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ARISE Technologies' PV Cell Plant in Germany Starts 24/7 Manufacturing
WATERLOO, ON, July 22 /CNW/ - ARISE Technologies Corporation (TSX: APV and Frankfurt: A3T), which is dedicated to becoming a leader in high-performance, cost-effective solar technology, today announced that its new PV (photovoltaic) cell...
ET Solar Group Receives $31Mn PE Funding
ET Solar Group, a China-based integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products, received USD 31 million PE funding from NewMargin Growth Fund, L.P ( an expert institutional investor focusing on China) and China Equity Links (one of the...
Solar energy economics
With the expectation that our fuel imports may surpass JD3 billion given current prices, there is a need to venture into alternative energy sources. Solar power, long derided as uneconomic, is gaining ground around the world in terms of...
Trina Solar Prices $120 Million of Convertible Senior Notes and Up to 4,073,194 American Depositary Shares
CHANGZHOU, China, July 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of...
Government urged to follow FiT model
Leading building services figures have called on the Government to follow the example set by Germany on feed-in tariffs (FiTs) to support renewable and microgeneration...
UPDATE 1-Spain aims to slash solar power subsidies
(Adds details, background) By Martin Roberts MADRID, July 17 (Reuters) - Spain's government will ask the energy regulator to cut current subsidies to the solar power sector to curtail what it says is "unsustainable" growth, an Industry...
LDK Solar Signs a Ten-Year Wafer Supply Agreement With Photovoltech
XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (LDK Solar; NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a ten-year contract to...
Canadian Solar in 9MW deal with Conergy
Contract runs 12 months till June 2009 and delivery starts this...
LDK Solar Signs Agreement to Supply Multicrystalline Solar Wafers to Belgium Company
LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a ten-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Belgium-based...
Solarfun Shares, Options Trading Surge Before Reporting Results
By Jeff Kearns May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Solarfun Power Holdings Co. options trading reached a record and the shares jumped the most in five months on speculation the solar-panel maker will beat profit forecasts for a third straight...
Homemade power banishes the bills
Charmaine Watts hasn't had a power bill for eight years. Her family of two adults and three children are one of hundreds around the country generating their own...
As oil prices rise, electricity produced from the sun's rays is becoming an economically attractive option - also in Switzerland.
'But if you look at its potential, when you use the best surfaces of buildings and put photovoltaic panels on them, you can produce up to 25 per cent of Swiss electricity consumption,' he said Switzerland is aiming to increase renewable...
Solar industry starts to cut jobs
THE solar industry has started sacking some of its workers in the wake of the Federal Government's decision to strip back rebates for home solar...
Enel and Sharp sign agreement to develop photovoltaic power
The memorandum of understanding provides for Enel and Sharp to carry out a detailed analysis for the construction in Italy of a plant for the integrated manufacture of photovoltaic panels using Sharp's triple-junction thin-film...
Solar and Wind Engergy Combined - A Perfect Couple Posted By : Ross MacIvar
In North America the boom in battery charging small wind turbines combined with the coming of age of photovoltaic modules has made it possible for many to build their own live off grid...
New investment fund puts silicon in spotlight
If the gang at GMP Securities and CIBC World Markets have their way it's time for silicon to move into the spotlight and take its place alongside gold, uranium and...
Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric Co., Ltd Report, 2008
Abstract Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric Co., Ltd., a flagship unit of Tianwei Group, has maintained and expanded the main assets, scientific achievements of large-size transformer and product brand of Baoding Transformer...
Jiangsu Zhongneng to Extend Polycrystalline Silicon Project
Jiangsu Zhongneng Silicon Industry Technology Development Co., Ltd. will use Hong Kong investments to build 6,000-ton electronic grade polycrystalline silicon production facilities in the Xuzhou Economic Development...
EPIA: Solar technology prices getting 'better and better'
Policy Sections Mini Sections Policy Coordinator Director Blogactiv.eu With prices for solar panels expected to drop as fossil fuel prices soar, Europe's photovoltaic (PV) industry is poised to benefit from strong growth in the coming...
Swedish solar power modules manufacturer Gallivare PhotoVoltaic AB invests SEK14m to increase production
Swedish renewable energy investor Borevind AB (OMX First North: BORE) said on Thursday (15 May) that its 65%-owned subsidiary Gallivare PhotoVoltaic AB (GPV) has decided to invest SEK14m in increasing its production capacity for solar...