Housing charity Habitat for Humanity is launching an initiative to provide solar installations for households in Ofunato, a Japanese city that was badly hit by last year’s tsunami.
At his keynote speech at Solar Power International in Florida this year, former President Bill Clinton put forward a proposal to energize the solar PV industry: “Americans need to know more than they now know”.
ET Solar Group announced that it has signed an MOU with EnergiMidt under which is will be the Danish company’s major PV module supplier. The MOU forms the strategic tie between the two companies and will be prominently utilized for EnergiMidt’s 2013 rooftop PV project requirements.
Bloomberg has reported that JFE Holdings was awarded a contract from Mitsui & Co. and Tokio Marine Asset Management, which will see the company build three solar plants in Japan through subsidiaries. Four of JFE Steel’s units will provide for the Japanese solar plants with a combined 8.3MW capacity.
First Solar noted that, in its opinion, Australia is four years behind the US in the development of large solar farms. In a report by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, it was reported that the company is looking to help Australia build up its solar industry, specifically with a 10MW project that First Solar is partnering on with General Electric.
Mondragon Assembly launched their new Tabber & Stringer TS 1200 Plus tool. The technology has a NET capacity of 1300 solar cells soldered per hour. The TS1200 uses an infrared light technology soldering process, which is said to offer easy maintenance, model change and diagnosis. Further, Mondragon Assembly stated that it has the best cell loading autonomy and has greatly lessened installed power and air consumption.
US solar giant First Solar and Indonesia’s PT. Pembangkitan Jawa Bali Services (PJB Services) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of 100MW utility-scale PV projects in Indonesia in order to meet the country’s growing energy demand.
