Led by Distributed Sun and DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, the truSolar consortium of 16 leading solar industry participants have established a working group that aims to address “a broad array of project risks through the development of uniform standards that will facilitate lower transaction and...
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Solar Project: Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District in Marin County, CA
At time of completion this facility offset 90% of the District’s power needs. Engineering challenges included sensitive wetlands area, as well as developing a foundation solution for the 2-acres of “bay...
Amtech Systems fourth quarter and full-years simply reflect the dire conditions any specialist equipment supplier with exposure to the PV manufacturing sector is experiencing.
Coping with the worst downturn on record as capital expenditures vanish due to massive structural overcapacity has forced many,...
The solar value chain, meaning its ecosystem, begins with raw material suppliers, winds its way through equipment and consumable suppliers, to ingot, wafer, cell technology manufacturers to module assemblers (most cell manufacturers also assemble modules), to demand side participants (system integrators,...
There’s a flurry of news coming from the embattled solar sector, led by a sharp cutback by Suntech (NYSE: STP) at its main US plant that looks suspiciously like it is being ordered by Beijing part of a government rescue plan for the struggling company. Meantime, JA Solar (Nasdaq: JASO)...
Sunrun, one of the largest home solar companies in the nation, is expanding its $0 upfront solar program to residents in the Long Island area. That’s great news for those in the region who are interested in going solar but not able or willing to take the plunge themselves.
Sunrun’s efforts to offer...
SunPower Corporation, along with Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, are extending their mutually beneficial solar panel deal until 2018.
With the expanded partnership, SunPower will give more than 100 megawatts (MW) of its highest efficiency residential solar panels to Toshiba to sell in the Japanese...
Having seen its sales in Asia-Pacific increase 20% q-on-q to US$58 million in Q3, primarily driven by its distribution agreement in Japan with Toshiba, SunPower said it had extended its exclusive supply agreement with the Japanese electronics giant through 2018.
SunPower had recently noted in its Q3...
Published on Dec 04 2012
// Energy
Having recently introduced its latest ENLIGHT polyolefin PV module encapsulant films, Dow Chemical has said it will be further developing the films and adding manufacturing capacity at its integrated site in Schkopau, Germany, in 2013.
The company had previously commenced production of the films at...
CIS thin-film manufacturer Solar Frontier has won a contract to supply 92,000 modules to Mitsui & Co, continuing its success in securing supply deals for utility-scale PV projects in Japan.
Mitsui has already announced major PV project plans in Japan, which already include four projects that will...
