centrotherm photovoltaics has concluded the ramp-up of two crystalline solar cell manufacturing lines at LG Electronics, which enters the photovoltaics manufacturing industry with one line for mono-crystalline and one line for multi-crystalline solar cells.
Six out of the 17 university teams that are participating in the Solar Decathlon Europe, to be held from the 18th - 27th June, have announced that they will be using SunPower solar panels to construct their designs.
A trail of utter devastation was left by the Leamington tornado, which hit the town - located in the province of Ontario - on June 6,th yet two type 5000HD (heavy duty) DEGERenergie tracking systems, which were installed two days previously, stood firm against the storm.
According to a report published by Frost & Sullivan, the solar PV markets in both urban and rural areas in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are steadily expanding due to volatile oil prices and strong governmental commitments.
Titan Tracker has signed a license contract with DongFang Electric and DongFang Turbine, including all the solar tracking technologies such as flat PV, CPV and CSP central receiver and Stirling dish.
Centrosolar Group will be the project partner for the solar fund of the investment bank, "DCM Solarfonds 4." The bank will give investors the opportunity to invest in a portfolio of ten solar roof plants, erected on the flat roofs of German companies ALDI Süd and ALDI Nord. The plants are estimated to have an aggregate output of 7.8MW.
Schott Solar has introduced a new extended performance guarantee, switching over its warranty on solar power modules from being a graduated to a linear digressive model, guaranteeing customers higher performance than before for each year covered by the guarantee period.
Sinosol, with its partner Metalco & Mazzanti Group, is now expanding its activities in Italy with the foundation of a new Italian project company. The company will be located in Castelfranco with access to a pipeline of Italian rooftop and greenfield projects totalling more than 200MWp. The projects will be constructed by 2012.
As the first day of the Intersolar tradeshow drew to a close, the prizes were awarded in the fields of 'Photovoltaics' and 'Solar Thermal Technology' and for the first time in the category 'PV Production Technology'. The Intersolar AWARD international technology prize was presented to nine innovative companies as part of the official ceremony at the Innovation Exchange.
SportsPro magazine has listed the World Games Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan as the world's most important sports venue. With a capacity of 55,000, the stadium features 8,844 solar panels, making it the largest solar panelled sports venue in the world.
