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First Solar Signs 300-MW PPA with PG&E First Solar has signed a 300-megawatt (MW) power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) with electricity from a utility-scale solar photovoltaic power facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California. Alteris Renewables Launches New Website
Alteris Renewables, the fastest growing renewable energy design and installation company in the Northeast, has launched a new wesbite to better serve its customers and highlight the company's long history in residential and commercial solar and community-scale wind. The Boston-area media firm Captains of Industry was chosen to develop the design and publishing platform. Solar Industry To Hit US $77B in 2015
As the books close on what was a turbulent 2009 for the solar industry, Lux Research said that the solar market will soon see the lopsided supply and demand that characterized much of the last year return to equilibrium. According to the new report Solar's Shakeout: Europe Loses Leadership as China Rises," strong demand growth in Asia and the U.S. will push the market to 9.3 GW in 2010, hitting a dollar value of US $39 billion. High-end vs low cost thin film, which will be the winning approach?
The industry will be segmented in two main markets by 2015: low cost and high quality thin film. In the run-up to the 2nd Thin Film Solar Summit Europe, Cristian Cavazzuti, General Manger at Pramac Swiss and Lynn Sha, General Manager at QS solar have shared their views on the future of this technology Excellence in Renewable Energy Award Winners Announced The Renewable Energy World network of publications, the World's #1 Renewable Energy Network, has announced the winners of the 2009 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. The awards, which were presented yesterday at the Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo in Austin, Texas, recognize the most cutting-edge projects, people and technologies in the clean energy industry. GW Solar Institute Gears Up for Major Symposium
Alanod-Solar Unveils Laser Welding Solar Thermal Production Facility Alanod-Solar this week, unveiled a high capacity laser welding facility located in North Ridgeville, Ohio. This facility will manufacture and distribute the company's laser welded Miro-Fin absorber fins for solar thermal collectors. Energy saving begins at home: a Renewable Energy Specialist installs a double dose of solar power at his own house It's no surprise that professionals working in any renewable energy field are aware of the practical, carbon-saving benefits of installing solar energy in their own homes. For Tony Almond, boss of Planet Energy Solutions, that meant a double dose of solar power – with both solar photovoltaics and solar thermal panels installed at his property in Welwyn, Hertfordshire (UK). |