Outdoor Field Test Demonstrates Modules’ Efficiency JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS), a fast-growing, vertically integrated solar power product manufacturer based in China, has just announced that two types of JinkoSolar monocrystalline modules have been recognized for high yield by PHOTON Lab’s outdoor field test. The field test measures each module’s yield in order to determine [...]

Renewable methane from wind and sun in the tank: The Stuttgart system supplier and Ingolstadt automobile company signed a contract in October 2011 for planning, delivery, installation and commissioning of an e-gas facility. Further development of the new technology uses not only sustainable mobility. In the future automobiles using gas can roll on the streets [...]

(EWEA Offshore 2011) – Energias de Portugal (EDP) and Principle Power, Inc. (Principle Power) have just announced the successful offshore deployment of a full-scale 2-megawatt (MW) WindFloat off the coast of Agucadoura, Portugal. This installation represents the beginning of a new sector in the offshore wind industry and is the result of continued hard work [...]

Offshore wind farm capacity only accounts for 1.6% of total wind turbines generation in 2010 although this wund energy market sector is forecast to become a more prevalent source of energy in the future Offshore wind energy technology has up to now been implemented mainly in Europe, with the UK leading the way in developing [...]

Since the UNFCCC entered into force in 1995, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC have been meeting annually to assess progress in dealing with climate change. The COP adopts decisions and resolutions, published in reports of the COP. Successive decisions taken by the COP make up a detailed set of rules for [...]

The solar power plant, installed by Coop Cellini, has a capacity of 10 MWand will reduce 5,531,000 kg of CO2 emissions Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar companies, has just announced the provision of 12,465 high-performing photovoltaic modules for a ground-mount solar power plant installed on a former mining site in [...]

PVGIS estimates of solar electricity generation Location: 41°33’40" North, 23°16’39" East, Elevation: 218 m a.s.l., Solar radiation database used: PVGIS-classic Nominal power of the PV system: 1.0 kW (crystalline silicon) Estimated losses due to temperature: 9.4% (using local ambient temperature) Estimated loss due to angular reflectance effects: 2.7% Other losses (cables, inverter etc.): 14.0% Combined [...]