Yingli Solar, a vertically integrated photovoltaic module manufacturer, announced that the company supplied 1 MW of multicrystalline PV modules to Serbia’s second largest solar project. The 1 MW project is located in the municipality of Kladovo, 250 kilometers east of Belgrade, the Serbian capitaland is the largest ground-mounted solar PV installation in Serbia funded by a domestic investor. Yingli
Lessons You Can Learn From the Big Solar Guys. Part 1: Enter The Cloud
By Pam Cargill, Special to Solar Power World The large solar installers and financiers get a lot of attention. They get a lot of media airtime, utilize comparatively large marketing budgets to acquire their customers, and can support diverse operationa…
3 Fearless Predictions For Solar In 2014
By Frank Andorka, Editorial Director 2014 is nearly as fresh as newly fallen snow, filled with seemingly endless possibilities. It’s also the time of year where people like me offer our predictions of what the solar industry will look like 12 months from now (I like to imagine my critics clipping and saving this column so
10 Trends That Shaped The Solar News In 2013
Yann Brandt, solar entrepreneur and proprietor of SolarWakeup.com (if you’re not receiving his daily wrap-up of news from around the solar industry in your inbox, shame on you) analyzed the results of the most-clicked stories of 2013, courtesy of the web results from his daily roundup. He noticed 10 trends that shaped this year’s news. Here’s what
Can Gender Profiling Help YOU Expand Your Solar Business?
By Glenna Wiseman, Special To Solar Power World Have you identified the consumer profiles of your female solar clients? Tinesha Craig, director of the i-on-Women division of Insights in Marketing in Chicago, has spent much of her career working with br…
The Sun Shines On Llampos Plain: Ingeteam Brings Inverters To Chile
Ingeteam has already started to deliver its inverters to the Llano de Llampos PV plant in the north of Chile. This plant, located close to the city of Copiapó, in the region of Atacama, is to occupy a surface area of 758 acres. In total, Ingeteam will cover 47 MW of the plant’s power output.
A New Window Into Solar: SolarWindow Wins Innovation Award
The Energy Business Review (EBR) has declared New Energy Technologies’ SolarWindow technology as the winner of the Energy Innovation Award 2013. SolarWindow allows electricity generation from see-through windows or glass surfaces that are sprayed with the company’s coatings. These patented coatings generate electricity from both natural sunlight and artificial light sources including fluorescent and LED lighting,
Satcon is Back: SIC USA Acquires North American Exclusive Rights
Skwentex International Corp. (SIC) and its subsidiary, SIC USA, will offer Taiwan, North America and Europe inverter sales, parts, support and service on behalf of Perfect Galaxy International Limited, owner of all the rights to Satcon technology and t…
Charity, Thy Name Is Solar: SolarCity Launches Give Power Foundation
Charity, thy name is solar (or SolarCity, to be precise). To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the company’s initial public offering, SolarCity launched the Give Power Foundation to build a cleaner, more sustainable future by providing solar energy to those in need. For every megawatt of residential solar power that SolarCity installs in 2014, the company will bring light
Solar Speaks: Will GM Transmission Plant Transition U.S. To Solar?
Welcome to another edition of Solar Speaks, Solar Power World’s podcast series that gives you the opportunity to hear from the industry’s biggest newsmakers — in their own words. In this episode, we talked to Rob Threlkeld, renewable energy manager for General Motors. GM joined SEIA in February, and in October they announced that they
Want To See How The Top 250 Solar Gala Looked Like? Watch The Video
Couldn’t attend the Solar Power World Top 250 Solar Contractors Gala? Fortunately, we recorded the highlights. Enjoy it:
At Long Last: This Is One Of The Most Important Issues Facing Solar
What a concept: The U.S. government has finally recognized how important bringing down manufacturing costs is to moving the solar industry forward — and they’re putting their money where their mouths are. Building on the Energy Department’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, the Department today announced over $13 million for
We’re No. 1! U.S. On Pace To Install More Solar Than Germany In 2013
We may be 21st worldwide in science education, but the United States has regained its rightful place as the No. 1 installer of solar in the world (at least for 2013). GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released U.S. Solar Market Insight: 3rd Quarter 2013, the definitive analysis of solar power markets in the U.S., with
What The Heck Is A Solar SREC?
