• U.S.A.
    25 set 2013

    Standard Solar and Solar Grid Storage Collaborate to Complete Commercial Solar Microgrid

    September 24, 2013 - Standard Solar, in collaboration with Solar Grid Storage, today announced that construction is complete on the solar microgrid project at Konterra's headquarters. The project, announced earlier this year, is a grid-interactive energy storage system co-located with a new 1,368 panel photovoltaic (PV) array, creating one of the nation's first commercial scale microgrids.
  • Cina
    24 set 2013

    Suntech Announces Developments with Respect to Global Solar Fund Assets in Brindisi, Italy

    Sept. 23, 2013 - Suntech today announced that on September 19, 2013, the Company received notice that the Court of Brindisi (Italy) issued a ruling to seize additional solar parks constructed by investee companies of Global Solar Fund S.C.A. SICAR ("GSF"). In total, with this new seizure, an aggregate of 37 GSF solar parks have been ordered seized which have a total capacity of approximately 30MW and represent approximately 21% of the aggregate nominal power capacity of solar parks held by GSF. The Court also ordered the seizure of feed-in-tariffs received by the investee companies of GSF that own the seized solar parks. As consistent with Italian legal proceedings, several people have been served pre-trial detention orders. GSF is currently in the process of reviewing the ruling issued by the Court to determine the next appropriate steps, and the Company is working with GSF to maintain operations while operating in a manner compliant with the Court's ruling.
  • Germania
    23 set 2013

    German-Turkish Company KosiFrankensolar Erects 500KW PV Plants in Antalya, Turkey

    Sept. 18, 2013 - By erecting a 500KW roof-integrated PV system in Antalya, KosiFrankensolar, a Turkish affiliate of the Nuremberg-based FR-Frankensolar GmbH, implements its first major project in the Turkish solar market. 
  • Norvegia
    23 set 2013

    Innotech Solar Modules Awarded Made in EU Certificate by TÜV Rheinland

    September 19, 2013 – Innotech Solar (ITS) has received the Made in EU certificate from TÜV Rheinland for its European solar modules as proof that they are manufactured in Europe. This means that operators of plants fitted with ITS modules will benefit from a ten percent higher feed-in tariff in France, with the owners of ground-mounted photovoltaic systems enjoying the added advantage of being able to claim payments backdated to October 1, 2012.
  • U.S.A.
    22 set 2013

    First Solar Breaks Ground on Imperial Valley Solar Project

    September 18, 2013 - First Solar announced today that construction has started on the 150 megawatt (MW) AC Solar Gen 2 project in Imperial County.
  • Germania
    22 set 2013

    Henkel Opens a Large Adhesives Factory in China

    Sept. 18, 2013 - Henkel has today inaugurated a large adhesives factory in Shanghai. With this new production facility the company is expanding its production capacity in a major emerging market and will deliver its innovative adhesive technologies more quickly to the growing number of customers based in China and the Asian region.
  • Cina
    22 set 2013

    Daqo New Energy Signs Long-Term Contracts of Polysilicon Supply

    Sept. 19, 2013 - Daqo New Energy today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Xinjiang Daqo New Energy Ltd., has signed long-term contracts with three Chinese wafer manufacturers to provide them with monthly supplies of polysilicon starting from September 2013 to December 2014.
  • Belgio
    18 set 2013

    Wirsol Builds 64MW Solar Park in the Caribbean

    September 11, 2013 – Wirsol has started with the construction of a big solar park of the Caribbean in the Dominican Monte Plata province with a total capacity of 64.14 megawatts (MW). Wirsol wants to complete the first phase with 32.14MW and go on the grid by the end of the year.
  • Germania
    18 set 2013

    SMA Completes Necessary Corporate Downsizing Without Involuntary Layouts

    Sept. 17, 2013 - SMA will be able to carry out its planned downsizing on a voluntary and socially responsible basis. In response to changing conditions in the global photovoltaic market and the associated sharp decline in sales, the company had announced plans to gradually cut 680 full-time positions in Germany by December 31, 2014.
  • Cina
    18 set 2013

    ReneSola Closes $70 Million Offering

    Sept. 17, 2013 - ReneSola today announced that it has closed its previously announced $70 million securities offering. The net proceeds received by the Company are intended to be used for polysilicon production optimization and as working capital for general corporate purposes.