Solar Energy
Friday, 10 June 2011
Dan McCue
Samsung made news this morning at Intersolar Europe 2011, announcing that it will transfer its solar business from Samsung Electronics to Samsung SDI in order to unify its renewables efforts and create synergies.
As part of an effort to its solar business, the company said during a press conference in Munich, Germany that it plans to invest $ 5.5 billion in solar technology development and production by 2020.
The expansion in its rechargeable battery and solar module industries enables Samsung to create a new energy business area focusing on energy generation and storage.
The company currently produces 130 MW of monocrystalline and thin film photovoltaic modules. IN plans outlined during the press conference Samsung indicated that its plans to increase this to 300 MW by 2012, one GW by 2013, three GW by 2015 and, finally, ten GW by 2020.
The company stopped short of announcing plans for additional new production facilities to accommodate the capacity expansion, but a spokesperson did indicate that the company will hire hundreds of new employees this year, mostly for its RR&D division.
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Etrion Chooses ABB to Complete Solar Project in Italy
// Azocleantech.com
Published on June 10, 2011
By Cameron Chai
Etrion, a company that develops, constructs, owns and manages solar power plants, declared that it has contracted an accord with ABB, a power and automation engineering group, to finish building its Helios ITA 3 solar project, designed to generate 10 MW power.
Etrion's Montalto 33 MW solar park in Lazio, Italy
The project is located in the Puglia region of Italy. ABB will provide the design, complete the construction and continue to offer operations and repair services for the solar parks owned by Etrion.
The 10 MW Helios ITA 3 project comprises two solar PV parks presently under construction at Mesagne and Brindisi. Each of the ground-mounted solar parks is designed to generate 5 MW power. Earlier, Etrion on its own has delayed construction of the project to get clarification from the Italian government on the availability of the feed-in-tariff program for the projects that are connected to the grid after 31st May 2011. The company commenced the project on the clarification order issued by the government on 5th May 2011 and chose ABB as its new project contractor to complete the project.
The project is anticipated to get completed by August 2011 and will commence its commercial production under the feed-in-tariff program in the last quarter of 2011. The project is anticipated to receive €0.25 per (kWh as feed-in-tariff in addition to the market price of around €0.08 per kWh. The feed-in-tariff program will pay the guaranteed price to the project for a period of 20 years. The 10 MW project will generate around 16.8 million kWh of power every year and allow Etrion to earn around €4.6 million before the annual deductions such as interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Source: http://www.etrion.com/
http://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=15117
Masdar supplies first full-size modules for Slovakian solar parks
// RenewableEnergyMagazine
Monday, 13 June 2011
REM
At nearly six square metres, the full-size module from Masdar PV is almost as big as a garage door. The leading manufacturer of innovative products and solutions in thin-film photovoltaics is for the first time ever supplying these large thin-film modules for three solar parks with a capacity of 1 MW each to be built in Slovakia.
The Hungarian developer and system integrator, Raabvill Kft., has contracted Masdar PV to supply a total of 6 MW of the silicon-based thin-film PV modules. The first 3 MW will begin supplying renewable solar energy in Slovakia in June 2011. The remaining modules will be installed later that summer.
The large surface area of the full-size modules means that overall system costs are reduced, allowing customers to obtain an attractive cost-benefit ratio. "Our 5.7 square metre large full size modules require fewer inverters and less cable for installation - so set-up and maintenance costs are lower. That creates unmistakable advantages for our customers and we expect the demand for our full-size modules to continue increasing for that reason", explains Dr. Matthias Peschke, Chief Operating Officer at Masdar PV. The COO is very pleased about working with Raabvill Kft.: "In Raabvill Kft. we have a highly experienced and successful partner with very good contacts, particularly with Eastern European investors and government agencies."
Raabvill Kft.'s decision to order from the Ichtershausen-based company is primarily based on the excellent quality of its solar modules as well as the high energy efficiency of 8 % that the modules deliver. With the financial strength of its parent company, Masdar of Abu Dhabi, behind it, Masdar PV also represents a reliable partner in Germany for Raabvill Kft. Peter Krupanszky from Raabvill Kft. puts it this way: "We see this initial large order as the prelude to a successful and long-lasting partnership between Masdar PV and our company."
