Becky Beetz
China: 1.3 MW thin film rooftop PV installation completed
DuPont subsidiary, DuPont Apollo Limited, and China Everbright International Limited have completed a 1.3 megawatt (MW) rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installation in China.
64 MW PV panel plant to be established in Toronto, Canada
Canada-based Eclipsall Energy Corporation is to establish a crystalline photovoltaics (PV) panel manufacturing plant in the Greater Toronto Area. It is expected to be operational by the middle of next year.
GCL-Poly hits 3.5 GW wafer production capacity
Chinese company GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited has reached its silicon wafer production capacity target of 3.5 gigawatts (GWs), a month ahead of schedule.
ATPL and First Solar sign supply agreement for 15 MW Indian PV project
ACME Tele Power Ltd (ATPL) and First Solar have signed a supply agreement, under which First Solars thin film PV modules will be delivered to a 15 megawatt (MW) (DC) solar project in India.
UK: Disappointment over failure to include solar in proposed climate change targets
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has expressed its disappointment over the UK Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) failure to include solar power in its newly released fourth budget advice to government on climate change targets.
Canada: NextEra Energy Resources to purchase 4 PV projects from First Solar
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC will purchase four photovoltaics (PV) projects totaling 40 megawatts (MWs) in Ontario, Canada from First Solar, Inc.
Etrion closes project financing on 4 Italian PV parks
Etrion Corporation has closed project financing for the construction of four photovoltaics (PV) power plants in Italy with a total capacity of 15 megawatts (MWs).
MX Solar begins automated production of solar modules in US
Italian company MX Solar has begun manufacturing crystalline solar modules through its new integrated 3S Modultec automated production line.
NREL reports breakthrough in PV cell light harvesting yield
A 35 percent increase in light harvesting yield in cells for photovoltaics and solar fuels could be achieved, following a breakthrough in the U.S.
S.A.G. Solarstrom and Yingli enter into supply agreement
Yingli subsidiary, Baoding Tinawei Yingli New Energy Resources Co. is to supply S.A.G. Solarstrom AG with an initial capacity of 220 megawatts peak (MWp) of photovoltaics (PV) modules up to 2013. The financial sum was not disclosed.
