Unparalleled Venture Furthers SunPower’s Market Reach; Provides Customers with Comprehensive Clean Energy Solution
SAN JOSE, Calif. and MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced that it has invested in Diamond Energy Pty Ltd (Diamond Energy), a privately-owned, alternative energy project developer and clean electricity retailer headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Aligning with Diamond Energy will allow SunPower to offer more comprehensive and customizable clean energy solutions for customers in Australia. The unique partnership creates a one-stop shop for consumers, providing high efficiency solar electric systems, grid-source renewable energy, and retail services such as metering, billing, and management of exported electricity to the grid.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS) a leading global solar power product manufacturer, , today announced that it will hold its 2012 annual general meeting on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.(Beijing time) at Lilac 1, 3/F Parkview Hotel, No. 555 Dingxiang Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, P.R. China, for the following purposes:
XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) (“LDK Solar”) a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, announces that LDK Solar modules have passed the potential-induced degradation (PID) tests performed at TUV Rheinland’s and PV Lab’s laboratories. In both tests LDK modules demonstrated a reduction in performance under test conditions of less than one percent, earning LDK modules a “Class A” rating.
PV Project Fully Uses Own Power Production, no EEG Subsidies Required
ONTARIO, Canada, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company” or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar companies, provided the solar modules for one of Europe’s largest skiing halls. The PV rooftop installation on the alpincenter in Hamburg-Wittenburg, Germany, uses Canadian Solar modules with a total output of 3.6 MW. The winter sports center’s operator reaps a double benefit: using the self-produced solar power significantly offsets energy costs while at the same time reducing the power needed to run the cooling system thank to the shadowing effect underneath the solar system.
SAN RAMON, Calif., Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company”, “we” or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar companies, today announced a new program designed to make it even easier for commercial installers and solar developers to bring more solar projects to completion in the U.S. market. The new financial solutions program will include extended terms and a commercial loan offering in partnership with De Lage Landen Financial Services, Inc. (DLL), a global provider of financing solutions, further demonstrating Canadian Solar’s commitment to its customers’ success.
DONGGUAN, China, Sept. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Dongguan Tianyu Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. (Tianyu), the first SiC epitaxial wafer company in China, has started to expand its SiC epitaxial wafer business globally after the completion of three contracts prior to this in August 2012.
Draker and Solar Power Technologies, Inc. (SPTI) jointly announce that they have successfully merged, effective August 21, 2012. The combination creates a global leader with the most innovative offering of performance management solutions for commercial and utility-scale solar markets. The combined company will operate under the “Draker” name.
-IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its store in Houston, Texas – which, when combined with IKEA projects atop stores in Frisco and Round Rock, will make IKEA the state’s largest solar owner. IKEA Houston’s 116,400-square-foot PV array consists of a 813-kW system, built with 3,388 panels. The program will produce approximately 1,152,464 kWh of clean electricity annually, the equivalent of reducing 795 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), eliminating the emissions of 156 cars or powering 99 homes yearly (calculating clean energy equivalents at www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/calculator.html).
Renewable Electrical power Corporation, one inside the world’s biggest makers of solar power resources, claimed the worst was about with the solar sector quickly just after a sharp drop in cost ranges this 12 months resulted in major second-quarter losses for the Norwegian group. Costs for solar panels components have fallen by as much as forty 5 for each cent this calendar 12 months amid growing low-cost supplies from China and uncertainty previously mentioned authorities subsidy schemes for renewable capacity at a time when a lot of western nations are struggling with mounting debts. However, Ole Enger, REC chief executive, explained want was starting to decide on up and price ranges had stabilised adhering to Italy, the world’s 2nd biggest solar marketplace appropriate immediately after Germany, agreed a distinct subsidy scheme in Could possibly. The offer you ended months of query concerning the long term economics within the Italian market, which represents about 20 per cent of REC’s company, and served restore self-assurance within the prospective consumers towards the broader European image voltaic sector.
U.S. Foodservice-Los Angeles this week activated a one.15 megawatt, four,998 photovoltaic solar panel system, a person of the largest solar assignments in Southern California. It can be anticipated to provide sixteen percent of U.S. Foodservice-Los Angeles’ power desires annually.
