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TULSA, Okla., May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PennWell Corporation announces a new annual conference & exhibition for the large-scale solar power market. Solar POWER-GEN Conference & Exhibition, which will premiere in Long Beach, CA on Feb. 14-16, 2012, will be co-located with the 9th annual Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America. The new event will delve into the specifics of developing, supporting and growing large-scale solar power in North America. (Logo:...
ONTARIO, Canada, May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. First Quarter 2011 Highlights Solar module shipments were 244 MW, up 31.9% from 185MW in the first quarter of 2010Net revenue was $443.4 million, up 31.6% from $336.9 million in the first quarter of 2010Gross profit was $65.3...
MIT researchers have found a way to make solar power perform more efficiently. The team's system produces power using the sun's heat with about eight times the power than previously reported for a solar thermoelectric device. Gang Chen, MIT's Carl Richard Soderberg Professor in Power Engineering and director of the Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratories, said on MIT's website that the concept "is very radical."The new system uses flat, stationary panels similar to...
SAN FRANCISCO and BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) announced today that it had closed financing and begun construction on the 30 megawatt (MW) Webberville Solar project, one of the largest solar PV systems in the U.S. The project, which will be located just outside Austin, Texas, is scheduled to be operational by year-end. Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas), headquartered in Colorado with an Austin office of 20...
MUNICH, Germany, April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, and GP Joule today announced a 97 MW supply agreement. Under the agreement, Canadian Solar will supply its high performance solar modules to GP Joule, with all deliveries under the 97 MW supply agreement to occur before December 31, 2011. The companies have worked together since 2009. GP Joule operates four...
MORIARTY, N.M., April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc. (SCHOTT Solar) and Albuquerque-based Consolidated Solar Technologies (CST) today inaugurated a 50-kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic (PV) solar power system at Moriarty High School. The installation was funded through a grant system initiated in 2009 using funds from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This system marks the fifth installation that CST has performed on New Mexico schools with SCHOTT Solar panels...
PARIS, April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced that the Company has supplied 8 MW of solar modules to a solar power plant constructed by EOSOL Energies and the Caisse des depots et consignations in Villeneuve de Marsan, Aquitaine, France. The new solar power plant, inaugurated on April 18th is expected to provide the equivalent, in terms of...
SAN DIEGO and BERNIN, France, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and subsidiaries of Soitec Solar Development, LLC, a renewable energy company managed by Soitec (Euronext Paris), today announced the signing of three contracts with a combined capacity of 30 megawatts (MW) of solar energy. The electricity will be generated at three solar power plant sites in San Diego County that will use Soitec ConcentrixTM technology. The concentrator...
SAN DIEGO, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) today announced that it has entered into two, 25-year solar power purchase agreements for a total of 80 megawatts (MW) and revised its agreement with renewable energy developer NaturEner to buy power from the company's Rim Rock wind farm project in Montana.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110106/MM26476LOGO)The first of the solar agreements is a 25-year contract with subsidiaries of Sol Orchard, LLC...
MELBOURNE, Australia and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AREVA Solar has been awarded a major contract to install a 44 megawatt solar thermal augmentation project at a 750 megawatt coal-fired power station in Queensland, Australia, representing the largest solar project in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's largest solar/coal-fired power augmentation project. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110413/PH82293 ) AREVA Solar's Australian-pioneered Compact...
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The above image looks at the month of March for the three cycles known as Normal Phase, El-Nino, and La-Nina. The data was recorded for the city of Austin Texas. Remember this is just data for one month during these cycles. Normal: During this cycle incoming solar activity was upwards to 60% efficient for the month, producing enough solar energy that only 40% of the month would have not had strong incoming radiation. EL-Nino: This phase provided the area with an extended number of...
