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Trade Winds, Sound Policies Push Portugal to the Renewable Energy Forefront
Sept. 1, 2010 — Portugal has made dramatic changes in its energy policy over the last five years under the government of Prime Minister José Sócrates. The country’s installed renewable energy capacity more than tripled between 2004 and 2009, from 1,220 megawatts (MW) to 4,307 MW, and renewables now represent roughly 36 percent of electricity consumed. <<Read more>>
International PV experts gather in San Jose Nov 30 –Dec 1 to discuss how to drive down LCOE and boost MW output through improved balance of systems engineering
What is the future for utility scale solar? According to recent reports and commitment from utilities in the Southwest and East coast USA, the future is optimistic. SEIA recently announced that utilities’ solar megawatts added to the grid grew from 169 MW in 2008 to 279 in 2009, a growth of 66 percent in a year when electricity demand as a whole declined as the result of an economic downturn.
MiaSole Signs 600 MW Supply Agreement
Shortly after the CIGS thin-film producer MiaSolé signed an agreement with German developer Juwi Solar for 7.5 MW of panels, the two companies announced a much larger supply deal for 600 MW. The move is a positive one for MiaSolé, which has faced delays in scaling up operations.
Italian Solar Market Has 42 MW of Mecasolar Trackers
Spanish company Grupo OPDE’s subsidiary Mecasolar, which designs, manufactures and installs solar trackers and other equipment for solar power plants in Europe and elsewhere, announced that by the end of 2010, it expects to have installed globally more than 22,000 solar trackers with a total power of 282 MW.
Renewable energy: A success story – The Hindu Business Line
R. Balaji Tamil Nadu success in the field of wind energy is a given, with more than 5,000 MW of generation capacity in place and more in the pipeline, it is a success story that is oft repeated. But the point in renewable energy sector is that the State is set to repeat this success in other
KACO new energy surpasses 2 GW of global inverter production
KACO new energy is excited to announce that they have shipped over 650 MW of PV inverters within the first 6 months of 2010. This has pushed the company’s overall production of PV inverters to over 2 GW of sold inverters worldwide. Market forecasts world wide confirm and KACO is expecting this exponential growth to continue throughout 2010 into 2011.
A solar hopeful caught in bureaucratic shadow – The Hindu Business Line
Our Bureau Chennai, Aug. 23 INDIKO Solar, a small company that wants to put up a 1 MW grid-connected solar power plant in Puducherry, has found to its dismay that it has got excluded, by its account, for no fault of its. Monday was the last day for solar hopefuls to register themselves with the
Illinois Ramps Up Solar
On the same day that Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn signed a bill increasing solar targets in the state, he also announced a stimulus grant award for a 62-MW solar PV project. The project will be the largest in the Midwest and one of the largest in the U.S.
Vestas to supply V52 units to China Guandong Nuclear Wind Power
Vestas has signed a supply agreement with China Guandgong Nuclear Wind Power (CGNWP) for the delivery of 87 V52-850 kW units, totalling in 74 MW of capacity. The new turbines are to be installed near Taishan City, in Guangdong Province, China.
Under the terms of the agreement, Vestas is to deliver, install and commission the units, [...]
Trina Solar and SunEdison in agreement for solar module supply
Trina Solar and SunEdison have signed a supply agreement under which Trina Solar is to deliver a total of about 35 MW of solar modules to SunEdison over the course of 2010. SunEdison will be using the modules for power projects in North America and Europe.
[source: Trina Solar]
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