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03.07.2013Yingli Green Energy to Expand Its Footprint into Malaysia Residential Market
July 2, 2013 - Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Singapore Company Pte. Limited has signed a framework agreement with RE FIT Solution Sdn. Bhd. to supply 500KW of multicrystalline PV modules for the residential market in Malaysia. These modules will power at least 125 families, which currently accounts for nearly 10% of the residential market in Malaysia. -
03.07.2013Senersun Launches a Line of Made-in-Germany PV Modules
July, 1st - Senersun announces the launch of a new line of Europemade solar panels. Products are available starting July 1st, 2013. -
03.07.2013Romania: Conergy Builds Its First Rooftop Plant with 540kW Capacity in Bucharest
02 July 2013 – Conergy is building its first rooftop plant in Romania with a capacity of 540 kilowatts. The plant is being installed on the 8,200 square metre warehouse rooftop of one producer for soft drinks in the metropolis of Bucharest, in the district of Titan some 10 kilometres east of the city centre. Conergy is responsible for the planning and engineering of the solar plant as well as the supply of the modules and inverters and supports its customer in the project management and commissioning. After two free-field solar power plants with a respective capacity of 2.2 and 2 megawatts, this rooftop installation is already Conergy's third solar project in Romania. It will also be cost-effective under the new Romanian legislation on support for green power, which just came into force on 1 July 2013. -
03.07.2013Apple to Reportedly Build 20MW Solar Farm for Reno Datacenter
July 01, 2013 - In a partnership with Nevada utility NV Energy, Apple plans to build a solar farm that will output between 18 and 20 megawatts of power, reports GigaOM. Apple's two solar arrays in Maiden, N.C. also generate around 20MW of energy each. -
02.07.2013
Canadian Solar Announces 91MW Exclusive Module Supply Agreement in Thailand
July 1, 2013 - Canadian Solar Inc. today announced that it has been awarded an exclusive module supply agreement to provide photovoltaic (PV) modules totaling 91MW for Soleq Solar (Thailand) Co. Ltd. power plant projects in Thailand. -
02.07.2013Solar Frontier Restarts 60MW Panel Plant to Meet Growing Demand
July 01, 2013 - Solar Frontier K.K. restarted production at a plant in southwestern Japan amid growing demand for solar panels. -
02.07.2013
ReneSola Relaunches Its Polysilicon Plant with New Furnaces and Hydrochlorination Technology
July 1, 2013 - ReneSola Ltd announced the Company restarted production at its Sichuan polysilicon plant on July 1, 2013, following upgrades to its furnaces and hydrochlorination technology. -
02.07.2013
First Solar: Macho Springs Solar Project Breaks Ground
July 1, 2013 - El Paso Electric Power and First Solar, Inc. announced today that construction has commenced on what will be the state's largest solar power plant, located on State Trust Land near Deming in Luna County. -
01.07.2013
Suntech Announces New Forbearance Agreement with Holders of 3% Convertible Notes
June 28, 2013 - Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. today announced that it has reached an accord with holders of a majority of the 3% Convertible Senior Notes (the "Bondholders") for a new forbearance agreement that sets forth the next steps in the debt restructuring process. The new forbearance agreement provides further time to implement the restructuring and will expire on August 30, 2013. -
01.07.2013
SMA liefert Wechselrichter für zwei weitere PV-Kraftwerke in Südafrika
28. Juni 2013 – In Südafrika werden ab August 2013 zwei weitere große Photovoltaikkraftwerke mit Zentral-Wechselrichtern der SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) gebaut. Die PVKraftwerke werden vom norwegischen Solaranlagenentwickler Scatec Solar entwickelt, gebaut und teilweise auch betrieben. Für insgesamt 115MWp PV-Leistung kommen dort 125 Sunny Central CP XT Wechselrichter, 65 Transformer Compact Stationen zum Anschluss an das Mittelspannungsnetz, 750 Sunny String Monitore und ein speziell für die Netzanforderungen des südafrikanischen Stromversorgers ESKOM konfigurierter Power Plant Controller zur Parkregelung zum Einsatz.