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Masdar PV
Raabvill
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New efficiency record of 22.4% set by SunPower
// RenewableEnergyMagazine
Monday, 13 June 2011
Toby Price
Last week saw SunPower Corp. launch its new SunPower E20 series of solar panels, the industry's first commercially-available solar panels to achieve total area efficiencies of 20 percent or more.
The new 96-cell E20 solar panels are available in 333-watt and 327-watt models for rooftop installations and feature SunPower's 22.4 percent efficient patented Maxeon cell technology. The all-back contact Maxeon solar cell captures significantly more sunlight and conducts more electrical current than conventional solar cells, and holds the world record for efficiency among commercially available, mass-produced solar cells.
The efficiency of the E20 has been verified by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and none other than Guinness World Records, who certified SunPower's record at a ceremony in Germany.
According to the Californian company, as well as record-breaking efficiencies, customers will also benefit from two new features offered by the E20 series: positive power tolerance rating, which “ensures that the power generated by each panel meets that panel's rating, or up to five percent more — but not less, as is common in the industry”; and comprehensive inverter compatibility, which offer customers “the flexibility to use the highest performing transformer-less inverters to maximize system output”.
"With the E20 series solar panels, SunPower has once again broken a world record for efficiency," said SunPower CEO Tom Werner. "SunPower consistently delivers the most efficient and reliable solar technology on the market, guaranteed to deliver the greatest return on investment to our customers."
The prototype for the E20 was successfully developed using funds provided by the US Department of Energy (DOE) under its Solar America Initiative, which was awarded to SunPower approximately four years ago. The E20 efficiency rating was confirmed by the DOE's National Renewable Energy Lab.
SunPower's E20 series solar panels will be offered in Europe and Australia this year, with availability extended in North America and Asia in early 2012.
LAst month, SunPower's president emeritus and co-founder, Dr. Richard Swanson, was handed the 2011 Karl Boer Solar Energy Medal of Merit, in recognition of the significant contribution he has made to the promotion of solar as an alternative source of energy through research, development or economic enterprise.
Swanson is one of the world's most recognised leaders in the advancement of photovoltaics and a pioneer in commercialising cost-effective PV power systems like those described above. In 1985, he founded SunPower with the goal of commercializing large-scale photovoltaic power plants based on high efficiency silicon solar cells. With a grant from venture capitalists, the Electric Power Research Institute and the U.S. Department of Energy, Swanson and his group developed the silicon concentrator solar cells that continue to hold the efficiency record today. His research also led to the development of new methods of studying the impact of large doping densities in semiconductors, and associated physical theories, that paved the way for optimized doping profiles in solar cells.
"When SunPower was founded 26 years ago, solar was little more than a concept," said Richard Swanson, president emeritus and co-founder. "Today, solar is becoming main stream and it is highly gratifying to be a part of this energy revolution. SunPower has contributed to the phenomenal growth of solar, and I have been fortunate to work with extraordinary engineers to deliver the highest efficiency, most reliable technology on the market today. It is my extreme privilege to receive this award."
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SunPower Corp
http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/energias/renovables/index/pag/pv_solar/colleft//colright/pv_solar/tip/articulo/pagid/15854/botid/71/
Canadian Solar to build 600 MW plant with China's GCL-Poly
// Reuters
May 31
Canadian Solar Inc said it formed a joint venture to build a 600 megawatt (MW) wafer plant in Suzhou in Eastern China, with a unit of polysilicon producer GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd .
The total cost for the first phase of the project will be $77 million and the majority will be financed through debt, while the rest will be financed through registered capital, the solar panel maker said.
Canadian Solar, which operates mainly in China, said the initial capacity of 600 MW can be expanded to 1.2 gigawatt.
The plant will enable it to reach about 2 GW of internal solar cell capacity during the first quarter of 2012.
Ontario, Canada-based Canadian Solar's shares closed at $9.28 on Friday on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Vaishnavi Bala in Bangalore; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)
http://ru.reuters.com/article/idUKL3E7GV1U420110531
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