PV Module prices dropped by 10% to 20%

Speakers at the European Photovoltaic Industry Association's (EPIA) third International Conference on Solar Photovoltaic Investments confirmed that all banks have strongly reduced their credit loans and the solar PV sector has not escaped the trend     more...

76 units of the V90 3 MW turbine for two projects in Romania

Vestas has received an order for a total of 76 units of the V90 3 MW turbine for two projects in Romania. The contract calls for the supply and installation of the turbines as well as a VestasOnline Business SCADA solution and a five-year service agreement     more...

Sun come from East

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. and Soleos Solar GmbH have entered into agreements for Suntech to supply Soleos with at least 6 MW of solar photovoltaic modules     more...

Leading US Renewable Utilities in 2008

According to the analysis of utility green power programs, released by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), more than 850 utilities across the United States now offer green power programs     more...

Full-scale production facility in Longmont, Colorado

Abound Solar has opened its first full-scale production facility in Longmont, Colorado. The facility uses a proprietary manufacturing process that significantly reduces production costs of solar panels.     more...

Award to Commercialize CdTe Solar

Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc. and EPIR Technologies Inc. (Florida) have received a US $9 million Defense Department SBIR Phase III contract that allows for the expansion of production capacities and capabilities of the companies' cadmium telluride on silicon (CdTe/Si) manufacturing program     more...

All Silicon Types are manufacturing in one place

Advent Solar Inc. (New Mexico, United States) has expanded its Ventura technology manufacturing capability to include all common silicon types, including multi-crystalline, mono-crystalline and UMG     more...

86 PV Systems Activated by SunEdison in 2008

SunEdison (Maryland, United States) sets 86 solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the U.S. during 2008 with a total capacity of 25.5 MW. Key to this success was financing from Wells Fargo & Company     more...

First Solar builds 48 MW thin-film PV power plant for Sempra Generation

First Solar Inc. has executed an agreement to build a 48 MW ground-mounted thin-film solar PV power plant for Sempra Generation.     more...

A silicon chip mimics the function of the biological cochlea

Rahul Sarpeshkar, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, and his graduate student, Soumya-jit Mandal, designed the chip to mimic the inner ear     more...