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 Berlin (AFP) Aug 18, 2009 
Germany's solar power industry, until recently the world leader in the technology, is facing an unprecedented crisis, analysts say, outshone by cheaper competitors from Asia, most notably Chinese firms. Q-Cells, the world's biggest solar cell producer, last week issued a far from glowing set of results, with losses of 700 million euros (984 million dollars) in the first half of the year.
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Canberra (AFP) Aug 18, 2009Australia's government will ask the Senate Tuesday to approve plans to produce 20 percent of energy from renewable sources by 2020 after the house rejected a proposed carbon trading scheme. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's centre-left Labor government passed the ambitious proposal to use green power to generate a fifth of the country's electricity in parliament's lower house late Monday. But ... more
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Trubbach, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 18, 2009Oerlikon Solar has announced that Nano Solar Technology, a newly formed Russian high-tech firm, has ordered a 120 MW end-to-end Micromorph line for production of thin film solar modules. NST is a Joint Venture between Renova Group and the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano). With the envisaged production capacity of one million solar modules annually, this is the largest ... more 
Victoria, Canada (SPX) Aug 18, 2009Durham College is using solar technology to help conserve energy and reduce electricity costs at its Whitby, Ontario campus. Designed to supplement the campus's primary utility feed, the grid-tie photovoltaic system will help keep demand and electricity bills under control, while providing students with a real-world example of renewable energy technology in action. The new solar ... more 
Rolla MO (SPX) Aug 18, 2009Growing - and precisely aligning - microscopic, spear-shaped zinc oxide crystals on a surface of single-crystal silicon, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology may have developed a method to make more efficient solar cells. Dr. Jay A. Switzer and his colleagues at Missouri S and T report in the journal Chemistry of Materials that their simple, inexpensive process ... more |
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 14, 2009Solar power supporters and the Australian solar industry have been once again left in the dark after the voting down of ETS legislation. The controversial legislation was coupled with revised Renewable Energy Target legislation, of which the Solar Credits program was a part. Without the legislation passing, funding for the program will not be issued. However, some providers are fighting ... more 
Changzhou, China (SPX) Aug 13, 2009Trina Solar has announced that it has been selected by Renewable Ventures, a Fotowatio company ("Renewable Ventures"), to supply modules for a two-MW PV project in Fort Collins, Colorado. Shipment under this agreement has already commenced. AMEC, an international engineering and project management company, will construct a 15-acre solar array on the Foothills campus of Colorado State Unive ... more 
Bedford MA (SPX) Aug 13, 2009Spire has announced the expansion of its international presence by establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary, Spire Solar India, a Delaware limited liability company formed to take advantage of the growing market for the Company and it's distribution of products in India. Spire Solar India will locate its representative office in New Delhi and aid in sales, provide rapid customer communicatio ... more |
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