News, Events and Business Intelligence for the CPV Industry
Xcel’s decision to buy power from the world’s largest CPV plant shows just how close the technology is edging to its rivals in the renewable energy sector.
30 Aug 2010
Italian legislation has so far left CPV out in the cold. But that is set to change next year, writes Jason Deign, with the introduction of feed-in tariffs that could create an important new market for the industry.
16 Aug 2010
If renewable energy is to come into its own in Europe, fundamental changes need to be made to the existing energy infrastructure. CPV Today sister title, CSP Today, speaks to Greenpeace EU energy policy advisor, Frauke Thies, about the latest strategy for running Europe on renewable energy.
16 Aug 2010
In every sector there are “leaders” that charge ahead with technological advances and welcome changes in strategy when markets get tough. Katherine Steiner-Dicks speaks to Jose Toña, the commercial manager at Spanish HCPV solar developer, Guascor Solar Corporation, to learn how a domestic dive in Spanish solar investment is not stopping his team’s main objective to reach grid parity. Will an international strategy be the key to this company’s success and act as a platform for other HCPV players?
20 Jul 2010
Agreement between Águas de Portugal (ADP), Dreen Europe, and SolFocus brings Large-Scale, Low-Cost, and Land-Friendly Solar Project to Portugal
25 Sep 2009
Livermore, California-based CPV technology company Cool Earth Solar has been chosen by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Top 100 Winner.
21 Sep 2009
The City of Mesa, Arizona, has signed an agreement with SolFocus to build 11 concentrating photovoltaic solar arrays.
21 Sep 2009
Australian company Solar Systems recently went into voluntary administration.
21 Sep 2009
Soliant Energy has opened its new pilot production facility. Located in Monrovia, California, the facility is capable of producing 1 MW of solar panels annually.
The pilot production line will enable the company to plan out equipment and process needs for full-scale production scheduled for 2010. It will add up to 40 new staff.
11 Sep 2009
Durham, North Carolina-based semiconductor technology company Semprius is among the 14 companies to be awarded a grant from the 2009 North Carolina Green Business Fund (NCGBF).
11 Sep 2009
Emcore has identified that it has to work on its product design and manufacturing cost in order to combat rival technologies.
This will be a major challenge going forward as the selling price of competing technologies has gone down considerably. This is due to weak demand and over capacity in the industry.
02 Sep 2009
HCPV panel maker Opel International has succeeded in maintaining a solid cash position, particularly during these unprecedented economic conditions.
02 Sep 2009
According to a new report entitled “The CPV Challenge (Part I): Achieving Grid Parity”, written by the University of Jaen (Spain) and CPV today, CPV could reach grid parity between 2011 and 2015 in places with high levels of solar irradiance. Efficiency increases in both cells and optics will be instrumental in bringing about significant cost reductions.
03 Mar 2009
IQE plc has shared that its Milton Keynes based wafer operation, Wafer Technology Ltd., will lead a collaborative effort to develop thermo-photovoltaic (TPV) cells.
The £2m project has been awarded by the Technology Strategy Board. Wafer Technology will lead a consortium of partners including Lancaster University and QinetiQ.
27 Feb 2009
What is the future for utility scale solar? According to recent reports and commitment from utilities in the Southwest and East coast USA, the future is optimistic. SEIA recently announced that utilities’ solar megawatts added to the grid grew from 169 MW in 2008 to 279 in 2009, a growth of 66 percent in a year when electricity demand as a whole declined as the result of an economic downturn.
03 Sep 2010
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