Israel’s “solar village” boasts solar power on over 70 percent of its roofs
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 Toby Price In the settlement Ram-On in Israel, modules from aleo solar AG produce solar power on over 70 percent of the roofs. Aleo’s Israeli partner, Solenergy Ltd., installed the photovoltaic plants with an ...
Mage Solar installs photovoltaic modules on a Manhattan skyscraper
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 REM Germany’s Mage Solar has installed more than 650 PV solar modules atop a 50-story skyscraper in New York City, making it one of the largest solar installations in the “city that never sleeps” an...
Plans in place to integrate organic solar panels into building façades
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 Toby Price Heliatek GmbH, a global leader in high-end solar PV technology, has signed a joint development agreement with RECKLI GmbH, a world leader in the manufacture of elastic moulds for concrete building fa...
Same PV array boasts double the output in Africa than in Central Europe, finds JRC
Monday, 20 February 2012 REM The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a study mapping the potential of renewable energy sources in Africa. The report analyses the current energy consumption in Africa and assesses potential o...
The Netherlands
Four prizes awarded for best Dutch achievements in solar power
Monday, 20 February 2012 REMThe Dutch Solar Awards were presented last week to TULiPPS Solar, Scheuten Solar, SoLayTec and Gijs Dingemans, selected from a field of fifty competitors and twelve finalists.
SunEdison releases study promoting solar PV self-consumption
Friday, 17 February 2012 Toby Price The solar PV multinational, Sun-Edison, has prepared a report which argues that a policy framework to recognize “consumers’ right to self-consume their own electricity” at European level is need...
Solar firm UpSolar harnesses social networks to “crowdsource” next advertising campaign
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 REMUpsolar, an international provider of solar PV modules, has unveiled a contest to create its 2012 advertising campaign.
South Africa
New detailed solar resource maps released for African nation
Monday, 13 February 2012 REM Renewable Energy Magazine has recently written about the rise and rise of South African renewables, a trend that is reflected by this month’s announcement that GeoModel Solar has released the most d...
Parasol Energy begins production of advanced solar modules in Bangladesh
Monday, 13 February 2012 REM Parasol Energy Ltd, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, has begun producing advanced solar modules in the South Asian Republic in a bid to help people generate electricity by themselves for agricultural...
United Kingdom
Solar could become “plaything for wealthy”
Thursday, 09 February 2012 Toby Price DECC has today announced proposals to ensure the future of the feed-in tariff scheme to make it more predictable. “Transparency, longevity and certainty are at the heart of the new improved scheme...
Developments in Latin America include big gains for renewables and wind
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