Masdar, an Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy and sustainable technology specialist, is reportedly planning to inaugurate and connect its 100MW Shams 1 CSP project on 17 March.
Electronics giant Panasonic has launched its 100 Thousand Solar Lantern Project which will see the company donate a total of 100,000 solar LED lanterns to people around the world with no access to electricity.
Rear-side passivated solar cells from Taiwan-based Sunrise Global Solar Energy Corporation have been verified by Fraunhofer ISE with conversion efficiencies of 20.3%.
A 145MW solar project located in Neuhardenberg, Germany, and owned by a number of unnamed financial institutions and investors has been completed and is set to connect to the grid on 8 March, 2013.
Hundreds of thousands of Scheuten Solar Holding-manufactured solar modules have been declared a fire risk by the Dutch Food and Goods Authority (NVWA).
SolarCity and American Honda Motor Co have announced a partnership aimed at making solar power more affordable to customers in the US by providing a cleaner source of electricity at a lower cost than utility-supplied power.