solar
18 May 2012
The US Department of Commerce has issued anti-dumping duties of 31 per cent on imports of solar cells and panels from the major Chinese manufacturers Suntech and Trina Solar, as well as their peers, on the back of a major surge of equipment into the country.
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17 May 2012
UK Energy Minister Greg Barker has hinted that his department will be pushing back the proposed reduction date for solar feed-in tariffs.
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17 May 2012
African Development Bank (ADB) has approved $436m worth of financing for a power project in Morocco and two other investments in Africa.
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17 May 2012
India-based conglomerate Welspun has won two tenders to build photovoltaic plants in Madhya Pradesh, with a combined capacity of 125MW.
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17 May 2012
Italian EPC contractor Protesa has completed installation of a 1MW photovoltaic plant in the province of Bologna.
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17 May 2012
UK cleantech company Anesco has commenced work on the construction of a 5MW photovoltaic plant in New Forest, South East England.
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17 May 2012
US renewable component supplier Satcon has been contracted by Western Wind and Lord Electric to supply power conversion equipment for a 30MW solar farm in Puerto Rico.
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17 May 2012
Pairan, a solar company that uses the tagline ‘Made in Germany’ has become the latest specialist in the country to begin insolvency proceedings.
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16 May 2012
The would-be developer of the world’s largest solar project Solar Trust of America has won approval to sell virtually all of its assets having filed for bankruptcy protection last month.
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16 May 2012
Solar manufacturer Moser Baer India will restructure $738m loans and bonds in a bid to stay afloat after a supply surge claimed at least ten US, German and French panel makers.
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16 May 2012
German clean energy investor Wattner has purchased a 3.9MW solar plant in Germany for €7.9m.
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16 May 2012
US green energy supplier Clean Currents has partnered with SolarCity to allow consumers to pay for photovoltaic (PV) installations through their utility bills.
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16 May 2012
US solar company Skyline Innovations has completed the installation of solar water heating systems on three residential buildings in California.
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16 May 2012
After a rocky year, Hamberg, Germany-based Conergy has reported a 21 per cent gross profit margin in the first quarter of 2012, as well seeing a positive net cash flow of €5m for the first time since its IPO in 2005.
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15 May 2012
Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer Suntech has been contracted to supply 120MW of panels to Krannich Solar throughout 2012.
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15 May 2012
Upsolar has completed installation of two photovoltaic rooftop arrays for schools in the Italian town of Sestri Levante, around 20 miles south-east of Genoa.
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15 May 2012
US companies eSolar and Sanmina-SCI have partnered to advance local content-optimised component design and manufacturing to reduce the cost of utility-scale solar thermal power.
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15 May 2012
US company SPI Solar made a $300,000 net loss in the first quarter, an improvement of the $1.9m loss made in the same period last year.
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15 May 2012
US company Satcon, a supplier of power conversion equipment to the renewable sector, has been contracted to supply 22.5MW of inverters to GCL Solar Energy.
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15 May 2012
Solar company Kaco New Energy has joined forces with US-based Ampt to push forward the commercial sale of photovoltaic utility-scale inverters.
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