Posts Tagged ‘solar energy’
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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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
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
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
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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14 May 2012
US solar company the Spire has recorded a first quarter net income of $3.4m, turning around last year’s loss of $1.5m.
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14 May 2012
GERO Solarpark has inaugurated its 28MW installation in Amsdorf near Halle after a construction time of just seven weeks.
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11 May 2012
Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer ReneSola has recorded a first quarter operating loss of $37.8m.
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11 May 2012
The California Assembly has approved controversial legislation that will allow solar energy developers to go ahead with proposed construction plans for Calico Solar, a large-scale power plant.
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11 May 2012
Solar company Applied Materials will move its European manufacturing operations to Asia, in a bid to cut costs after tackling ‘challenging’ industry conditions.
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10 May 2012
SolarWorld has reported a €7.2m profit for the first quarter of 2012, bouncing back from what has been a particularly rocky year for the European solar market.
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10 May 2012
China-based solar panel maker Trony Solar is reportedly in discussions to buy bankrupt Energy Conversion Devices’ United Solar Ovonic after a planned action of the unit was cancelled.
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10 May 2012
Solar company Exosun has raised €12m in its second funding round, with capital committed by private equity firm Omnes Capital, after two years of what it describes as ‘difficult circumstances’.
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8 May 2012
Repeated changes to feed-in-tariffs on photovoltaic installations have caused installation numbers to drop by nearly 90 per cent in one month and members of the industry told NewNet they are still critical of the government’s approach.
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4 May 2012
Despite the news that small scale photovoltaic installations in the UK dropped by almost 90 per cent in April, elsewhere in the world solar deals saw investment and partnerships forming consistently.
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4 May 2012
Chinese photovoltaic Yingli Green Energy has opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan.
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4 May 2012
MidAmerican Solar and First Solar have joined forces to begin building the Topaz Solar Farms in California.
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4 May 2012
A selection of solar photovoltaic industry leaders have launched the Global Solar Council which will aim to expand the global deployment of solar energy in a sustainable and cost-competitive way.
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4 May 2012
David Miller, electronics and communications president at US science and engineering company DuPont, has said he expects solar to reach grid parity by 2015.
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