Tagged: Solar Photovoltaics & News
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ABB snaps up solar inverter player Power-One for US$1bn News
23.04.2013 Swiss engineering group ABB is aiming to become one of the world’s largest suppliers of solar inverters to target the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry as it is to acquire the US... -
Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic plant opens News
19.04.2013 Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar has opened a 15-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Mauritania in west Africa. The US$32m plant is being heralded as the largest...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Energy -
World needs a rapid expansion in low-carbon energy technologies, warns IEA News
17.04.2013 The drive to clean up the world’s energy system has stalled – these were the words of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) executive director Maria van der Hoeven, who was...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Government, Energy, Education -
Bentley lights up Crewe factory with UK’s largest rooftop solar panel system News
02.04.2013 Iconic car maker Bentley is driving its sustainability agenda, as the company is about to connect what it is terming the UK’s largest rooftop solar panel system at its factory... -
Chinese clean-energy player Hanergy acquires solar PV maker MiaSole News
11.01.2013 Hanergy, one of China’s clean-energy giants, has bought the Californian manufacturer of thin-film solar photovoltaics (PV) MiaSole for an undisclosed sum. -
Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Solar buys two US solar projects for up to US$2.5bn News
03.01.2013 Renewable energy company MidAmerican Solar, part of the US billionaire and investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, is to purchase two large-scale solar... -
US solar start-up Stion raises US$25m to expand production facility News
19.12.2012 Stion, a California-based maker of low-cost thin-film solar panels, has raised US$25m in financing, which the company is set to use to expand its existing production facility in... -
The year in clean tech – green data centres, tidal farms and energy trading News
28.12.2012 From Greenpeace storming Apple’s California headquarters in May to new Irish ventures making headway in the energy-efficiency space and Ireland’s first electricity link with...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy, Data Centre -
ESB’s clean-tech fund Novusmodus rebrands as Greencoat Capital News
05.12.2012 The €200m clean-tech and renewable energy fund Novusmodus, which was set up in 2009 by ESB, has rebranded as Greencoat Capital as it aims to broaden its investment activities. -
El Paso Electric signs PPA with Element Power for 50MW solar plant in New Mexico News
14.11.2012 US public utility company El Paso Electric has signed a power purchase agreement with renewable energy developer Element Power for the total output from a new 50MW solar... -
Mainstream Renewable Power to progress with wind and solar projects in South Africa News
13.11.2012 Mainstream Renewable Power is to start building two solar plants and one wind-energy farm in South Africa after signing financing, power purchase and implementation agreements... -
Renault installs solar PV systems at six French production sites News
07.11.2012 Auto giant Renault is claiming to have taken the lead in the automotive industry by installing 40 hectares of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels to power up six of its French... -
US solar power developer SolarCity files for IPO News
08.10.2012 SolarCity, the US developer of solar power installations, has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to float on the stock exchange. The California company filed... -
Siemens opens new centre in London to pioneer smarter, greener cities News
19.09.2012 Siemens is today opening a new centre in London called the Crystal, which the engineering and electronics giant is claiming will be the world's largest exhibition dedicated to... -
EU to investigate solar panel imports from China News
06.09.2012 The European Commission has launched an anti-dumping investigation regarding solar panel imports from China. The move comes after the European industry association EU Pro Sun... -
Irish investment fund Solar21 to buy six solar PV farms in Italy for €25m News
27.08.2012 The Irish investment fund Solar21 is set to purchase six photovoltaic solar farms in southern Italy from the global provider of power electronic systems AEG Power Solutions in a... -
New transparent solar cells could lead to ‘smart windows’ that generate electricity News
23.07.2012 Imagine a day when the windows in your home could generate electricity. Well, researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) say they have developed a new type of... -
Australia to back solar energy researchers with $1.3m in grants – reports News
16.07.2012 The Australian government is reportedly planning to inject almost AUS$1.3m into helping solar energy researchers progress technologies around clean-energy solutions. -
What does the future of solar cell technology hold for consumers? News
04.07.2012 A Dutch product designer called Marjan van Aubel has been playing around with solar cell technology to showcase how everyday objects gather energy from the light around us by... -
HP reveals net-zero energy data centre research News
31.05.2012 HP is claiming to have come up with game-changing data centre architecture that can help companies reduce their power usage by 30pc, as well as their dependence on grid power...Tags: HP, data centre, Cloud Computing, IT, Environment, Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Photovoltaics, R&D