Solar thermal magazine August 2013 | Page 4 of 15
New Coatings for Solar Cell Applications. Magnolia Solar Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Magnolia Solar, Inc. has demonstrated high quality 3-inch growth of nanostructured antireflection (AR) coatings on glass for solar cell applications. Previously, Magnolia Solar has been able to grow the AR coatings up to 1 inch in diameter. This new development…
Two Utility Scale Solar Projects Help California Meet Renewable Generation Goals. The Energy Alternatives Division of Cupertino Electric, Inc. announced the successful completion of two solar generation projects in Huron, California totaling 30 megawatts (MW) that were engineered and constructed for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The 20 MW and 10 MW solar projects…
Solar Photovoltaic Materials Market set to explode? Metals will be the biggest segment at billion as geographically diverse demand offers rare opportunities for innovation and product differentiation, Lux Research says. Boston, MA. The global market for photovoltaic (PV) materials is poised to grow 52% to billion, up from billion in 2012. As PV supply and…
A Solar Energy Pipeline of 1.5 Gwatts. TEMPE, Arizona. First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced that it has acquired a pipeline of U.S. and Mexico development assets from Element Power. The 1.5 GW pipeline includes geographically diverse projects in various stages of development. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Included in the pipeline are…
Solar PV Manufacturer Expands into Australia. Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), the world’s largest photovoltaic (“PV”) manufacturer, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar”, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Australia Pty Ltd. (“Yingli Australia”) has entered into a sales framework…
Electric Vehicles Performance Trial. 65 Renault-Nissan electric vehicles were driven in the Seine Aval , France area and 130 charging stations installed as part of SAVE (Seine Aval Véhicules Électriques), France’s biggest ever trial of all-electric mobility, made possible by a partnership between eight public and private entities. Recently the SAVE project participants met at the…
The Key to Solar PV Inverters. Devices with wide bandgap semiconductors will offer the greater competitive advantage in microinverters and small string inverters, Lux Research says. Boston, Ma Wide bandgap semiconductors – specifically, silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) – will lead the charge as the market for solar inverter discrete devices, driven by the…
Heliodyne Inc., America’s oldest and most established manufacturer of solar thermal systems has announced the expansion of their HCOM Commercial Solar Station product line. This expansion will offer pumping stations for use with single-phase power at either 208v or 230v. Regardless of whether the building is wired for commercial or residential power, an HCOM system…
Las Vegas Commercial Solar Project Announced. MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, today announced the planned installation of one of the largest contiguous rooftop solar photovoltaic arrays in the world at the Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center in Las Vegas. The 6.2-megawatt installation…
Clenergy completed work in July on a solar PV project in Yanqi County, Xinjiang. Clenergy, the solar park solution provider, worked with the project’s EPC company and its strategic partner, a Xinjiang-based leading enterprise in the power transmission and transformation field, to deliver a tailor-made, C-steel mounting solution including installation service. Covering more than 562,000 square meters, the…
