Latest Solar Power company news
Dimplex is underlining its commitment to its presence in the UK renewables sector by expanding its UK sales and marketing team, as well as announcing a multi-million pound investment in new R&D and manufacturing facilities for renewables in Northern Ireland.
The 16-strong team is headed by Chris Davis, business development director for renewables, and consists of dedicated sales managers, a renewables product management team and a team of technical sales support engineers to offer wide-rangin... [more]
Day4 Energy Inc. has announced it has commenced the construction of a turnkey 1.8MW ground mounted photovoltaic power plant in Niedereschach-Fischbach Germany. The project is being built for a private investor group who is a repeat customer of Day4 Energy.
Energy Park Fischbach will be built in the south west of Germany, in the State of Baden Niedereschach-Fischbach within 8 km of the Day4 Energy offices. The energy produced at this solar plant will be sold to the local grid provider under th... [more]
The Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) scheme was closed to applications on Monday 24 May 2010, and although projects which have already applied for funding will be considered, no new applications can now be made.
Dimplex has expressed concern over the sudden closure of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme following the new coalition government’s withdrawal of grant funding for renewables projects as part of its plan to make immediate spending cuts of £6 billion.
The scheme has been key t... [more]
Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has been designed by Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to evaluate microgeneration products and installers to ensure they meet robust criteria. The aims of the scheme are to help establish the quality and reliability of the burgeoning microgeneration industry, to provide consumer confidence that both products and installers reach the exacting standards required and make a substantial contribution towards cutting the UK’s dependency on foss... [more]
SunEdison has activated the first phase of its 16-megawatt solar farm in Davidson County, N.C.
The first phase of the project represents 4 megawatts of generation capacity and is comprised of more than 14,000 solar panels that will generate over 6 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the first year of operation. Duke Energy is buying the farm’s entire output under a 20-year contract.
Over those 20 years, the farm will generate 115 million kilowatt hours of electricity – enough to power... [more]
South Pacific wireless operator Digicel Pacific has installed a hybrid solar-diesel DC power system based on Eltek Valere's Flatpack2 HE Solar Charger to build out its wireless network serving Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Digicel Pacific implemented a 35-tower high capacity microwave backbone and basestation network to provide more bandwidth for its mobile phone customers on the island. But the rugged terrain of PNG, one of the least explored areas in the world, meant that many of those sites were... [more]
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