Utility-scale PV inverter specialist Advanced Energy Industries (AE) has reported record sales of US$60.7 million in Q3 2012, fuelled by growing demand from the North American large-scale commercial and utility markets.
Sandia National Laboratories, the Electric Power Research Institute and European Distributed Energies Research Laboratories are organising a workshop looking at the experience of utilities in integrating high levels of electricity from PV on to the grid.
From the heart of its R&D centre in Rochester, New York, Natcore Technology scientists have developed what they call the “first black silicon solar cell”.
Specialist equipment supplier, GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) is claiming its new hydrochlorination solution for trichlorosilane (TCS) production used in fluid bed reactor (FBR) polysilicon production takes production costs below US$14/kg.
Clenergy, a manufacturer of rooftop mounting systems, is supplying a customised version of its PV-ezRack SolarRoof system for use in a 7MW project in Haikou on Hainan Island, China.
Following yesterday’s announcement of Siemen’s exit of the solar business, the company has confirmed that it will pull out of the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) when its membership expires at the end of the year.
