Reduced German feed-in tariffs and rising module prices due to the impact of the EU anti-dumping investigation and preliminary duties mean the free-field PV project business in Germany is dead, according to major project developer, juwi.
Having established the PV cell performance characterization laboratory at NREL in 1980 and devoted more than three decades to photovoltaic science, Dr. Keith Emery of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will receive the William R. Cherry Award at IEEE PVSC.
Martifer Solar has extended its services for its global customer base by integrating over 250 PV power plants into a new ‘Energy Portal’ to facilitate monitoring, service and maintenance operations for customers.
Certain Suntech Power Holdings bondholders have started legal proceedings to recoup investments after the statutory 60-day hold on filing claims after the company defaulted in its US$541 million convertible note, expired.
CPV manufacturer Soitec has announced the installation of a 25kW concentrator PV demonstration plant in the village of Usib near Rehoboth in central Namibia.
Officials from Hokkaido Electric Power in Japan are being forced to review applications made by large-scale PV developers due to fears these installations could exceed the grid’s capacity.
