AUBURN HILLS, Mich. and Villafranca, Italy., March 5, 2012 – United Solar, the global manufacturer of UNI-SOLAR® lightweight, flexible solar products and a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (OTC:ENERQ.PK) is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Baraclit SpA, a large Italian company with a 65-year history in the industrial [...]
The German government has agreed to accelerate the next round of cuts in state-mandated photovoltaic incentives by three months to April 1 after a record-breaking expansion of solar power in 2011. Government sources said on Wednesday the cuts of 20 to 30% would be moved forward to April 1, news that sent share prices tumbling. [...]
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Oldenburg, Prenzlau, 9 February 2012. In the settlement Ram-On in Israel, premium modules from aleo solar AG [ISIN: DE000A0JM634] produce solar power on over 70 percent of the roofs. The Israeli aleo partner, Solenergy Ltd., installed the photovoltaic plants with an output of 15 – 50 kilowatts on more than 25 residential and agricultural [...]
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) slipped from an all-time high in production of 885 GWh in 2008 to 862 GWh in 2009. New capacity becoming operational in 2010 pushed production to 1121 GWh and an estimated 1475 GWh in 2011. The wholesale value from this technology, also known as Solar Thermal power, generated $68 USD million [...]
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Finavera is developing the 47 megawatt (“MW”) Tumbler Ridge, 77 MW Wildmare, 117 MW Meikle, and 60 MW Bullmoose wind energy projects in North Eastern British Columbia, Canada and the 105 MW Cloosh Valley wind project in Ireland. The four BC Projects all have 25 year Electricity Purchase Agreements with the AAA rated British Columbia [...]
The Greek Ministry of Environment has published new FiTs for PV installations which will be in force from February 1. The tariff for PV systems up to 100kW and for systems installed on non-interconnected islands has been reduced by 12.5% compared to the previous rate introduced in 2009. The new tariff will be further reduced [...]
Proprietary technology offers efficient control of energy consumption and emergency storage capability Nichicon Corporation (Chairman: Ippei Takeda) and Kyocera Corporation (President: Tetsuo Kuba) announced that the two companies have completed an agreement for Kyocera to begin domestic sales this summer of a new energy management system (EMS) which combines Kyocera’s highly reliable solar power [...]
