Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. yesterday announced the company would ramp up solar panel production capacity at its Shanghai facility by 1,000 megawatts over the next three years to help meet unprecedented demand for its solar modules.
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of solar panels for the commercial and home solar power market, yesterday unveiled its new line of “SolarIris” building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) modules at the International Solar Europe Conference in Germany.
National solar power solutions provider Energy Matters has weighed in on a news item published earlier today about sub-standard solar power installations occurring in Australia.
As the BP oil leak disaster enters into its seventh week and the company sees its stocks plummet, perhaps some Big Oil executives may reconsider their attitude towards renewable energy.
The Vibro-Wind Research Group at Cornell University in the USA is developing what it says will be an efficient, economical method of converting vibrations from wind energy to electricity.
We’ve covered space based solar power generation in the past, but here’s a concept that takes it a step further (away) – using the moon as a massive solar farm.
A report commissioned by the Climate Institute states that Australia’s revised Renewable Energy Target will go some way to address the nations carbon emissions – but it’s not enough on its own.
Details of the long awaited solar feed in tariff for Western Australia were announced yesterday.
The installation deadline for recipients of Australia’s Solar Homes and Communities Program (SHCP) looms large, with less than 5 weeks to go. With some solar providers backlogged with installations, coupled with a shortage of critical components, thousands of SHCP recipients are in danger of losing the $8,000 rebate – with little likelihood of extensions being provided by the Government.
A Pike Research white paper entitled ‘The New Solar Market’, forecasts that global solar demand will increase to 10.1 gigawatts (GW) in 2010, a year-over-year increase of almost 43%.
