Manufacturing

Solon Corporation has secured a contract from Rivermoor Energy and Fischbach & Moore, on behalf of energy delivery company, National Grid to supply its solar modules for a one megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic project in Massachusetts, the U.S.

As an expected 20,000 solar devotees gather in San Francisco, the U.S. for the Intersolar North America trade show and conference, it is clear the industry’s mood is in an upswing. With global solar shipments up 92 percent in the second quarter, compared to the same quarter a year ago, and research firm iSuppli projecting a 92.9 percent increase in installations for the full year, attendees say it has become easier to be optimistic.

Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP) has announced it intends to expand its solar module manufacturing production line to 60 megawatts (MW). Production is to ramp up this month, says the company.

SunEdison has announced its plans to produce racking equipment for its Canadian solar projects with Samco Solar. Up to 100 direct and indirect green jobs are expected to be created.

First Solar, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Nextlight Renewable Power, LLC. The transaction was valued at around USD$297 million.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. has signed a module supply contract with Italy-based Enel. Under terms of the agreement, the company will supply Enel with solar modules totaling 50 megawatts (MW).

The Yingli Group Company Limited has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hebei Branch of China Development Bank (CDB). Under the terms of the agreement, CDB expects to grant credit facilities with an aggregate maximum amount of RMB 36 billion to support the company and its affiliates.

Germany-based ib vogt has been commissioned to undertake the factory design, planning and construction management for an Indian multinational company to build its first photovoltaics (PV) factory in Southern India. The project has been running from the beginning of this April 2010 and is expected to reach completion by the end of next June.

Photovoltaics (PV) module shipments increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in the second quarter of this year, to 3.7 gigawatts (GW), thus generating USD$7.1 billion in revenues, according to IMS Research’s latest quarterly report on the solar cell and module market.

The state’s failure to pass the New York Solar Jobs and Development Act is putting the Empire State further behind other states in the Northeast, according to the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA), which advocated for passage of the landmark solar power bill.??