• Germany
    16 Oct 2013

    The BOD Group, Lithuania, Starts the New Line for Crystalline Solar Cells

    October 15, 2013 – The "BOD Group High Technology Center L.I.G.H.T. Wing (Lithuanian of green and high technologies)" will be holding an opening ceremony on October 15, 2013 in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. The ceremony will focus on the commissioning of a new production line for crystalline solar cells which was supplied by Singulus Technologies, Germany.
  • Netherlands
    16 Oct 2013

    Photon Energy to Deliver Power Source for Major Sydney Office Building

    Oct. 15, 2013 - Photon Energy Australia has been selected to build and operate a 290KWp roof mounted photovoltaic system on an office building in Sydney.
  • United States
    15 Oct 2013

    SolarCity Expects 2014 Installations to Rise Almost 90%

    Oct. 12, 2013 - SolarCity expects to boost annual installed capacity almost 90 percent next year.
  • China Israel
    15 Oct 2013

    Suncore Acquired Assets of Israel-based ZenithSolar

    October 9, 2013 - Suncore Photovoltaic Technology Company Ltd. today acquired all of the assets of Israel-based ZenithSolar Ltd., including intellectual property, inventory, and equipment, through its US subsidiary Suncore Photovoltaics Inc. Over the past 6 years, ZenithSolar has developed an innovative combined heat and power (CHP) product based on CPV technology, and demonstrated more than 70% combined solar energy conversion efficiency. The system provides electrical output from a photovoltaic array and concurrently generates hot water at a temperature suitable for domestic andindustrial applications. Suncore plans to set up a production line and start mass production of the CHP product in its Huainan, China facility in 2014. 
  • United States
    14 Oct 2013

    SolarCity to Acquire Zep Solar

    Oct. 9, 2013 - SolarCity and Zep Solar today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for SolarCity to acquire Zep Solar for approximately $158 million. The purchase price is payable in shares of SolarCity common stock, and is subject to reduction for the amount of net indebtedness of Zep Solar as of the closing. Upon close of the acquisition, Zep Solar will operate as an independent business unit of SolarCity.
  • Germany
    14 Oct 2013

    Juwi Shizen Energy Completes Third Solar Park in Japan

    Oct. 10, 2013 - Juwi Shizen Energy has realized its third solar project in Japan. In Ozu on Kyushu island the joint venture between the German juwi group and the Japanese company Shizen Energy Inc. has recently commissioned a free field solar park. The solar power plant has an installed capacity of 1.1 megawatt (MW). Every year the 4,480 solar modules feed 1,375,000 kilowatt hours (KWh) of climate-friendly electricity into the local grid. This equals the electricity consumption of more than 380 local households. The project in Ozu has been built for a local company.
  • China
    12 Oct 2013

    ET Solar Provides 4.8MW Solar Panels for Two Utility Projects in Chile

    Oct. 11, 2013 - ET Solar today announced that it has provided 4.8MW of solar PV panels for two utility scaled projects in Chile. 
  • China
    12 Oct 2013

    Suntech Announces Updates on GSF Assets in Brindisi, Italy

    Oct. 11, 2013 - Suntech today announced further developments with respect to Global Solar Fund ("GSF") assets in Brindisi, Italy.
  • United States
    11 Oct 2013

    Google Invests in Silver Ridge Power's Mount Signal Solar Project

    October 10, 2013 - Silver Ridge Power, formerly known as AES Solar, and Google announced today that Google became a partner and will invest approximately $103 million in Silver Ridge Power's 265.7MW Mount Signal Solar project. The project, also known as Imperial Valley Solar 1, is a utility-scale solar photovoltaic ("PV") generating plant under construction in Imperial County, California. Mount Signal Solar is expected to be fully operational in 2014 and will sell its output to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company under a long-term power purchase agreement. Google's obligation to provide a portion of the committed funds is subject to customary conditions precedent, including the commencement of operations at Mount Signal Solar.
  • Japan
    11 Oct 2013

    Kyocera Collaborating with Mitsui and SB Energy to Construct 19.6MW Solar Park in Osaka, Japan

    October 10, 2013 - The Kyocera Group's subsidiary in charge of sales of solar products and services in Japan, Kyocera Solar Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have agreed to collaborate on the operation of the SoftBank Izumiotsu Solar Park, a 19.6-megawatt (MW) solar power plant being built by SB Energy in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.