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Friday 16 September 2011
Enbridge, First Solar complete Ontario solar projects
Enbridge and First Solar have jointly announced the completion of Enbridge's 5MW Tilbury Solar Project and the 15MW Amherstburg II Solar Project, both in Ontario, Canada.
Friday 16 September 2011
Gigastorage to hike solar wafer capacity to 320MWp at end of 2011
Gigastorage is on schedule to expand its annual production capacity of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers to 320MWp by the end of 2011, according to the company.
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Microinverters and power optimizers grew 500% in 2010, says IMS Research
Use of disruptive technologies in the PV inverter industry grew strongly in 2010 with shipments of microinverters and power optimizers growing by well over 500%; however, they still...
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Poly-Si spot prices to drop further
The solar product supply chain is bracing for another wave of price cuts. The current spot price of polysilicon is around US$48-49/kg, but buyers' anticipation that the price will...
Thursday 8 September 2011
China has won the solar war, says Information Network
Weakening demand claimed its first victim with the bankruptcy of Evergreen Solar. Solar Power Industries in PA closed its doors in May. Spectrawatt, the solar cell manufacturer that...
Thursday 8 September 2011
Europe solar firm cutting orders on loan concerns
Solar module and system firms in Europe have been tightening inventory control and carefully issuing procurement orders beginning in the third quarter, according to industry sources...
Thursday 8 September 2011
Yingli, ECN and Amtech team up for N-MWT PV cell
Yingli Green Energy Holding, a China-based solar energy company which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar," joins effort with the Energy research Center of...
Wednesday 7 September 2011
First Solar announces agreement for 100MW module supply with Reliance Power
US-based First Solar, a leading provider of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) system solutions, has announced a 100MW solar module supply agreement with Reliance Power. First Solar will...
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Price of solar wafers likely to drop below US$1.90 in October
The current price of 6-inch solar wafers is around US$1.95/unit but the industry expects prices to drop to US$1.80-1.85/unit in October. The price of polysilicon is expected to decrease...
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Mono-like and monocrystalline silicon gain attention from solar firms
The focus of the incentive programs by various governments have been on rooftop systems for homeowners. The limited space characteristics of rooftop solar power systems have been...
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Solar equipment firms expand to mono-like and monocrystalline markets
Mono-like and monocrystalline products have been increasing popularity due to high conversion efficiency. The solar equipment manufacturers such as GT Advanced have also been hoping...
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Canadian Solar supplies 70MW of solar modules for Germany
Canadian Solar (Canadian Solar), one of the world's largest solar companies, announced the supply of its solar modules for Germany's largest solar power plant. Built by GP Joule,...
Friday 2 September 2011
Falling 2Q11 gross margins plague cross-strait solar firms
China-based solar firms have been reporting relatively good gross margins compared with Taiwan-based counterparts.
Thursday 1 September 2011
NRG Solar begins operations at facility in New Mexico
NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, has started producing electricity at its 20MW Roadrunner Solar Generating Facility, the second-largest PV project in the state of New Mexico...
Thursday 1 September 2011
Applied Materials announces system for solar manufacturing
Applied Materials has announced its new Applied Baccini Pegaso solar PV cell manufacturing platform that fabricates electrical circuits on both sides of a solar cell - a process that...