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SunPower Starts Production of Maxeon High Efficiency Cell

03.28.2012
San Jose, California, United States
SunPower Corporation's Maxeon™ solar cell is now in commercial production. This high efficiency solar cell delivers sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency of up to 24 percent.

Upsolar Expands Presence in Balkan Region

03.27.2012
Paris, France
Module supplier, Upsolar is partnering with Plan-net Solar, a provider of construction services, to install a 1.2 MW rooftop PV system in Slovenia – the company’s largest system in the country to date. Plan-net Solar, the exclusive Upsolar distributor in Slovenia, recently completed the project’s 783-kW first phase; the entire system is...

Schott Solar Constructs PV Projects in Greece

03.27.2012
Mainz, Germany
SCHOTT together with its partner ENVIRON, the company is currently building solar parks with a secured total output of 17 megawatts.

Schneider Electric to Construct PV Plants in Bulgaria

03.27.2012
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Schneider Electric has been chosen as an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) for the construction, network connection and operation of two solar power plants in Bulgaria.

NexPower Supplies Modules to New Jersey 10 MW Project

03.27.2012
Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan based thin film manufacturer, NexPower Technology Corporation, has recently started suppling its silicon tandem technology modules in New Jersey s to a 10MW ground mounted utility project. This month NexPower shipped out a total of 10MW of its thin film panels to be used for the project. The construction phase is scheduled to start soon in the second quarter....

Constellation Energy Awarded Solar Contract for 17 Government Buildings

03.26.2012
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Constellation Energy has been awarded a new General Services Administration electricity supply contract for 17 federal buildings in California, including the Court of Appeals building in San Francisco. The one-year contract renewal sustains Constellation’s federal supply to 2.7 million megawatt hours of electricity per year, serving...

SolarWorld Reports 2011 Financial Results

03.23.2012
Berlin, Germany
Today, the consolidated financial statements of SolarWorld AG were published for fiscal year 2011. Business in modules and components rose 14 percent, whereas external shipments for wafers dropped. The foreign sales rose to 68 percent in 2011, compared with 59 percent in 2010, in line with the company's globalization strategy.