We believe in the mission of educating consumers about how they can afford a solar installation. Kelcy Pegler Jr., co-founder/CEO of Roof Diagnostics Solar, does a great job of explaining the complicated issue of what an SREC is. You can see other blog posts from the Roof Diagnostics Solar at their blog here. Thinking about installing
3 Solar Trends Will Fundamentally Change In Our Utility-Based System
David Crane, president and chief executive officer for NRG Energy, reached out to Solar Power World and asked if we would be interested in getting his thoughts on the future of distributed generation in the United States — and why utilities are going to have to live with it. We, as you might imagine, said yes.
SolarCity Introduces Energy Storage for Businesses
SolarCity unveiled a smart energy storage system to address two major pain points for business: rising utility demand charges and increasing grid outages. SolarCity DemandLogic can allow businesses to reduce energy costs by using stored electricity to reduce peak demand, and can also provide backup power during grid outages. Developed with advanced battery technology from Tesla, DemandLogic storage
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: First-Hand Views Of White House Solar Array Revealed
Yann Brandt, solar entrepreneur and proprietor of SolarWakeup.com (if you’re not receiving his daily wrap-up of news from around the solar industry in your inbox, shame on you) did a little first-hand investigation on the array being installed on the White House, including some exclusive photos of the array he took from an adjacent hotel roof. The
From Selenium To Silicon Solar Panels: An Excerpt From Let It Shine
This piece is an excerpt from “Let It Shine: The 6,000 Story Of Solar Energy,” by historian John Perlin, in bookstores now. Listen to our interview with Perlin here. The great scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell wrote in 1874 to a colleague: “I saw conductivity of Selenium as affected by light. It is most sudden.
5 Reasons Solar Modules Fail Certification Testing the First Time
Intertek, a solar certification company, authored this piece as part of its extensive library of white papers. It is reprinted here with permission. Note: All clause and sub-clause numbering used in this document refers to ANSI/UL 1703-2004 unless otherwise indicated. Safety testing laboratories test products to ensure that they are compliant with prescribed, applicable standards. Testing
Why Is California Limiting Your Solar Roof Space?
This commentary is reposted courtesy of Randy Zechman of Clean Solar, a San Jose, Calif., based solar installer. It first appeared on the company’s blog and is cross-posted with permission. By Randy Zechman New solar panel restrictions will limit your roof-space options in California. Effective Jan. 1, 2014, all California cities and counties will mandate
Solar Speaks: Utilities Should Clamor For This Ground-Mount System
Welcome to another edition of Solar Speaks, Solar Power World’s podcast series that gives you the opportunity to hear from the industry’s biggest newsmakers — in their own words. Today, we’re talking to Gilad Almogy, CEO of Cogenra Solar, which announced last week that it had introduced a ground-mount solar system that installs for 50 cents a watt.
Solar Speaks: Will CIGS Save Solar?
Solar Speaks, Solar Power World’s podcast series that gives you the opportunity to hear from the industry’s biggest newsmakers — in their own words. Today, we’re talking to Brad Mattson, CEO of Siva Power (formerly known, up until last week, as Solexant). The transition has been two years in the making, with the goal of creating a
REPORT: SolarWorld AG Buys Bosch Solar Energy
Another victory for consolidation in the solar industry occurred today — and that is good news for the overall health of solar worldwide. The European solar technology manufacturer SolarWorld AG announced the acquisition of the cell and module production of Bosch Solar Energy in Arnstadt in the German federal state of Thuringia. This means that around
Are We There Yet? Are We There Yet? No. But Solar Securities Draw Near
By John Frenkil, Special To Solar Power World The energy finance community has eagerly anticipated the introduction of solar asset-backed securities — “solar securitization” — for at least three years, and may be waiting for another year or more. But sooner or later, securitization is coming to solar finance. When it does, it will have a
You Can’t Always Judge A Kid By Its Parents
Welcome to another edition of Solar Speaks, Solar Power World’s podcast series that gives you the opportunity to hear from the industry’s biggest newsmakers — in their own words. Today we are talking to Ram Akella, managing director for Centrosolar America. The news surrounding the Centrosolar Group in other parts of the world has presented challenges