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PSEG Solar Source Acquires 15 MW DC Solar Project from Juwi Solar

PSEG Solar Source announced that it has acquired a 15 MW DC solar project from Juwi Solar (JSI) in Milford, Delaware, and plans to begin construction work this month. Based on signed agreements, JSI will oversee, procure, engineer and also perform maintenance and operation services for this solar project.

26 Sep 2012

Verengo to Host Job Fair at its Newly Opened Office in Concord, California

Verengo Solar, a residential solar installer, will host a job fair on October 6, Saturday, at its newly opened office in Concord, California.

25 Sep 2012

SunPower, Porterville Unified School District Install Solar-Electric Systems in Six District Schools

SunPower, in collaboration with Porterville Unified School District (PUSD), has installed 3.7 MW of solar-electric systems in six district schools. Over a period of 25 years from now, these solar-electric systems are expected to bring down the electricity costs of the district by 44 million US dollars.

25 Sep 2012

Hanwha Solar Delivers PV Modules to France's Largest Solar Rooftop Installation

Hanwha Solar, the flagship entity of the leading Korean enterprise, the Hanwha Group, has supplied photovoltaic (PV) modules of total capacity 7.7 MW to the largest rooftop solar installation in France.

25 Sep 2012

LDK Solar’s Multicrystalline PV Modules Earn “Class A” Rating in PID Tests

LDK Solar announced that LDK photovoltaic (PV) modules have earned a “Class A” rating based on the potential-induced degradation (PID) tests conducted by the laboratories of PV Lab and TUV Rheinland. Since the company’s PV modules exhibited less than 1% reduction in overall performance under the standard test conditions, they were granted the “Class A” rating.

From LDK Solar 25 Sep 2012

New Atomic Layer Deposition Passivation Technology for i-PERC Silicon Solar Cells

Imec, RENA and SoLayTec are presenting a novel atomic layer deposition (ALD) passivation technology for highly efficient i-PERC silicon solar cells at the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EUPVSEC).

From IMEC 25 Sep 2012

Construction Underway on Northwest’s Largest Solar Photovoltaic Plant

Smart Energy Capital, Obsidian Finance and BELECTRIC have reported that 50% of construction has been completed at the 5.7 MW ‘Outback Solar’ photovoltaic project, which is marked as the largest solar power facility in the Northwest

24 Sep 2012

Organic Photovoltaic Modules Achieve Record 5.5% Efficiency

Imec and Solvay have developed an organic photovoltaic module touted to have a world-record efficiency of 5.5%. The companies have collaborated to develop an inverted bulk heterojunction architecture, which they used along with Polyera’s ActivInk semiconductor to achieve the record certified efficiency.

From IMEC 24 Sep 2012

Ascent Solar Technologies Debuts EnerPlex Solar Assisted Battery Case in North Amercia

Ascent Solar Technologies, a provider of advanced flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, has reported the retail debut of its EnerPlex solar assisted battery case for use in iPhone 4 and 4S through its distributor, CommXPERTS. The EnerPlex will be available in the US and in all the regions of North America.

From Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. 18 Sep 2012

DUNMORE’s New DUN-SOLAR TPE Backsheet Increases Productivity and Longevity of Solar Modules

DUNMORE has unveiled a new version of its DUN-SOLAR TPE solar module backsheet, which offers DuPont Tedlar polyvinyl fluoride film’s proven performance in a solar module construction that surpasses existing market prerequisites for durability and total cost of ownership.

12 Sep 2012