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JA Solar’s Photovoltaic Modules Pass RETC’s High-Grade Class 4 Hail Test

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that its PV modules have passed the high-grade Class 4 Hail Test conducted by RETC in May at its facility located at Fremont, California, following the successful pass of the similar test conducted by TÜV Rheinland in early March this year.

17 Jun 2015

Whirlpool, One Energy and the Findlay Community Break Ground on $18 Million Wind Farm

Whirlpool Corporation, the world's largest global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances broke ground today on the Findlay Wind Farm, an $18 million "Wind for Industry" project, financed by One Energy, which provides energy solutions for large electric consumers.

17 Jun 2015

Hawboldt Industries Secures Multi-Million Dollar Contract with Cape Sharp Tidal Project

A third Nova Scotian company has secured a multi-million dollar contract with the Cape Sharp Tidal project, which has potential to be the first grid-connected tidal array in the world.

17 Jun 2015

Yingli Solar Connects 50MW PV Power Plant in Handan City to the Utility Grid

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world's leading solar panel manufacturers, known as "Yingli Solar," today announced that it has connected its 50 MW PV power plant, located in Hebei Province, China, to the utility grid.

17 Jun 2015

First Solar Achieves Record 18.6% Aperture Efficiency for CdTe PV Modules

A third Nova Scotian company has secured a multi-million dollar contract with the Cape Sharp Tidal project, which has potential to be the first grid-connected tidal array in the world.

From First Solar, Inc. 17 Jun 2015

Researchers Develop New Method for Converting Squalene to Gasoline or Jet Fuel

A new method of converting squalene, which is produced by microalgae, to gasoline or jet fuel, has been developed by the research group of Professor Keiichi Tomishige and Dr. Yoshinao Nakagawa from Tohoku University's Department of Applied Chemistry, and Dr. Hideo Watanabe from the University of Tsukuba.

16 Jun 2015

Flisom Inaugurates 15MW Pilot Production Plant in Niederhasli

The figures are impressive: from 15 to 55 employees in just over 1.5 years, a brand-new 4’500 square meter pilot production plant in Niederhasli in the outskirts of Zurich with a production capacity of 15 MW (megawatts) in installed solar energy and another financing round of CHF 10 million.

15 Jun 2015

Iberdrola Renewables to Supply Energy from Twin Buttes II Wind Project to Tri-State

Iberdrola Renewables today announced a 25-year contract to supply Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State) – a wholesale electric power supplier owned by 44 electric cooperatives and public power districts across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming – with renewable energy from the planned Twin Buttes II Wind Project.

12 Jun 2015

OCI Solar Power Commences Construction on 110MW Alamo 6 Solar Plant in Texas

San Antonio-based OCI Solar Power LLC is announcing the start of construction on the 110-megawatt (MW) Alamo 6 solar plant located in Pecos County, Texas. Once constructed, this will be the largest solar plant in Texas and one of the largest dual-axis solar projects in the world.

12 Jun 2015

HiQ Solar Receives Solar Innovation Award for TrueString 480V 8kW 3-Phase Inverter

At a ceremony held at the Intersolar Europe trade show in Munich, Germany, Dr. Lutz Henckels, CEO of HiQ Solar received the Award for solar innovation for the TrueString 480V. "HiQ Solar's device is a worthy winner of the Intersolar Award 2015," said the judging panel.

12 Jun 2015