Cylindrical PV system manufacturer Solyndra is set to introduce its 200 Series Metal Roof Solution at Intersolar Europe. The non-penetrating adjustable mounting system is designed to meet the additional solar installation challenges posed by metal roofs, which currently make up a significant portion of the large, low-sloped, commercial, industrial and agricultural rooftop markets.
Showcasing its latest range of Secium and Maple solar technology, JA Solar will be exhibiting at this year’s Intersolar Europe. Developed using the company’s high-efficiency solar cell processing technology, monocrystalline Secium cells can achieve a conversion efficiency of up to 19.2%, while polycrystalline Maple cells can achieve up to 18.2%.
Exhibiting at Intersolar Europe 2011, Suniva has introduced its latest module offering, featuring the company’s ARTisun Select monocrystalline solar cells. The new Suniva Optimus modules, which produce 260 watts of power in a 60 cell module, are now commercially available with full IEC and UL certifications.
SiC transistor technology manufacturer SemiSouth Laboratories’ diodes and JFETs have been selected by Vincotech for its latest range of flowSOL0-SiC modules, which are now available for sampling.
As part of its updated second-quarter and fiscal year 2011 financial outlook, SunPower boosted its expected quarterly revenues to between $550 million and $600 million, while annual sales are forecast to end up in the $2.8 billion-$2.95 billion range. Because of the new Italian policy environment, the company said it will be reallocating 85MW of product from its utility group in Italy to residential and commercial customers in Europe and elsewhere.
LDK Solar released its unaudited financial results for its first quarter, which ended March 31. While the company did see its gross margin increase both year-over-year and sequentially, revenue and sales were lower in comparison to its fourth quarter 2010 results. Q1 2011 revenue reached US$766.3 million, a 16.8% sequential drop from Q4 2010’s US$920.9 million. However, in a year-to-year comparison, sales grew 120.5% from US$347.6 million in Q1 2010.
Au Optronics (AUO) announced that it is working on strengthening its presence in the European solar market by working with its partners in Germany, Italy, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and the UK, while simultaneously focusing on escalating its business in the Middle East and Asian solar markets. As the company gets ready for its exhibition at Intersolar Europe June 8 through June 10, it advised that its latest 2MW ground-mounted project in Viglas, Slovakia would be using AUO’s EcoDuo PM220P00 module, which will be on display at the convention.
Belectric and Smart Energy Capital said that they have created a joint venture to develop and finance utility-grade photovoltaic power plants. The partnership will focus on multimegawatt sites in the United States, and will develop projects on a greenfield basis as well as through acquisitions from qualified developers.
Borrego Solar Systems revealed that its solar consulting and development services division has reached a milestone by advising on over 180MW of utility-scale solar project for independent power producers (IPP) and private landowners. The unit was created so that customers would be able to receive an analysis of a solar project’s viability, thereby helping IPPs and landowners possibly avoid a process that, over time, can cost millions of dollars while a customer looks into installing a utility-scale solar project.
Canadian Solar said its new ELPS solar cell technology can achieve up to 19.5% conversion efficiency for its monocrystalline cells and up to 18% for polycrystalline. During the fourth quarter, the high-efficiency cells are expected to be in production and modules incorporating them to ship, according to the company. These products and more will be among the firm's offerings at Intersolar Europe.
