Becky Beetz
Solar Frontier to supply 10 MW of PV modules for Saudi installation
Solar Frontier K.K., is to supply Saudi Aramco with 10 megawatts (MW) of thin film CIS (copper, indium, and selenium) solar modules for a car park installation in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Yingli to add 700 MWs of polycrystalline capacity next year
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd has announced plans to build two polycrystalline chip production lines with an annual output capacity totaling 700 megawatts (MWs), sources reported.??
Satcon closes public offering of common stock
Photovoltaics inverter company, Satcon Technology Corporation, has announced the completion of its public offering of 10,350,000 shares of its common stock.
alwitra GmbH completes 1.02 MWp German PV installation
alwitra GmbH, a has completed a 1.02 megawatt peak (MWp) rooftop solar system in Konz, Germany.
PV Evolution secures funding for new solar panel reliability and performance Lab in US
PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has closed an undisclosed amount of funding to develop a solar panel reliability and performance laboratory in San Francisco, North America.
U.S. performance warranty insurance devised for SolFocus CPV panels
Munich Re has introduced what it says is the first U.S. insurance solution to provide an effective performance warranty for solar panels.
Emerson to provide inverters for 45 MW Californian PV project
Emerson has been awarded a contract by Quanta Services to supply power inverters and plant-wide controls for what it says will be California, the U.S.’s largest photovoltaics power generation facility, at 45 megawatts (MW).
Solon connects first 3 MWs of Italian rooftop power plant to the grid
The first three megawatts (MWs) of what has been described as Italys largest photovoltaic roof installation to date, have been connected to the grid.
ProLogis starts second phase of its 100 MW solar program in US
ProLogis has started on the second phase of its 100-megawatt (MW) solar project with U.S.-based Southern California Edison (SCE), after signing new leases for roof space totaling 4.8 million square feet and a system totaling approximately 25 MWs.
Suntech opens first US manufacturing plant
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Arizona, the U.S., today.
