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The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has shared that the industry is already witnessing losses and has emphasised on the significance of tax credit extension.
The Association says there are losses every day in the wake of the credits being on hold.
Alternate Energy Technologies (AET) has set up a new division, AE Design, to assist with the design and installation of commercial solar thermal applications.
As per the information available, the new division will be led by Jeremy Mills.
eSolar has appointed Craig Tyner, Ph.D., as senior vice president of engineering.
Tyner joins eSolar’s executive team following the company’s deal with Southern California Edison. The company is to build a total of 245 MW of concentrating solar plants in the Antelope Valley region of Southern California. The series of fully operational plants will begin production in 2011.
eSolar appoints SVP engineering in Craig Tyner
CSP and CPV Investment & Finance Summit Special
“One thing investors want above all from their policy-makers is policy certainty”.
This statement recently came from Amadeus Capital Partners Limited’s Patrick Burtis during an interview, conducted in the context of CSP and CPV Investment & Finance Summit, scheduled to take place on 8-9 October in Madrid.
Industry seeks uniformity and certainty in policies pertaining to CSP and CPV
MAN Ferrostaal Inc., the US subsidiary of German company MAN Ferrostaal AG, may go for the construction related to its solar thermal power business in Cleveland.
The development has emerged as the company has moved its US headquarters to Cleveland.
MAN Ferrostaal gets attracted to Cleveland’s manufacturing culture
Organisers announced today that well over 300 attendees have already signed up for the 2nd CSP Summit taking place on September 30 – October 1 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, and spaces are fast filling up.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) believes solar developers need to continue to work on delivering a higher value product through lower prices and optimisation of the plant and technology to meet Utility portfolio needs.
PG&E would like the solar companies to propose projects with high viability.
Schott Solar has entered into a multi-year supply contract with DC Power Systems to supply the company with over 13 MW of photovoltaic modules.
The contract is the first one between the two companies.
Schott plans to manufacture the modules in its two US sites: one in Billerica, Mass., and one under construction in Albuquerque, N.M.
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) has decided to extend the deadline for bids for its solar power plant till the end of September, reported Middle East Business Intelligence.
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s $15 billion future energy initiative, is developing CSP plants in Abu Dhabi, and their flagship plant “Shams 1″ is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Masdar extends deadline for Shams 1 plant
Solel Solar Systems has opened a $9 million solar reflector manufacturing facility in Finland. The facility is located in Akaa, about 200 kilometers north of Helsinki.
It has the capacity to produce 240,000 parabolic solar reflectors a year, enough to power a 50 MW power plant.
Solel and Glaston open new solar reflector manufacturing facility
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