Automation solutions are becoming increasingly important in the flat glass industry. By consolidating our expertise in automation, we strive to meet this...
First Solar Latest Casualty in Renewable Energy Shakeout
First Solar Inc.’s decision to fire 30 percent of its staff and reduce production shows that even the biggest solar panel makers aren’t immune from the shakeout that’s bankrupted at least eight companies on two continents in the...
Canadian Solar and SkyPower form PV project development JV
Photovoltaic module manufacturer, Canadian Solar Inc. and project developer, SkyPower Limited have formed a joint venture (JV) under which they will install up to 200 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaics in Ontario, Canada. They will also develop...
Solar project could be a catalyst for more if policies allow it
The success of an 80-acre, 10-megawatt solar project in Washington County may lead outside financier Smart Energy Capital to do more in Georgia, but only if there´s support from business and civic...
Intersolar: Phaesun stellt Lampe mit Solarmodul vor
Der Off-Grid Experte Phaesun stellt auf der diesjährigen Intersolar die Taschenlampe T-Lite des Qualitätsherstellers Sundaya aus dem PicoPV-Sortiment vor. Phaesun konnte sich die exklusiven Vertriebsrechte für die meisten...
UNI-SOLAR Outperforms Competition at the University of Notre Dame
United Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) and a leading global manufacturer of light-weight, flexible thin-film solar modules, is proud to announce its superior performance against the competition at the first...
Solarunternehmen Talesun erhält Gigawatt-Solarauftrag aus China
Das Solarunternehmen Talesun gewinnt ein Gigawatt-Solarprojekt in China. Dazu geht das Unternehmen jetzt einen Liefervertrag mit der China Merchants New Energy Group Ltd. ein. Der Vertrag beinhaltet die Lieferung von Solarmodulen für...
Einen Stern auf einem Solarmodul hat Kurt Lausch bisher noch nicht entdeckt. Weder bei Q-Cells, noch bei Sovello. "Das würde so einiges erleichtern", sagt der Geschäftsführer des Technologie- und Gründerzentrums (TGZ)...
Centrosolar Introduces Two New Products at the Intersolar Trade Fair
Centrosolar will present two new products at this year’s Intersolar trade fair in Munich, Germany. The first is a glass/glass module, which combines the lightweight aspect of a glass/foil module with the durability of a glass/glass module. 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,