Posts Tagged ‘photovoltaic’

3 April 2009

Satcon Technology Corporation signs solar distribution deal with Chinese manufacturer Parity Solar

Satcon Technology Corporation, a renewable energy power solutions company, has signed a distributor deal with Parity Solar, a solar photovoltaic modules manufacturer in China.

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2 April 2009

SunEdison activates 1.2MW PV solar system in US

SunEdison, a US solar energy service provider, has activated a 1.2MW photovoltaic solar energy system for Progress Energy.

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2 April 2009

Chinese solar company Yingli Green Energy appoints two new board members

Yingli Green Energy, a Chinese photovoltaic product manufacturer, has appointed Zongwei Li to its board of directors and professor Ming Huang to the board's audit committee. In addition, George Jian Chuang resigned from the board

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31 March 2009

Linde Group to supply Masdar’s German solar PV manufacturing facility

Technology group The Linde Group, has won a long-term contract to supply all the gases for Masdar's next-generation thin-film photovoltaic module manufacturing facility in Germany.

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30 March 2009

Chinese integrated solar manufacturer Yingli Green Energy announces potential new credit facilities

Photovoltaic product manufacturer Yingli Green Energy has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hebei Branch of Bank of China, which contemplates potential credit facilities in the aggregate maximum amount of RMB6bn ($878m) to be granted to companies affiliated with Yingli Group, including three PRC subsidiaries of Yingli Green Energy.

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30 March 2009

NewNet Investor Profile: Dr Helmut Vorndran, Ventizz Capital Partnersp

Dr Helmut Vorndran discusses investment into the solar and wind sectors, the valuation dips facing the cleantech space and the future for private equity and clean energy. 'I am convinced that renewable energy and cleantech will be one of the dominating industry segments for the private equity and venture capital spaces.'

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27 March 2009

US solar manufacturing software company Eyelit achieves 40 per cent revenue growth

Eyelit, Inc., a manufacturing software provider for the semiconductor and solar photovoltaic industries has announced record revenues for 2008, achieving 40 per cent revenue growth over 2007.

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26 March 2009

US solar market hit record growth in 2008 despite economic crisis, according to reportp

Approximately 1,265MW of solar power of all types were installed in 2008, bringing total US solar power capacity up 17 per cent to 8,775MW, according to '2008 US Solar Industry Year in Review' from the Solar Energy Industries Association.

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24 March 2009

US venture capital-backed solar panel manufacturer AVA Solar renames itself Abound Solar

AVA Solar, a manufacturer of thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, has renamed itself Abound Solar. Fueled in part by enhanced federal support, including tax credits and loan guarantees, for renewable energy, the global solar industry is expected to continue to grow 30 per cent annually for the foreseeable future, driving increased demand for cost-effective solar modules,[...]

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24 March 2009

Merchant bank NextEnergy Capital invests just over €70m in Terni Energia’s solar PV project

NextEnergy Capital, a European merchant bank focused on the renewable energy sector, will provide an investment of just over €70m to Italian solar photovoltaic company Terni Energia for the development and construction of photovoltaic solar parks in southern Italy.

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24 March 2009

Wells Fargo finances 125 solar PV projects across the US since end of 2007

Wells Fargo & Company, a financial services company, has financed 125 commercial-scale solar photovoltaic projects since the close of 2007.

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24 March 2009

First Solar signs 25-year power purchase agreement with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association for PV solar power

First Solar, a US photovoltaic solar company, has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, an electric power supplier in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.

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24 March 2009

Global solar photovoltaic market exceeds 5.5GW in 2008p

The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) presented its annual market figures to its members last week. The global solar photovoltaic market grew to at least 5.5 GW in 2008 compared to 2.4GW in 2007. Spain ranks first, followed by Germany.

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20 March 2009

Obama Administration offers $535m loan guarantee to solar photovoltaic manufacturer Solyndra

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has offered a $535m loan guarantee for Solyndra, Inc. to support the company's construction of a commercial-scale manufacturing plant for solar photovoltaic panels.

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19 March 2009

DuPont expects solar photovoltaic sales to hit $1bn by 2012

DuPont, a science-based products company, expects to triple its annual photovoltaic sales to more than $1bn in 2012 due to the growth of the solar market.

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16 March 2009

Global solar photovoltaic market installations soar by 110 per cent in 2008

The global solar photovoltaic market installations hit unprecedented highs of 5.95GW in 2008, marking an increase of 110 per cent over the previous year, according to a report by Solarbuzz.

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16 March 2009

Deutsche Bank closes €70m solar plant refinancing in Spain

Deutsche Bank has closed the €70m refinancing of four photovoltaic solar power plants in Spain.

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13 March 2009

Spanish private equity firm Eland Private Equity launches €30m renewable energy fund

Spanish private equity firm Eland Private Equity has announced a new fund for investment in renewable energy, according to reports. Eland Energías Renovables III has a target of €30m.

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12 March 2009

Clear Skies Solar completes 123KW photovoltaic solar system

Clear Skies Solar, a US photovoltaic solar installation company, has completed the installation of a solar energy system at McGowan Builders' headquarters in New Jersey, US.

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10 March 2009

US clean energy sees massive growth in 2008

Despite growing economic uncertainty over the last year, the three major clean-energy sectors - solar photovoltaics, wind power,and biofuels - kept up a blistering growth rate, increasing 53 per cent from $75.8bn in 2007 to $115.9bn in revenues in 2008, according to the Clean Energy Trends 2009 report. By 2018, the report forecasts that these three sectors will have revenues of $325.1bn.

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