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LDK Solar registers third-quarter loss
LDK, a Chinese solar panels manufacturer, released its third-quarter financial results, which indicated a higher-than-expected revenue loss because of lower costs for solar energy equipment, factor that weighed substantially on company’s revenue.
read more... 23/11/2011
French Photowatt could bankrupt
Photowatt (PWO), a French solar panel producer, owned by Canadian ATS Automation Tooling Systems INC., is likely to bankrupt denouncing the decrease in demand for solar panels, strong competition mainly from China and balancing global economic situation.
read more... 10/11/2011
Largest solar bridge in the world to be built in UK
The Blackfriars Railway Bridge of London, which is spanning the River Thames, will soon see a massive reconstruction, with 4,400 individual solar panels to be installed, becoming thus the largest solar bridge in the world.
read more... 07/10/2011
A 900% growth in British solar capacity
A 900% increase in the development of the British solar power was registered in just 18 months notwithstanding of a forecasted recession in the British economy. In line with the discharged figures by AEA, a British energy and environmental consultancy firm, solar panels capacity represents about 75% of the renewable installations in the UK, while wind energy and hydropower installations have doubled since the entering into force of the feed- in tariff system.
read more... 27/09/2011
U.S. PV Solar Installations Sharply Increased in Q2 2011
U.S. grid-connected installations of photovoltaic solar panels increased by 69% in Q2 2011 year-over-year, reaching 314 MW, and by 17% quarter-over-quarter mainly due to nonresidential and utility-scale projects which overshadowed a weaker residential solar market as recently published in a report released by industry trade group the Solar Energy Industries Association and research firm GTM Research, U.S. Solar Market Insight.
read more... 21/09/2011