Monthly Archives: September 2012
Solar Installers, Customers to gather for Sunny Summit at Con Edison
Con Edison will host NYC Solar Connection, an event to educate solar installers about large projects and match installers with the representatives of large commercial, industrial and multi-family residential buildings. The event will be held at 8:45 a.m. October 1 at Con Edison headquarters, 4 Irving Place, Manhattan. Con Edison, the New York State Energy [...]
SOLON: Order for a 2.6 MW Solar Power Plant
SOLON builds second solar farm in Lübesse Real-time monitoring via Internet with SOLON Vega system SOLON has already installed the Lübesse I solar farm (2.5 MW) After a nationwide call for tenders, SOLON Energy GmbH won the bid to build a second photovoltaic power plant in Lübesse (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). The 2.6 MW plant is slated to [...]
First Solar Hires Bruce Yung as Managing Director & VP of Business Development, China
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced that Bruce Yung has joined the company as Managing Director and Vice President of Business Development for China. In his new role, Yung will be based in First Solar’s Beijing office and report to Jim Brown, Executive Vice President of Global Business Development. Yung has 25 years of experience [...]
Eastern Connecticut State University Commissions Fuel Cell Power Plant
UTC Power PureCell® system will reduce the University’s carbon footprint and supply clean, efficient energy to Eastern’s Campus Eastern Connecticut State University has a longstanding commitment to energy conservation and sustainability that dates back nearly two decades. Today, Eastern is partnering with UTC Power of South Windsor, Conn., and the Clean Energy Finance and Investment [...]
KYOCERA to Supply 30MW of Modules for Solar Power Plant in Northern Japan
Kyocera Corporation (President: Tetsuo Kuba) announced that its subsidiary in charge of domestic sales of solar equipment, Kyocera Solar Corporation, will provide 30 megawatts (MW) of solar modules (approximately 135,000 units) for a utility-scale solar power plant in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. The project will be designed and constructed by Yonden Engineering Co., [...]
Super September! UK passes 2.5 Gigawatt Offshore Wind Landmark
2.5 gigawatt milestone surpassed, extending the UK’s global lead in offshore wind £2 billion of investment in 3 new offshore wind farms – more than 1,700 jobs created Offshore wind capacity can now power 1,800,000 British homes UK based companies win multi-million pound orders to supply offshore wind projects RenewableUK, the trade and professional body [...]
EnerDel Expands Research Partnership with Purdue College of Technology
University Receives Gift of Research Data, Technology and Industry Expertise Indiana-based EnerDel Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries and energy storage systems, is expanding its relationship with Purdue University’s College of Technology with a gift of lithium-ion battery technology, research data and technical expertise to train students in the latest energy storage technologies [...]
JinkoSolar Cooperate with CJIC to Develop Kenya’s Largest Solar Power Plant
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), a leading global solar power product manufacturer, today announced it has signed an cooperative agreement with China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic & Technical Co, Ltd. (“CJIC”)to provide technical support for CJIC’s 50MW solar power project development in Kenya. Under the cooperative agreement, JinkoSolar is [...]
Solar Cells in Direct Comparison Fraunhofer ISE Charts the Efficiency of Different Types of Solar Cells
Great advances in research and development over the last few years have led to increasingly higher solar cell power outputs. With new cell concepts and production technologies, the solar cell efficiencies, especially those for large-format solar cells, have increasingly improved. Now the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE offers solar cell manufacturers the possibility [...]
Western Wind Shareholders Vote to Keep Current Board
Western Wind Energy Corp. – (the “Company” or “Western Wind”) (TSX Venture Exchange – “WND”) (OTCQX – “WNDEF”) announces that its shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of management’s nominees for election as directors of the Company. Deloitte & Touche LLP, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as auditors of the Company. The vote took place at [...]