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sPower Breaks Ground on a 22.5MW Solar Project in LA

published: 2015-05-27 14:51
sPower, a renewable energy provider, announced that it has broken ground on a 22.5MW solar project in Lancaster, California. The Sierra Solar project is sPower’s first in Los Angeles County. “sPower is pleased to help Los Angeles ...  more

Wuxi Suntech Starts Producing Four Busbar PV Modules

published: 2015-05-27 11:40
Wuxi Suntech plans to replace all of its three busbar PV modules by four busbar panels. The upgrade will improve the PV modules’ power output and power dissipation. The four busbar monocrystalline module has recently attained the ...  more

Solar Impulse 2 Gears Up for Toughest Leg

published: 2015-05-26 18:08
The Solar Impulse 2, the plane attempting to fly around the world using only solar power, is getting ready to undertake its greatest challenge – flying non-stop from Nanjing China to Hawaii in the Central Pacific. The plane...  more

Enphase Energy to Deliver Smart Solar to Switzerland

published: 2015-05-26 14:34
Enphase Energy has entered into a strategic partnership with Swiss Solar Technics SA, a full-service solar installer based in Switzerland, to deliver its smart solar solution to Swiss residential and commercial projects. Swiss Sol...  more

Conergy Signed an Inverter Purchase Agreement with Sungrow

published: 2015-05-26 14:11
Conergy and Sungrow has entered into a strategic partnership in which Conergy will purchase inverters from Sungrow for its global commercial and utility-scale solar projects over the next year. The first project under this partner...  more

JA Solar and EIL to Build a 500MW Manufacturing JV in India

published: 2015-05-26 12:01
JA Solar and its Indian business partner, Essel Infraprojects Limited (EIL), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a solar cell and module manufacturing facility joint venture. The MOU declares a 500MW produc...  more

BYD Establishing a 400MW Solar Factory in Brazil

published: 2015-05-26 11:13
BYD and APEX-Brasil jointly announced BYD’s second South American solar PV manufacturing facility in Brazil. The factory will not only add to BYD’s electric bus manufacturing facility, which will be opened next July, but al...  more

Micro-Wind Turbines Stand atop Intel’s Headquarters

published: 2015-05-25 15:24
The wind of turning into a renewable company now blows over Intel. On the rooftop of Intels’ Santa Clara headquarters, a mini-wind farm was installed. This is one of the nation’s largest micro-turbine arrays and is expected...  more