Ducatt starts production of the ultimate solar glass
"On December 12, 2011 we started the production of our ultimate solar glass. It was an exciting moment!” Roel Bollen, CEO of Ducatt proudly reveals. “Feeling the heat of that oven, to see that first mix of sand and recycled glass...
Sunflower´s Spiral For Solar Power Plants: Nature Inspires More Efficient System
Perhaps we shouldn´t be surprised that the fast-growing, brilliantly bright sunflower offers guidance on how best to gather solar energy. Researchers from MIT and RWTH Aachen University in Germany recognized that possibility, and they ran with...
Strata Solar officially unveiled its 28-acre solar farm in Kings Mountain on Thursday. With nearly 22,000 photovoltaic panels, the farm is among the largest in North Carolina. Strata Solar bought, sold and is leasing the farm. It will sell the...
China Glass 2012, organized by the Chinese Ceramic Society and run by the Beijing Zhonggui Exhibition Co., Ltd., will be staged in Shanghai on 2-5 April, 2012. This event will have seven halls at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (Halls...
Wie die HNA und Photon übereinstimmend berichten, will die im nordhessischen Lohfelden angesiedelte Galip GmbH in Thailand Solarprojekte in einem Umfang von 84 Megawatt errichten. Dabei handelt es sich um eines der großen...
Germany Installs More Solar Panels in December 2011 Than US Did All Year
Some more astonishing stats on the progress Germany is making on solar power thanks to good, steady and predictable renewable energy policy: Greentech Media shares the astonishing fact that in the month of December alone Germany installed 2 GW of...
OPEL Solar, Inc. Supplies GES USA with 4.6 Megawatts of Tracker Systems
OPEL Solar, Inc. and OPEL Technologies Inc. (collectively "OPEL" or "the Company"), a leading global supplier of solar tracker systems and high concentration photovoltaic ("HCPV") solar panels and a semiconductor device...
Insolventes Photovoltaik-Unternehmen SOLON: Verhandlungen haben begonnen
Beim insolventen Berliner Solarmodul-Hersteller Solon ist der Investorenprozess angelaufen. Unterdessen führt der vorläufige Insolvenzverwalter des Unternehmens, Rüdiger Wienberg, den Geschäftsbetrieb fort. Außerdem erhalten...
TULiPPS First to Use Ultra-Thin, Single-Layer Solar Glass
In another first for the solar photovoltaic (PV) module market, TULiPPS Solar B.V. is the first company to use special 2-mm/0.08 inch, single-layer toughened solar glass from Ducatt NV (Lommel, Belgium, http://www.ducatt.com/) produced via the...
How to make a glass bowl out of sand and sunlight, in the middle of the Sahara
This gorgeous, mysterious video is a glimpse of one possible Earth future. Imagine that we abandon fossil fuels for solar, but not before our once-green world grows sprawling new deserts.
First Solar Outlook Brightens With New Arizona Plant
First Solar recently announced plans to build a solar module factory in Mesa, Ariz. The factory will boost First Solar’s annual production capacity by more than 250 MW when completed around the third quarter of 2012.
Ascent Solar Enters into a Joint Development Agreement with GlobalWatt, Inc.
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that it has partnered with GlobalWatt, Inc., a specialty solar applications company,