The Germany-based organic solar PV company Heliatek will be providing solar films to be used in what will be, once completed, the largest building-integrated organic photovoltaic (BIOPV) project in Asia to date, according to recent reports. The pilot project/program — to bebuilt in Singapore, in partnership withvTrium Energy — will utilize theHeliaFilm organic solar films produced by the Dresden-based solar ...

Major tier-1 PV module manufacturer JinkoSolar expects to start actual production of both solar cells and modules at a new facility in South-East Asia by May 2015. Answering questions during its full-year earnings call, management avoided saying exactly in which South-East Asia country the plant was located but said the plant was in response to the latest round of US anti-dumping duties. The integrated prod ...

PV equipment specialist SCHMID Group has sold eight APCVD systems to three undisclosed Asia-based solar manufacturers. Financial and shipment details were not disclosed. Dr. Christian Buchner, vice president and head of business unit PV at the SCHMID Group said: "The current contracts show the great popularity of our technology and should be interpreted as a clear sign of stimulation of the PV industry. In ...

Proinso recently launched a new Engineering, Procurement and Management (EPM) service program across the area. The Program supported by the Asia Pacific Program Management Office located in Brisbane, Australia, offers Technical support, Project Management services and system monitoring and asset management services ensuring consistency of service across the region. Under the program Proinso has already comp ...

ET Solar Energy Corp. ("ET Solar") announces that its subsidiary ET Solar Australia Pty Ltd has reached agreement on a A$20 million debt financing facility with Clean Energy Finance Corporation ("CEFC") for its business development in the Australian commercial solar market. ET Solar will provide up to A$13.3 million in equity, while the CEFC will provide up to A$20 million in senior debt, which will enable ...

Chinese firm Zhongli Talesun Solar Co Ltd has recently started constructing a 1-GW photovoltaic (PV) equipment factory in Thailand. Initially, the plant will have the annual capacity to manufacture 500 MW of cells and 500 MW of modules. The company’s unit Zhongli Talesun Solar (Thailand) Co Ltd is building the facility in the Thai-China Industrial Park, located in the city of Rayong. The factory is expected ...

Brakes India, a leading auto parts firm, has set up a 7.72-MW solar power plant at its facility at Munanjipatti in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. The plant involved an investment outlay of about Rs.66 crore. It has been set up under the Group Captive Scheme without involving any subsidy mechanism. SunEdison, solar energy services firm, set up the plant for Brakes India. The plant has been set up to mee ...

Zeversolar continues its solar revolution Chinese PV inverter manufacturer doubles sales and minimises failure rates After having completely redesigned and extended its photovoltaic inverter portfolio in 2014, Zeversolar is now planning to double its sales and become one of the leading PV inverter manufacturers in its budget segment. While completely redesigning its portfolio, the Chinese manufacturer has e ...

Finnish scientists believe that renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, will become the cheapest energy for consumers in Asia in next 10 years. A joint project conducted by Finnish Technical Research Center (VTT) at the Lappeenranta University of Technology and the University of Turku has successfully modelled comprehensive energy systems based entirely on renewable energy sources for China, ...

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat's solar dreams are getting bigger. After setting up Asia's largest 500 MW solar park at Charnka village in Patan, the state government plans to set up an even bigger solar park with an estimated capacity of 750 MW in Vav taluka of Banaskantha district. Government sources said that a formal proposal has already been forwarded to the union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE). Over 1 ...