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Global Solar Energy has announced the installation of three building-integrated PV projects across Italy. The company collaborated with Mapei Alubel and B.A. Energy to construct the rooftop projects using thin-film modules.
Konarka Technologies and Dri-Design have announced the results of their collaboration to integrate Konarka’s solar panels into Dri-Design’s metal rainscreen panels. It is the first application of its kind and the panels are used for façade installations. The panels will be utilized for BIPV installations and offer architects a range of possibilities of integrations into materials like glass, steel, fabrics or plastic.
BIPV Inc., a manufacturer of roof-integrated solar shingles and tiles, has announced the appointment of Oliver Koehler as vice president of sales and marketing. He has been tasked with the job of leading the company’s growing sales and marketing efforts.
INNOVENTIONS at Epcot has announced it has selected solar panels from Hanwha for its educational facility at the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida. The experiential exhibit has been erected to provide visitors with a practical look at green building technologies.
Global Solar Energy has announced that it is to sell its portable solar business, including the Sunlinq and P3 product lines. The company assures that it does not anticipate any disruption in production or service to its portable solar business customers during the sale process. Global Solar insists the purchase will allow it to better position its focus on and grow other key business units serving the BIPV market.
Envision Solar has announced that it has entered an agreement with a Fortune 10 company about providing its Solar Tree structures for a large number of locations across the US. The agreement covers over 900 locations, including electric car charging stations and will cover a time period from of 2 years, beginning in the first six months of 2012.
Scheuten Solar has officially filed notice that it is suspending payments as it is unable to serve its creditors. The Netherlands based module manufacturer and BIPV specialist said in a statement on its website that its margins had been under tremendous pressure over the last 18-months due to the dramatic oversupply of standard PV modules in the European market, putting the company into financial difficulties.
-80x80.jpg "Dr. Scott Hammond, principal scientist, works on development of the SolarWindow module. Image: New Energy Technologies")
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has, in collaboration with New Energy Technologies, produced its largest-area OPV module ever at 170cm2. The companies’ engineers have worked together on developing New Energy’s SolarWindow technology that allows the generation of electricity on see-through glass windows.
Odersun was one of 100 products or ideas to be selected for the iF gold award 2012, making it the first company from the solar sector to be chosen for the prize. The company’s PV modules were additionally recognized for their aesthetics with an iF material design award 2012.
Heliatek’s OPV panels will be used in Reckli’s concrete walls to create a new solution in BIPV without compromising on aesthetics. Heliatek claims the flexibility of its panels allows them to be fully integrated into the concrete walls whilst maintaining efficiency.
