• China
    8 Aug 2012

    Canadian Solar Modules Achieves CSA1000V Certification

    Canadian Solar Inc. today announced that it has been awarded CSA1000V certification. With this certification, Canadian Solar modules are now authorized to receive 1000V of maximum system voltage, allowing the company to more efficiently meet customer demand for high-voltage applications in the Americas, while reducing overall system costs.
  • United States
    7 Aug 2012

    Ascent Solar Selected to Provide BIPV Modules for New Foxconn Plant

    Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been selected to provide BIPV solar modules in a pilot application at Foxconn's new factory in Zhenzhou City, Henan Province, China. Foxconn is the world's largest maker of electronic devices and produces many products including the iPad®, iPhone®, Kindle®, Playstation® and Xbox®.
  • United States
    7 Aug 2012

    Petra Solar's Technology Has been Used in Bahrain's 5MW Smart Solar Project

    Bahrain's Economic Development Board (ECB) has praised Petra Solar, Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and the National Oil & Gas Authority (NOGA) after the group announced an agreement on a 5MW distributed smart solar energy project. The deal will see the trio utilise smart grid technology to provide solar power at a number of locations, including at BAPCO's Awali township and the University of Bahrain.
  • Netherlands
    7 Aug 2012

    ASM International N.V. Publishes Interim Financial Report for the Six-month Period Ended June 30, 2012

    ASM International N.V. today published its Interim, IRFS based, Financial Report for the six-month period ended June 30, 2012. This report includes an Interim Management Board Report, a responsibility statement and Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements prepared in accordance with IAS 34 (Interim Financial Reporting). The Interim Financial Report comprises regulated information within the meaning of the Dutch Financial Markets Supervision Act. 
  • United States
    6 Aug 2012

    Helios Solar Works Supplies Solar Modules for 1.7MW PV Project at MCRD

    Helios Solar Works announced today that modules from its Milwaukee, Wisconsin production facility were supplied for the 1.7 megawatt installation at the Marine Corp Recruiting Depot (MCRD) as part of the Marine Corp Energy Initiative. The project was commissioned on July 9th. To date, Helios has supplied 3 megawatts of modules for the MCRD. This latest project was a ground mount installation using Helios' 410 and 415 watt 9T6 Series panels.
  • India
    6 Aug 2012

    Deutsche Bahn and Moser Baer Commission PV Plant in Germany

    Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Moser Baer Clean Energy have officially commissioned by-far the most powerful photovoltaic plant on a railway-owned surface in Wittenberge. The solar park is standing on a former landfill site of 8 hectares (or eleven football sized fields) with a power generation capacity of 3.92MWp. The electricity generated will be fed into the local grid which will help meet the annual energy needs of about 900 households.
  • United States
    3 Aug 2012

    First Solar to Develop 139MW Campo Verde Solar Project

    First Solar, Inc. today announced it is developing the 139 megawattAC (MW) Campo Verde Solar Project, located near El Centro in Imperial County, Calif.
  • China
    3 Aug 2012

    Yingli Preannounces Financial Results for 2012 Q2

    Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited today preannounced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.
  • China Germany
    3 Aug 2012

    ReneSola Signs 8MW Module Sales Agreement with True Value Solar

    ReneSola Ltd today announced it has sold 8MW of its monocrystalline solar modules to True Value Solar. True Value Solar operates as part of the M+W Group.
  • Germany
    3 Aug 2012

    aleo solar Announces 2012 Half-Year Result and Lowers Revenue Guidance

    aleo solar AG today announced that it generated revenue of EUR 166.4 million in the first six months of 2012. This means that aleo solar's revenue decreased by 28.3% compared to the first six months of 2011 (EUR 232.0 million). Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) came in at EUR –23.5 million (EUR 3.4 million), and the EBIT margin was –14.1 percent (1.5 percent). Earnings per share amounted to EUR –1.87 (EUR 0.13); production volume rose to 197.7 megawatts (161.6MW).