Becky Beetz
ReneSola achieves record third quarter results; plans 2011 capacity expansion
Chinese company ReneSola Ltd has achieved record revenues of USD$358.7 million for the third quarter of this year, with both solar wafer and module shipments having increased.
Italy: 3.4 MWs PV to be installed in Umbria
Scheuten Solar has announced that a total of 3.4 megawatts of photovoltaics (PV) is to be installed across four projects in Gualdo Tadino, Umbria, Italy.
UK: Proposal for 5 MW solar farm
Eco Sustainable Solutions, based in Dorset, the UK, has said it plans to build the countrys first solar farm.
TechPrecision creates China-based subsidiary due to solar demand
Following growing demand for local manufacture and machining of components for a large, unnamed customer in the solar industry, TechPrecision Corporation has announced it is opening a subsidiary in China.
Russia to build first solar power station
Plans have been drawn up to build Russias first solar power station by the Black sea, according to the Moscow News.
Dow Electronic Materials to build second manufacturing facility in China
Dow Electronic Materials is to build a new manufacturing facility in Eastern China, in order to meet growing material demand and better serve the photovoltaics (PV), printed circuit board (PCB), and electronic and industrial finishing markets in Asia.
California: Prop. 23 defeat as voters say they want clean energy jobs
Proposition 23, which was seeking to freeze Californias goal of reducing carbon emissions by 25 percent to 1990 levels by 2020, and to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 until the U.S. state’s unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent or less for four consecutive quarters, has been defeated.
China Sunergy acquires 2 module manufacturers
China Sunergy Co., Ltd. has completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the equity interest of CEEG (Shanghai) Solar Science & Technology Co., Ltd and CEEG (Nan Jing) New Energy Co., Ltd. The deal is said to worth around USD$46 million.
Bell Labs to get 1.2 MW solar system
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that a 1.2-megawatt (MW) ground-mounted solar power system is to be installed at the Bell Labs headquarters campus in New Jersey, the U.S.
PV wipeout?
Cited as one of the most attractive photovoltaics (PV) markets, the Czech Republic has flourished under its feed-in tariffs (FITs). However, since the government’s announcement that a 26 percent retroactive solar tax may be introduced, in addition to support being slashed for PV systems above 30 kWs, the countrys industry is, according to some, teetering on the brink of collapse. pv magazine went there to discover more.
