GLEN ALLEN, Va., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets today issued a new report titled, “Building Attached Photovoltaics Markets” that sees solid near term opportunities for the BAPV market which will grow from $1.9 billion (USD) this year to a peak of $5.9 billion (USD) in 2017 before being surpassed by building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).
DALLAS, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — T. Boone Pickens, the architect of The Pickens Plan to achieve greater energy security in the U.S., released the following statement on the energy comments by Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama during last night’s second presidential debate:
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — South Bend’s Inovateus Solar LLC, a national solar power distributor and integrator, has issued a paper entitled “The Good News About Solar: Five Facts You Should Know.” The paper is the product of Inovateus’ research team, made up of industry professionals including the design, engineering, and management team of their own company. The paper is available free for download on their website at www.inovateussolar.com.
Allows Company to Effectively Compete During Industry Transition and Oversupply Environment
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced a reorganization plan to restructure its Philippines manufacturing operations and reduce its workforce.
40 MW of Yingli Solar modules chosen by project developers, Gestamp Solar and Solarpack, for installation in Tacna and Moqueua, Peru
BAODING, China and MADRID, Spain, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar”, today announced that the Company has supplied 40 MW of PV modules for the largest solar plant in Latin America to date. Yingli Green Energy is the exclusive PV module supplier for the project.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), a leading global solar power product manufacturer, today announced that a 6.4-megawatt solar farm utilizing JinkoSolar photovoltaic (PV) modules, was completed in Robeson County, North Carolina. Built by North Carolina-based Strata Solar, the Watts solar farm is the most recent addition to Strata Solar’s “southern cluster” of solar power farms in North Carolina.
Increased PV installation power output, Decreased installation costs
NEWARK, Del., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Motech Americas LLC, the most experienced manufacturer of solar modules with its Newark, Delaware facility in operations for more than 20 years, has announced the launch of new UL 1,000 volt Certified Modules for PV installations in North America. The UL 1,000 volt Certified feature has been integrated into MOTECH’s newly announced multicrystalline IM Plus Series modules with power outputs up to 260 watts and 310 watts and the monocrystalline XS Plus Series with leading power levels of 265 and 320 watts, all with positive tolerance, creating significant cost savings for installation, maintenance and operations.
ONTARIO, Canada, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company” or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar companies, today announced the delivery 26 MW of its high quality and high-performing CS6P-P solar power modules to EPC Contractor TSK Solar for the “San Fermin” solar power plant installation in Puerto Rico, co-developed by firms Uriel Renewables inc. and Coqui Power LLC. The solar power plant is located in the North Eastern town of Loiza, a region that regularly faces adverse weather conditions such as hurricanes, tropical storms and flooding. Due to the specific nature of the project and its location, the project’s electrical equipment were installed on structures that elevated them two to four meters above ground, and have also been designed to withstand winds of up to 260 kilometers per hour.
WEST CONCORD, Mass., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — A cost effective solution has finally been developed that solves one of the photovoltaic (PV) industry’s longest running problems—the sun keeps moving! The sun’s movement across the sky, daily and seasonally, means that ordinary static PV panels only operate at a fraction of their theoretical efficiency. Research has shown that a PV panel mounted on a sun tracker that continuously points the PV panel directly into the sun’s rays throughout the day utilizes more of its energy potential than a static PV panel.
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — PSEG Solar Source announced today that it has completed the acquisition of a 15 MW DC (12 MW AC) solar project in Milford, Delaware, from juwi solar Inc. (JSI). Under separate agreements, JSI will engineer, procure, and oversee construction of the facility as well as perform operation and maintenance services for the project. Construction of the project will begin this month.
