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16-10-2013Photon Energy to Deliver Power Source for Major Sydney Office Building
Oct. 15, 2013 - Photon Energy Australia has been selected to build and operate a 290KWp roof mounted photovoltaic system on an office building in Sydney. -
15-10-2013SolarCity Expects 2014 Installations to Rise Almost 90%
Oct. 12, 2013 - SolarCity expects to boost annual installed capacity almost 90 percent next year. -
15-10-2013Suncore Acquired Assets of Israel-based ZenithSolar
October 9, 2013 - Suncore Photovoltaic Technology Company Ltd. today acquired all of the assets of Israel-based ZenithSolar Ltd., including intellectual property, inventory, and equipment, through its US subsidiary Suncore Photovoltaics Inc. Over the past 6 years, ZenithSolar has developed an innovative combined heat and power (CHP) product based on CPV technology, and demonstrated more than 70% combined solar energy conversion efficiency. The system provides electrical output from a photovoltaic array and concurrently generates hot water at a temperature suitable for domestic andindustrial applications. Suncore plans to set up a production line and start mass production of the CHP product in its Huainan, China facility in 2014. -
14-10-2013
SolarCity to Acquire Zep Solar
Oct. 9, 2013 - SolarCity and Zep Solar today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for SolarCity to acquire Zep Solar for approximately $158 million. The purchase price is payable in shares of SolarCity common stock, and is subject to reduction for the amount of net indebtedness of Zep Solar as of the closing. Upon close of the acquisition, Zep Solar will operate as an independent business unit of SolarCity. -
14-10-2013Juwi Shizen Energy Completes Third Solar Park in Japan
Oct. 10, 2013 - Juwi Shizen Energy has realized its third solar project in Japan. In Ozu on Kyushu island the joint venture between the German juwi group and the Japanese company Shizen Energy Inc. has recently commissioned a free field solar park. The solar power plant has an installed capacity of 1.1 megawatt (MW). Every year the 4,480 solar modules feed 1,375,000 kilowatt hours (KWh) of climate-friendly electricity into the local grid. This equals the electricity consumption of more than 380 local households. The project in Ozu has been built for a local company. -
12-10-2013
ET Solar Provides 4.8MW Solar Panels for Two Utility Projects in Chile
Oct. 11, 2013 - ET Solar today announced that it has provided 4.8MW of solar PV panels for two utility scaled projects in Chile. -
12-10-2013
Suntech Announces Updates on GSF Assets in Brindisi, Italy
Oct. 11, 2013 - Suntech today announced further developments with respect to Global Solar Fund ("GSF") assets in Brindisi, Italy. -
11-10-2013
Google Invests in Silver Ridge Power's Mount Signal Solar Project
October 10, 2013 - Silver Ridge Power, formerly known as AES Solar, and Google announced today that Google became a partner and will invest approximately $103 million in Silver Ridge Power's 265.7MW Mount Signal Solar project. The project, also known as Imperial Valley Solar 1, is a utility-scale solar photovoltaic ("PV") generating plant under construction in Imperial County, California. Mount Signal Solar is expected to be fully operational in 2014 and will sell its output to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company under a long-term power purchase agreement. Google's obligation to provide a portion of the committed funds is subject to customary conditions precedent, including the commencement of operations at Mount Signal Solar. -
11-10-2013Kyocera Collaborating with Mitsui and SB Energy to Construct 19.6MW Solar Park in Osaka, Japan
October 10, 2013 - The Kyocera Group's subsidiary in charge of sales of solar products and services in Japan, Kyocera Solar Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have agreed to collaborate on the operation of the SoftBank Izumiotsu Solar Park, a 19.6-megawatt (MW) solar power plant being built by SB Energy in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. -
10-10-2013
SolarWorld Solar Panels Will Power Carpet Tile Manufacturing Plant in Georgia Town
Oct. 9, 2013 - About 1 megawatt of solar panels from SolarWorld soon will go live atop a carpet-tile manufacturing plant of Shaw Industries Group Inc. (Shaw) in Cartersville, Ga., located about 45 miles northwest of Atlanta. The Cartersville solar power system, expected to be commissioned later this month, will contribute about 1.4 million kilowatt-hours of power into the Georgia Power utility grid, enough power to supply about 100 homes.