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First Solar to deploy 2 MW of thin-film modules for China
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06 Dec 2012
- Published on Thursday, 06 December 2012 08:41
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Thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar, Inc. is set to bring its products to China with the announcement of its first commercial demonstration project in Xinjiang province. First Solar completed an agreement with Zhenfa New Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd. to supply 2 megawatts of their thin-film modules to one of Zhenfa’s approved solar project sites by the first quarter of 2013. Zhenfa is said to be one of the...
Sharp develops solar cell with highest efficiency conversion of 37.7%
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06 Dec 2012
- Published on Thursday, 06 December 2012 08:27
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Sharp Corporation has set the world record for solar cell conversion efficiency – 37.7 percent – the Osaka-based multinational announced. The Japanese electronics company said it achieved the breakthrough using a triple-junction compound solar cell wherein photo-absorption layers are piled together. Compound solar cells use photo-absorption layers made from compounds made up of two or more elements,...
British firm to build Africa’s largest solar power plant
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05 Dec 2012
- Published on Wednesday, 05 December 2012 08:49
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British renewable energy firm Blue Energy will build the largest solar photovoltaic facility on the African continent. To be located in Ghana, the 155-megawatt Nzema plant will become one of the biggest in the world – only three solar PV plants in operation today are bigger, according to the company. It will help Ghana raise its current generating capacity by 6 percent and meet 20 percent of the...
Solar PV installation prices continue to fall in the U.S.
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03 Dec 2012
- Published on Monday, 03 December 2012 08:27
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The price of installing a solar photovoltaic system in the United States fell substantially in 2011 and it is believed that this will be the case for 2012, according to a PV cost-tracking report from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. According to the report, the median installed price of residential and commercial PV systems in 2011 fell by roughly 11 percent to 14 percent...
Yingli Green Energy Americas gets largest project supply agreement
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29 Nov 2012
- Published on Thursday, 29 November 2012 09:25
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China’s Yingli Green Holding Company Limited will supply 200 megawatts of solar photovoltaic modules for the Centinela Solar Energy Facility Project in Southern California. The project, designed to be one of the largest solar projects in the world, lies on 1,600 acres approximately 90 miles east of San Diego in Imperial Country, California. It will produce enough electricity to power more than 60,000 homes...
U.S. testing HCPV technology at Edwards Air Force Base
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15 Nov 2012
- Published on Thursday, 15 November 2012 14:42
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The capabilities of high-concentration photovoltaics technology will be tested at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where a 200-kilowatt solar power field of this type is going to rise. The solar field will include a dozen commercial-scale dual-axis HCPV units manufactured by Semprius, Inc. of Durham North Carolina. The HCPV units will have the ability to track the course of the sun,...
First Solar signs large projects in Asia
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19 Oct 2012
- Published on Friday, 19 October 2012 13:53
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American solar company First Solar, Inc. announced several deals in developing markets in Asia and in Australia this month, including the recent partnership with an Indonesian company to bring more solar capacity into the Southeast Asian nation’s country’s energy mix. First Solar and Pembangkitan Jawa Bali Services signed a memorandum of understanding to work on the development of 100 megawatts’...
Australia’s Epuron acquires Uterne solar project in the Northern Territory
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04 Oct 2012
- Published on Thursday, 04 October 2012 10:09
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Australian renewable energy company Epuron has acquired SunPower’s solar power plant in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Uterne is said to be Australia’s largest tracking solar power plant. It is also the holder of the first utility-backed solar power purchase agreement in Australia, under the terms of which Power and Water Corporation will buy Uterne’s output at a guaranteed rate over a 20-year term...
Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation makes first investment in U.S. solar
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03 Oct 2012
- Published on Wednesday, 03 October 2012 09:46
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Sumitomo Corporation of America, part of the Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corporation, made its first investment in a U.S. solar project, gaining 23 percent ownership of Desert Sunlight Solar Farm Project in California. Sumitomo bought part of the shares of investor G.E. Energy Financial Services in the 550-megawatt project currently under construction east of Palm Springs...
Sharp releases 7-percent-efficiency solar PV windows
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27 Sep 2012
- Published on Thursday, 27 September 2012 10:20
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Sharp released its new photovoltaic product which can generate clean power and function as natural lighting for buildings at the same time. The see-through solar panels, especially designed for balcony railings or windows in industrial and residential buildings, produce electricity from the sun during daytime like any PV product, while letting light in. For those inside the building, the modules do not block...
