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The project is a joint venture between juwi Solar GmbH and First Solar Inc. which will see 560,000 thins-film solar panels installed across the 162 hectare location. Juwi Solar GmbH is in charge of planning and construction of the project, and First Solar has been supplying the thin-film solar equipment.…

Germany will receive its biggest PV solar farm to date in Turnow-Preilack nearby Cottbus, Germany. The solar farm, which will have a capacity of 53 MW, is currently under construction

Company says new funding will help it move towards commercialising innovative printed electronics technology for use in LED lighting and solar cells

US-based Plextronics has completed a $14 million funding round that will help it move further down the road to commercialising its printed electronics-based lighting and solar generation products. It is thought that printed electronic technology, which is based on conductive polymers, could eventually become a low-cost replacement for silicon in…

Toshiba Corporation have recently announced that it has won a major contract to develop a multi-MW photovoltaic (PV) project for Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc

The order is the first that Toshiba has secured for a multi-MW PV project, and the company’s systems will be installed in the Taketoyo Thermal Power Station in Taketoyo, Aichi prefecture. The multi-MW PV project will have a 7.5MW capacity and will be the first industrial-use photovoltaic power generator operated…

The Phong Dien Fuhrlaender Vietnam Joint Stock Company will build a wind powered turbine factory at a cost of US$25 million in Tuy Phong district in the southern province of Binh Thuan

Vestas chief says wind power industry is showing signs of recovery, and blames nimbyism for blocking projects in Britain

A man-made island housing a hydroelectric plant and generating enough electricity to supply two million Dutch homes is planned for the North Sea by 2020

CMR Fuel Cells plc has successfully demonstrated the first prototype of its hybrid fuel cell power supply system to a leading Asian Original Design Manufacturer.