Equity Solar has appointed Greg Knight, formerly of GT Solar, as its chief technology officer. Knight was brought on board to assist in the commercialization of the room temperature wet chemical growth (RTWCG) technology licensed by Equity Solar.
Suntech has supplied 240 solar panels for a 48kW rooftop installation on the Town Hall in Sydney, Australia. The installation marks the first use of Suntech's Pluto technology in the country.
Emerson Network Power has announced the availability of its new eBook, "What Smart Grid Means to You." The eBook is designed to help those on the front lines of the Smart Grid transition, addressing challenges and opportunities for CIOs and IT departments, consulting and specifying engineers, facility managers, telecom providers, and solar power system integrators.
Uni Land has signed an agreement with EOS Energia for the construction of 10MW photovoltaic systems on greenhouses in Italy. EOS Energia will manage the design, procurement and construction of the greenhouses and will ensure that each plant is connected by the end of 2010.
O'Neal, the Greenville-based integrated design and construction firm, has formed a strategic partnership with Scheuten Solar USA. The two companies plan to offer turnkey PV solar systems for industrial, commercial, institutional, and utility-scale solar projects.
Phoenix Solar has completed the installation of a thin-film PV plant built on the new company operations centre of Applied Materials in Singapore. This project is the largest thin-film PV application in the city, with modules covering 5.7m2.
Sputnik Engineering is changing location from Paris to Saint Priest near Lyon. The managing director plans to continue to expand the sales and service of SolarMax products in France, improve responsiveness to customer needs, and expand the training program.
Renewable energy companies in Ontario have received approval for 184 new 'green' contracts under the country's feed-in tariff scheme, of which 77 are solar PV. This marks the largest renewable energy initiative in Canada to date, adding to the 510 medium-sized projects declared in March. The combined contracts are estimated to generate more than 2500MW.
BrightView Systems has announced the addition of Hai Benron to its management team, to support global marketing and sales efforts within the thin-film market. Benron will be positioned as the company's director of global business.
Officials from NASA have joined Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) to commission FPL's Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center, the new solar 75MW PV power facility formed through partnership between the two organizations.
