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Suntech looking to triple US sales, add dealers
REUTERS - China's biggest solar panel maker, Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd (STP.N), aims to triple sales in the United States market and expand its dealer network this year, a Suntech executive told Reuters on Monday.
Merkel’s Party May Delay Solar Subsidy Cut, Mitteldeutsche Says
09 Feb 10 - 10:19 CETBLOOMBERG -- Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats and their Christian Social Union allies will propose a reduction in subsidies for solar power from roof panels by 16 percent from June 1, the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung newspaper said, citing unnamed senior lawmakers from the two sister parties.
Arab states may become solar energy exporters
09 Feb 10 - 10:17 CETZAWYA - Massive renewable energy projects undertaken by the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries could turn them into solar energy exporters along with their large hydrocarbon exports, according to a veteran Arab energy analyst.
Engineering giant Areva buying solar firm Ausra
09 Feb 10 - 10:15 CETFrench engineering giant Areva said Monday that it will buy Ausra, a Mountain View startup specializing in large-scale solar power. The deal will give Areva a way to break into the growing worldwide business for big solar facilities that can generate as much electricity as a fossil fuel power plant. Although Areva is best known for its nuclear expertise, ...
China Now World Leader in Smart Grid Investment
09 Feb 10 - 10:13 CETJust imagine if we were only now building our first electric infrastructure. Of course that would mean that we’d be decades behind our other modern counterparts. But it would also mean that we’d be in a position to build it using the very latest and best technology. That is exactly the position China is in today. And thanks to its thriving export ...
U.S. Solar Market to Double in the Next Year
08 Feb 10 - 07:59 CETIn a few years, the United States is likely to be the world's largest market for solar power, eclipsing Germany, which has taken the lead as a result of strong government incentives in spite of the relative paucity of sunlight in that country. A number of factors could make growth possible in the United States--especially changes in legislation that give ...
Selection trials loom for $1.4bn Solar Flagships program
08 Feb 10 - 07:51 CETSOLAR energy developers of all shape, sizes and systems are converging on Canberra this week to lodge their applications -- they must be hand-delivered -- for the first round of selection trials for the federal government's $1.4 billion Solar Flagships program.
More news items
- 08 Feb 10 Go green, earn green: U.K. pays people for wind, solar power
- 08 Feb 10 Arava Power gets deals for 15 mid-size solar fields
- 05 Feb 10 MEMC notes solar wafer price falls stabilizing
- 05 Feb 10 Germany’s Solar-Energy Industry Predicts 44% Cut in Power Price
- 05 Feb 10 Suntech exec sees excess solar supply coming to US
- 05 Feb 10 Solar EnerTech Enters into Solar Module Distribution Contract with Aussie Solar ...
- 05 Feb 10 A Boom in ‘Distributed’ Solar Projects
- 04 Feb 10 Soccer-Green boost for World Cup with first Chinese sponsor
- 04 Feb 10 Dow to locate solar shingle plant in Michigan
- 04 Feb 10 California power provider to purchase 100 percent of power from new solar energy facilities
- 04 Feb 10 German Solar Industry Protests Cuts Amid Merkel Policy Deadlock
- 04 Feb 10 CPE invests 10 mln eur in Norwegian solar firm
- 04 Feb 10 2010 French Tariffs Raise Price for Solar, Geothermal and Biomass
- 03 Feb 10 UPDATE 1-S.Korea sees $4.8 bln renewables investment in 2010
- 03 Feb 10 T-Solar and Global Ecopower develop solar PV in France
- 03 Feb 10 Bangladesh to get $100 mln loan for clean energy
- 03 Feb 10 ADB to support Chinese solar-power project with US$1 mln
- 03 Feb 10 German FDP opposes solar incentive cuts
