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A steep 50 per cent drop in prices of solar panels during 2011 left many manufacturers scrambling to sell a glut of supplies at the end of the year, and prompted many companies to run factories at reduced levels
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Solar companies suffered through most of 2011 as prices for the panels that turn sunlight into electricity fell by nearly 50 per cent, squeezing margins and driving some smaller players into bankruptcy
Monday, February 20, 2012
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Republican lawmakers alleged that the Energy Department used a loan guarantee to a massive rooftop solar project as part of a last-ditch effort to bail out Solyndra, a solar panel maker that later failed
Saturday, February 18, 2012
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A steep decline in solar panel prices is helping solar installers attract new capital, a trend likely to trigger consolidation in the fragmented industry and drive down the cost of putting the renewable energy system on rooftops
Saturday, February 18, 2012
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The company, whose filing follows years of losses and months of public discussions with bondholders, said it would sell its United Solar Ovonic unit and other assets in bankruptcy
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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Sales of solar cells in Japan rose 30.7 percent in 2011 from the previous year to 1,296 megawatts, the first time sales have topped 1,000 MW, helped by a government scheme to promote renewable energy
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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The DOE loan delay threatens to cancel a sale of the project to Exelon Corp, potentially leaving First Solar on the hook for $75 million
Monday, February 13, 2012
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Smart grid intends to modernize the power grid by using the latest technology that supports the utility to reduce the transmission and distribution loss
Sunday, February 12, 2012
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A group of British scientists recently developed a new type of solar cell which could boost the efficiency of solar panels by over 25 percent compared to silicon-based cells, but they need another two or three years to assess whether it is commercially viable
Thursday, February 09, 2012
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IQE would sell about 43.8 million shares at 24 pence per share and use a part of the proceeds, about $5 million, to buy a 9 per cent stake in California-based Solar Junction Corp
Thursday, February 09, 2012
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REC has cut its output as the global solar industry is struggling with overcapacity, lower government subsidies and weakened demand as global market volatility soars
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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The deal focuses to build a polysilicon plant in Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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The windswept and sun-soaked country has been trying to attract renewable energy investment by offering 20-year supply contracts at generous, guaranteed prices
Thursday, February 02, 2012
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According to an official spokesman, union New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah has sanctioned over Rs.. 30 crores to the Jammu and Kashmir Police to install over 500 solar photovoltaic power plants at training centres, battalion headquarters, sub divisional police offices and even police stations and border police posts
Thursday, February 02, 2012
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There is a bright side to the plunge in solar panel prices that has brought down some U.S. and German manufacturers which relied too heavily on subsidies for green energy - solar power costs have fallen faster than anyone thought possible
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
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Wacker Chemie expects margins at its cash-cow polysilicon unit to fall in the medium term, due to shrinking demand from the solar industry where tough conditions have forced some players out of the market
Friday, January 27, 2012
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The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing, led by the U.S. arm of German panel maker SolarWorld AG, said Chinese manufacturers including Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd and Trina Solar Ltd have more than doubled shipments of solar cells and modules
Friday, January 27, 2012
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German environment minister Norbert Roettgen wants to bring forward reductions in the country's incentives for solar power by three months to April 1 in light of the continued strong expansion in the world's largest market
Friday, January 27, 2012
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Deflecting solar rays from the earth could be one way of improving food output, as global warming aggravates the likelihood of crop failures in the heat-stressed tropics
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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The technology can boost solar cell efficiency by a maximum of 45 per cent, said Vladimir Mitin, professor of electrical engineering at the University at Buffalo who led the study
Monday, January 23, 2012
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