Monthly Archives: September 2012
Yingli Green Energy Rejects Accusations of Illegal Subsidization
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar”, strongly rejects accusations contained in an anti-subsidy complaint filed by EuProsun, an initiative of European solar [...]
Solibro handed over to New Owner
Henning Schorisch, Q-Cells SE’s insolvency administrator, transferred the photovoltaics company Solibro GmbH to its new owner. All of the just under 400 jobs are to be maintained. The company is bought by Hanergy Holding Group, the largest private energy corporation in China. The purchase agreement had already been signed on 25 June 2012. Subsequently, the [...]
JinkoSolar Wins Contract to Supply China Power International with 40 MW of High Efficiency Solar Pan
JinkoSolar Wins Contract to Supply China Power International with 40 MW of High Efficiency Solar Panels JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), a leading global solar power product manufacturer, today announced that it has won a bid from China Power International New Energy Holding Ltd. to supply 40 MW of photovoltaic [...]
Clean Energy Companies ask DOE to fund Programs Steadily
Congress left it to the Department of Energy to fill in many of the blanks in its budget under the six-month continuing resolution that will fund the government until March, and one influential business group wants the agency to resist the urge to make big changes to its clean energy accounts. In letters sent yesterday [...]
One of World’s Largest Wind Farms Starts Up in Oregon
Caithness Energy announced on September 22 that its Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in Oregon—one of the largest in the world—is now operational and generating up to 845 megawatts of electricity. The Energy Department supported the project with a $1.3 billion partial loan guarantee through the Recovery Act in 2010. The company said the project in [...]
SEIA Statement on Proposed Georgia Power Solar Energy Initiative
New initiative is one step of many needed to build a sustainable solar market in Georgia Georgia Power Company today proposed an initiative to create one of the largest voluntarily-developed solar portfolios by an investor-owned utility in the U.S. The Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative (GPASI) would add 210 megawatts (MW) of additional solar capacity [...]
“CONNECTING THE SUN”: How Europe’s Electricity Grid can integrate Solar Photovoltaics
The rise of solar PV and other renewables presents a whole new world for electricity grid operators; EPIA’s report shows how PV is already providing solutions, and how it will be key to meeting Europe’s ambitious energy and environmental goals The increasing role played by renewable energy sources, including PV, requires a new perspective on [...]
Vestas signs renewal for service contracts for 192 MW with FRI-EL Green Power in Italy
Vestas signs renewal for service contracts for 192 MW with FRI-EL Green Power in Italy Vestas has signed with FRI-EL Green Power S.p.A. 15-year service contracts for four wind power plants in Italy for a total capacity of 192 MW, including 110 units of V90-3.0 MW, V90-2.0 MW and V52-850 kW wind turbines. The four [...]
Upsolar Earns Top Honors at Solar Industry Awards
Company recognized as industry leader for module life cycle assessment Upsolar, a leading international provider of solar PV modules, was voted a winner of a Solar Industry Award for the second year in a row. The company was recognized in the Industry Development category for its comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) program. The Solar Industry [...]
Congratulations to UK’s Solar Roofing Star
Solarcentury, the UK’s leading solar energy company, has offered its congratulations to Nathan Shaw the winner of SkillBuild 2012’s Roof Slating and Tiling Category. Shaw, of M.A.R Roofing Services Ltd in St Austell, used the Solarcentury C21e plain tile as part of his award winning roof, that incorporated technical features to test his roofing skills. [...]