meteocontrol and Suntech establish joint venture in Japan
meteocontrol Japan, a joint venture with Suntech Power Japan Corporation, starts business operation in April and will offer the entire meteocontrol product portfolio.
30.03.2017
Photovoltaic
Senior Vice President Luc Graré is leaving REC
Luc Graré, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing of REC is leaving the company on 31st March 2017. He will head two new companies he has founded recently.
30.03.2017
Upsolar opens a new sales branch in Australia
The module manufacturer and PV solutions provider Upsolar has announced a new office branch in Sydney. Upsolar Australia will bring new solutions for PV generation and smart grid management to the market and has signed a distribution agreement with Regalgrid Europe s.r.l., a specialist in smart grid technology.
29.03.2017
QSTec to start up its polysilicon facility in Qatar
Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) has announced that it has successfully produced its first polysilicon at its manufacturing facility in Qatar. According to the company, the production has a capacity of 8,000 metric tonnes per year.
28.03.2017
Eurolab has opened preproduction facility for back-contact solar
Eurolab has opened a new lab facility that enables its clients to assess innovations in back-contact solar in a preproduction scale. Eurolab, based west of Rotterdam, is a sister company of Eurotron, a Dutch company providing equipment for manufacturing of back-contact solar PV modules.
24.03.2017
The first CAD for Solar
PVComplete, an Oakland based solar design software provider, introduces PVCAD, the first and - according to the company - only CAD for solar. Powered by Autodesk technology, PVCAD rapidly accelerates solar project design and deployment.
23.03.2017
Hanwha Q CELLS and Kalyon Enerji won Turkish PV tender at a bid of 6.99 US-ct/kWh
A 1 GW tender for the biggest renewable energy project in Turkey's history was won by a 50-50 percent joint venture formed by Hanwha Q CELLS and Kalyon Enerji. Both companies will build a 1.000 MW solar power plant in the Karapınar region in Turkey with the bid of 6.99 US-ct/kWh (6.51 Euro-ct./kWh).
20.03.2017
Photovoltaic Feed