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Solar Stocks Surge on China Panel Demand

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:31:16 +0100

BLOOMBERG - Solar stocks yesterday gained the most in a month on speculation that demand for panels will increase in China.

UK wants sustained cuts to solar panel tariffs

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:30:25 +0100

REUTERS - The UK government on Thursday recommended slashing subsidies for solar panels on homes from July 1 after a boom in installations last year nearly exhausted its support budget.

First Solar Plans to Reduce Panel Production at German Factory

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:36 +0100

BUSINESSWEEK - First Solar Inc., the world’s biggest maker of thin-film solar panels, plans to reduce production at its factory in Germany as declining subsidies reduce European demand.

Polysilicon prices continue to drop for solar

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:28:58 +0100

PV MAGAZINE - Lower polysilicon prices and higher photovoltaic module efficiencies are expected to further lower crystalline silicon (c-Si) module prices in 2012, according to Brett Prior, a senior analyst at U.S.-based GTM Research, the market research arm of Greentech Media, in Boston.

3Power acquires 100MW Italian PV porfolio

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:28:04 +0100

PR NEWSWIRE - 3Power Energy Group Inc. announced it has entered into a frame agreement with a Chinese Investment group to acquire 100Mwt PV Solar Power Plants from their portfolio in Italy. Projects are financed and produce electricity into the national Grid under long term Power Purchase Agreements.

IHS iSuppli: Solar PV inverter shipments, revenues fall in 2011

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:57:32 +0100

SOLARSERVER - On February 8th, 2012 IHS iSuppli (El Segundo, California, U.S.) announced the release of a new report which estimates that shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters declined 1% in 2011 to 23.4 GW, as total industry revenues fell 15% to USD 6.1 billion.

India’s Gujarat State Completes 300 Megawatts of Solar Plants

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:56:34 +0100

BLOOMBERG - India’s Gujarat state, home to the country’s largest solar program, has completed 300 megawatts of sun-powered plants, about a third of its target.

Israeli Regulator approves Beduin solar license for 8MW park

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:55:44 +0100

JERUSALEM POST - The Public Utility Authority on Monday night issued the first license for a solar power facility on Beduin land, approving the Tarabin family’s application to build an 8-megawatt photovoltaic field on their property in the Abu Basma region in the northwestern Negev.

New solar cell could boost efficiency by 25 percent

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:54:27 +0100

REUTERS - A new type of solar cell which could boost the efficiency of solar panels by over 25 percent compared to silicon-based cells has been developed by British scientists, but they need another two or three years to assess whether it is commercially viable.

India's Solar Energy Corpn plans to set up 1,000 MW park

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:53:40 +0100

HINDU BUSINESS LINE - It is in the very early stages, but the thinking in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Corporation is for the newly set up Solar Energy Corporation to put up a 1,000-MW solar park in the country.