kingdom. The Cia Aig hydroelectric power station, 3 megawatts of installed capacity, will be sited near Fort William, in the Scottish Highlands. Driven by the fresh water of Loch Arkaig, the new hydropower plant will [...]

First Solar Completes the Solar Value Chain

Inauguration of 1.3 megawatt solar-power-plant on top of production facility / Manufacturing, power generation and recycling all under one roof in Frankfurt (Oder) First Solar, the largest producer of PV-modules worldwide, is now also relying on solar energy at its production site in Frankfurt (Oder). Today the company started operation of a 1.3 megawatt solar-power-plant [...]

First foundation installed at Sheringham Shoal

  The “Svanen” will continue to install the remaining 89 foundations in preparation for the installation of the two substations and 88 wind turbines in 2011.   The first foundation for the 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm has now been installed on the wind farm site, off the coast of Norfolk in the UK. [...]

Largest Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Plant in the World – President Obama Announces $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Abengoa Solar

  Loan proceeds will be used for the construction of the Solana project (Solana), the largest concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in the world. Federal stimulus advances Solana toward construction.   Loan proceeds will be used for the construction of the Solana project (Solana), the largest concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in the world. Federal [...]