Monthly Archives: May 2012

  Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany and Abu Dhabi, UAE PROJECT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SOLAR INSTALLATIONS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) WITH AN OUTPUT OF 368 KWP Q.CELLS AND CCC EMPOWER WORKERS’ CAMP IN THE DESERT WITH FIRST OFF-GRID INSTALLATION Q.CELLS OPENS OFFICE IN ABU DHABI AND STRENGTHENS POSITION IN THE MIDDLE EAST The international [...]

San Diego, California, United States enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, has closed on the purchase of the Pinelands Biomass Project from Southeast Renewable Energy, LLC (SRE). Pinelands consists of two nominal 17.8 MW generating facilities located in Allendale and Dorchester Counties in South Carolina. Both projects are currently under construction and expected to be [...]

Washington, District of Columbia, United States Bipartisan support keeps mounting to extend the critical Production Tax Credit that allows U.S. wind power to install 35% of all new U.S. electric generating capacity; create one of the fastest-growing U.S. manufacturing sectors; and put 75,000 Americans to work. As President Obama heads to TPI Composites’ wind blade [...]

Columbus, Ohio, United States Four years ago, Ohio enacted a renewable energy policy that made it the fastest growing state in the country for wind energy development. Today, a provision in Senate Bill 315 would have allowed any state university that uses “combined heat and power” technology fueled by non-renewable fossil fuel resources such as [...]

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States May 24, 2012 Marks Completion of the First Phase of the Energizing Taliesin WestTM Initiative The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation today inaugurated a new 250-kilowattAC solar photovoltaic (PV) power system donated by First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) which will help power the historic Taliesin West campus. The commissioning marks the successful [...]

Randers, Denmark Vestas, the world’s leading supplier of wind technology, and Methanex, the global leader in methanol production, signed a joint agreement to collaborate on global and regional wind development during an official ceremony yesterday in Punta Arenas, Chile. Two years ago, Methanex used Vestas technology to develop the Cabo Negro Wind Power Plant in [...]

Washington, District of Columbia, United States CPUC vote clarifies methodology for net metering calculation, calls for further study. Today, the California Public Utilities Commission passed on a vote of 5-0 a new rule regarding net metering, primarily to clarify calculation of the state’s five-percent net metering cap. Net metering allows customers to earn credit for [...]

Washington, District of Columbia, United States Growing trade conflict has potential to severely slow solar’s global growth Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), released the following statement today in response to reports that China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has preliminarily determined that six state-level U.S. renewable energy programs violate [...]

De Vernjoul, France SunPower’s Porcelette Facility to Produce the Industry’s Highest Efficiency Solar Panels Total and its affiliate SunPower(1) (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced the commissioning of a new photovoltaic solar panel manufacturing and assembly plant in the De Vernejoul industrial park [...]

London, England Commenting on DECC’s Feed-in tariff announcement today: Jeremy Leggett, Chairman, Solarcentury said: “Though investor confidence will remain uncertain given the proposed three-monthly degressions, the majority of the government’s policies may herald a new seriousness of intent on solar, and indicate that a meaningful solar industrial policy is now a real prospect for the [...]