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On 3 mar 2010, Satcon Technology Corporation (NASDAQ CM: SATC), a chief supplier of utility scale power solutions for the renewable energy market, proclaimed that it has been selected to ship 38 megawatts of its Powergate(R) Plus 500 kW solar PV inverter solutions to GCL Solar Limited, one of China’s largest utility solar power plant developers.

The 38 megawatts will be establishing across three separate solar power plants and are in addition to the earlier announced 23 megawatts supplied for China’s largest ground-mounted and largest rooftop projects of 2009. Each installation will operate Satcon’s PowerGate Plus 500 kW inverters, the world’s … Continue Reading

On 1 mar 2010, SunPower Corporation declared that, under a strategic supply agreement, Toshiba Corporation will order 32 megawatts of high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower in 2010. The SunPower panels will outline the foundation of Toshiba’s new residential solar offering in Japan, to be launched on April 1.

Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower has mentioned that they are greeting the opportunity to collaborate with Toshiba, a paramount business leader in Japan and throughout the world. He also stated that the SunPower panels are predominantly well suited to Japan’s inhabited market, where the latest Japanese feed-in-tariff rewards manufacturing of solar energy in … Continue Reading

French energy massive EDF is constructing the largest photovoltaic solar power plant in the world at a vacant NATO air base and strategies to have it open by 2012

Jean-Marc Dall’Aglio, of EDF’s green energy subsidiary EDF-EN, said the 415-hectare site in Toul-Rosieres, near the eastern city of Metz, would produce 143 megawatts, adequate for a town of 62,000 people.

The existing major photovoltaic plant is at Olmedilla in Spain, producing 60 megawatts. Several other larger plants are under construction in the United States and Australia and might beat the French contender.

Toul-Rosieres will … Continue Reading

3TIER on 17th February 2010 announced the release of a new suite of global Wind and Solar Prospecting Tools that will change the way renewable energy professionals decide where to develop renewable resources by providing immediate access to seasonal variability data, which is critical to understanding a site’s energy potential.

“3TIER has delivered the next generation of prospecting tools,” said Kenneth Westrick, founder and CEO of 3TIER, the global leader in renewable energy information services.  “These tools provide – for the first time ever – instant and unlimited access to seasonal variability data for wind and solar resources, around the world.  … Continue Reading

The United Kingdom is setting out to lead the world in home energy-efficiency, and on Monday, it unveiled a key incentive: paying homeowners who produce low-carbon power such as solar or wind.

Beginning in April, consumers will be paid for the electricity they generate, even if they use it themselves. The amount will depend on the technology used.

A homeowner could earn up to 900 pounds ($1,433) each year for a typical 2.5 kilowatt solar photovoltaic system and save an additional 140 pounds ($223 ) on their annual electricity bill, according to an announcement by the U.K.’s Department of Energy and Climate Change.

In April 2011, … Continue Reading