German PV player Conergy linked 12 UK projects totalling 105MW to the grid in the first quarter of 2015 to beat the 1.4 Renewable Obligation Certificate deadline. The company has now completed 22 UK solar schemes totalling 230MW, which range in size from 2.8MW to 37.2MW mostly built on low-grade…

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc has announced the successful installation of its medium voltage three-phase string inverters at the 13MW Roves Farm solar park near Swindon, UK. “Given Advanced Energy’s long-standing history of manufacturing quality string inverters, we were extremely confident in their ability to meet our expectations with regards to…

New rules from energy regulator, Ofgem, have created a stricter hold on energy companies who sell green tariffs, asking them to prove the environmental benefits. The rules, which went live today, come in response to the worries Ofgem vocalised about the consumer’s difficulty in differentiating between genuine green tariffs and…

Operational testing of model CIS production plant begins Tokyo – 2 April, 2015 – Solar Frontier, the world’s largest CIS solar energy solutions company, announced today that it has completed the construction of its fourth production plant, the Tohoku Plant. The new 150 MW production plant, located in Miyagi, Japan,…

Chinese solar module maker Risen Energy Co Ltd (SHE:300118) said Friday it had secured CNY 2.5 billion (USD 406.6m/EUR 370.5m) in funds for 379 MW of photovoltaic (PV) projects. Risen Energy Co., Ltd released the news of a private placement plan. At the target price 8.53 RMB/share issued non public stock…

BELMONT, Calif., April. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE:SUNE), the world’s largest renewable energy development company, today announced the completion of a 2.1 megawatt solar energy system that will supply electricity to Pocomoke City’s wastewater treatment plant via a 20 year power purchase agreement. These projects were on the…

Today Solar Energy World announced its April 25 Solar-Powered Earth DayCelebration. This family friendly celebration and workshop will take place from 11:00 am -3:00 pm at Solar Energy World headquarters in Elkridge, MD. Speakers include Trisha Sheehan, the Regional Field Manager for Moms Clean Air Force. The celebration focuses on…

— Duke Energy, Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, Battery Innovation Center partner on clean energy initiative — Duke Energy to contribute $1 million to fund project — Indiana’s Battery Innovation Center positioned to become a global center on energy storage technology INDIANAPOLIS, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Can renewable…

(Wels, 31/03/2015) Solutions as far as the eye can see. That’s what Fronius will have on display at this year’s Intersolar Europe, which takes place in Munich. Between June 10th and 12th, Fronius will be presenting new products and solutions relating to project business, software, inverters, service and storage at…

A collaborative effort linking the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) with supercomputing resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory via the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) is yielding exciting results in organic photovoltaics research that could transform…