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Recap: Growth Opportunities in Utility-Scale Solar Conference
Last week, Greentech Media held our third annual conference attached to Intersolar North America. This year’s topic was Growth Opportunities in Utility-Scale Solar: Projects,Finance and Policy. Thanks to the intrepid Shanna Hoversten, we now have a recap of the conference highlights: Keynote Address Steve Malnight, Vice President, Renewable Energy, EnergyProcurement Team, Pacific Gas & [...]
Utility Scale Solar Discussed Online
Rob DeLine, managing director of solar marketing at AppliedMaterials, discussed the positive economic impact of utility scale solar and its potential to create jobs and manufacturing ecosystems incommunities across the world on Twitter today as part of this week’sseries of online conversations on various aspects of solar energy. Below are some of the points Rob touched [...]
Utility-scale PV inverter market to grow 60%
IDC Energy Insights announced the availability of a new report, VendorAssessment: Industry Short List for Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Inverters for the North American Market (Doc #EI223398, June 2010) and revealsthat the utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) inverter market is on pace tocontinue its 60 percent annual growth in the North American market forat least the next three to [...]
SCE Selects Satcon Inverters For Large-Scale Solar Program
Satcon Technology Corp., a provider of utility-scale power solutions for therenewable energy market, says its PowerGate Plus 500 kW inverter has been selected by Southern California Edison (SCE) to supplyinverters for at least 75% of its Solar Photovoltaic Program (SPVP)Project. As part of the SPVP, SCE plans to install, own andoperate up to 250 MW [...]
Utility-Scale Energy Storage to Reach Nearly 150 GW by 2015
More than 128,000 megawatts of energy storage are currently attached tothe power grid worldwide, and more will be needed if renewable energysources are to be integrated into the modern electrical grid, accordingto ABI Research. Renewable energy sources typically areintermittent by their very nature; solar power facilities don’t generate electricity at night, and wind farms can’t [...]
groSolar, DECK Monitoring Partner On Large-Scale Solar Plant Monitoring
groSolar has expanded its proprietary energy monitoring solution,groEnergy Watch, to include a seamless solution for large-scale solar PV installations. Through a partnership with DECK Monitoring, the companywill be making the improved groEnergy Watch solution available to itsnational network of dealer-installers and commercial installationcustomers in June. The DECK commercial-system platform connectsseamlessly with the groEnergy Watch system [...]
Autodesk Inventor Helps Utility Scale Solar Save Capital and Speed Up Development
Utility Scale Solar Inc. (USS) is successfully using Autodesk Inventorsoftware to accelerate development of its sun-tracking systems, whilesaving millions of dollars in capital investment. USS creditsAutodesk Inc.’s Clean Tech Partner Program, which provides softwaregrants for emerging clean tech companies in North America, and Autodeskreseller KETIV Technologies for introducing the company to DigitalPrototyping with Inventor and [...]
Solaria Now Shipping Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Modules
Solaria Corp., a Fremont, Calif.-headquartered manufacturer of solar modules,has begun shipping its crystalline photovoltaic solar modules to customers in North America, Europe, and Asia. Solaria’scrystalline module uses patented technology to provide all thereliability, performance, and quality of a standard silicon module at alower cost, according to the company. Solaria uses only proven,UL-listed materials that are standard [...]
Trina Solar intros powerful utility scale solar module $tsl
Trina Solar Ltd, a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to theassembly of PV modules, announced that its subsidiary, Changzhou TrinaSolar Energy Co. Ltd, is launching its new utility-scale solar module(TSM-PC14). Trina Solar will unveil the new TSM-PC14 in May atSolarexpo 2010 in Verona, Italy. [...]