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Concentrated Photovoltaics Summit USA exclusive update

As im sure your all well aware the Concentrated Photovoltaics Summit USA Feb 3 - 4, San Diego is fast approaching. The show has been recieving huge amounts of interest from accross the industry and with over 100 leading companies already confirmed, it's shaping up to become the meeting for CPV leaders to meet and do business.

OPEL activates a 9.5 kW grid tied solar installation

OPEL International has installed and activated a 9.5 kW grid tied solar installation at The Sports Zone in Trumbull, CT.
 

The Texas-Mexico border gets its largest solar installation

WorldWater & Solar Technologies has shared that the San Benito project is the largest solar installation of its kind along the Texas-Mexico border.
 

TECNALIA emerges as the only Spanish representative in the APOLLON

It has emerged that TECNALIA Technological Corporation, through its Energy Unit, is the only Spanish representative in the APOLLON project.
 

CPV start-ups raise hopes with their new technologies

New CPV technologies such as ones involving coating glass with a specific mixture of transparent dyes which redirect light to photovoltaic cells in the frame have emerged this year.
 

Interview with Hansjörg Lerchenmüller, CEO, Concentrix Solar GmbH

"Placing a mix of new technologies with accepted ones makes financing easier"
 
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Recently, Concentrix Solar GmbH in conjunction with its partner Abengoa Solar successfully connected a 2 MW power plant to the public utility grid under the valid version of the Real Decreto 661 / 2007, the first Spanish feed-in tariff law.
 

SolFocus gets associated with the largest CPV deal in EU

SolFocus has come up with yet another significant initiative in Spain. The company has signed a $103 million agreement with EMPE Solar to install over 10 megawatts (MW) of CPV solar energy projects in several sites across southern Spain by the end of 2010.
 

Californian media company reduces daily load on the power grid

KGO has become the first major commercial broadcast media outlet in California to reach its listeners by harnessing the power of the sun and reducing its use of the power grid.
 

Solar continues to lead US cleantech investment: analysis

Energy/electricity generation companies attracted the maximum investment of any cleantech segment during the third quarter. The investment figure for such companies was around $1 billion, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource.
 

Interview with Sunrgi's founding partner Dr. KRS Murthy

"To achieve affordable solar power much higher concentration similar to Sunrgi is needed"

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