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First Solar 2Q profit falls almost 12 percent [USA, AZ]
BUSINESSWEEK - First Solar Inc. said on Thursday that its second-quarter profit fell 11.9 percent as selling prices declined and operating expenses rose.
Spain Nearing Accord With Solar Producers on Reducing Subsidies [Spain]
30 Jul 10 - 10:55 CESTBLOOMBERG - The Spanish government and solar power producers are moving toward an agreement aimed at reducing subsidies to the industry and reining in electricity prices without damaging the country’s renewable energy industry.
NJR Clean Energy Ventures and CertainTeed Corporation Announce New Rooftop Solar Project [USA, NJ]
30 Jul 10 - 10:54 CESTBUSINESSWIRE - WALL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NYSE: NJR), today announced an agreement with CertainTeed Corporation, North America’s leading manufacturer of building products, to lease space atop its fiberglass insulation distribution facility in Berlin, New Jersey, for a rooftop ...
Recurrent Energy Closes Financing for Solar PV System at Sunset Reservoir [USA, CA]
30 Jul 10 - 10:53 CESTFINANCIALPOST - Recurrent Energy, an independent power producer and a leading developer of solar power projects, today announced that it has closed long term debt financing for its 5 megawatt (MW) solar power system located at the Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco. The company secured approximately $18 million for the project from Prudential Capital ...
Morocco invites bids for phase one of solar scheme [Morocco]
30 Jul 10 - 10:51 CESTAFREUTERS - RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco is inviting investors who have expressed interest in phase one of its $9 billion solar power project to submit pre-qualification bids by October 4 at the latest, its solar energy agency said on Thursday.
Sharp to Expand Annual Solar Cell Module Production Capacity in the UK to 500 MW [UK]
29 Jul 10 - 11:05 CESTSHARPWORLD - Sharp Corporation will double its annual production capacity for crystalline solar cell modules to 500 MW at Sharp Manufacturing Company of U.K. (SUKM), its production base in the UK (Wrexham, Wales), starting December 2010.
16 MW of Sulfurcell CIS Modules Going to Asia [Germany]
29 Jul 10 - 11:04 CESTRENEWABLEENERGYWORLD - Berlin The German company Sulfurcell, a producer of Copper Indium Selenide (CIS) thin-film modules, signed agreements this week to supply companies in China and India with 16 megawatts (MW) of product.
More news items
- 29 Jul 10 Israel Pushing for More Solar Power [Israel]
- 29 Jul 10 Construction of first Russian solar plant may start in 2011 [Russia]
- 28 Jul 10 German solar capacity rises by over 3 GW in H1: grid agency
- 28 Jul 10 Solarfun Sells 12 MW of Solar PV into Italy
- 28 Jul 10 China Solar Tariffs May Match Coal Power by 2020, Xinhua Says
- 28 Jul 10 California's clean energy future threatened by federal delays, state officials say
- 28 Jul 10 First Solar Further Expands into Utility-Scale Power Market with NextLight Acquisition
- 28 Jul 10 Thai EGCO's unit plans $37 mln second solar power plant
- 27 Jul 10 JinkoSolar signs solar module supply agreement with Enfinity [Belgium/China]
- 27 Jul 10 Yingli Green Energy to Collaborate with Innovalight, Aiming to Boost Multicrystalline Cell ...
- 27 Jul 10 Nuclear Energy Loses Cost Advantage [USA]
- 27 Jul 10 9REN Group closes EUR80m funding for 22 MW solar projects in Italy [Italy]
- 27 Jul 10 ENN Solar Energy Will Continue to Advance Silicon-Based Thin Film Solar Cell Technology [China]
- 27 Jul 10 $122M Over 5 Years to a Multidisciplinary Team of Top Scientists [USA]
- 26 Jul 10 S.A.G. Solarstrom Plans 48-MW PV Project [Germany]
- 26 Jul 10 ET Solar to Supply Solar Modules for a PSE&G PV Project in US [USA, NJ]
- 26 Jul 10 Victoria to fast-track solar station development [Australia]
- 26 Jul 10 Solarbuzz: US Solar Market To Grow Tenfold by 2014 [USA]
