SonnenEnergy Corp. has announced the resignation of its CFO John Ross. The reason for the resignation was not disclosed; however the company is already in the process of finding a suitable replacement for Mr. Ross.
Constellation Wines U.S. has announced its plan to power its Gonzales Winery in Monterey County, California with the help of a 1.2MW solar power installation. The project will see the installation of 6,358 Mitsubishi Electric 185W solar panels on approximately 170,000 square feet of the winery’s warehouse roof.
Demand for SC GaAs bulk substrates from the photovoltaic industry has the potential to grow at a rate of 79% by 2013, representing over 20% of demand, according to the latest analysis from Strategy Analytics. LEDs currently represent the largest section of the market, with 39% of demand.
In two supply agreements totalling 58MW, Yingli Green Energy has signed contracts with German PV companies GeckoLogic GmbH and Sinosol AG. GeckoLogic has ordered 28MW of modules, with an option to order an additional 7MW, while Sinosol will be supplied with 30MW.
Suntech will supply 1.6MW of solar panels to Sun Devil Solar LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrys Energy Services, for its PV project with Arizona State University (ASU). The panels will be installed on top of two elevated parking structures in the centre of ASU’s main campus using a tracking system. The project will be the state’s largest building-mounted project when it reaches completion at the end of 2008.
On a recent US Clean Energy and Environment Trade Mission to India and China, Patrick Peyton (pictured), Chairman and CEO of Despatch Industries, spoke with leading Indian government officials in New Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai on the subject of clean technology business opportunities. The mission, which was led by U.S. Commerce Assistant Secretary David Bohigian and Carmine D’Aloisio, Minister-Counselor for Commercial Affairs, saw the participation of 19 industry delegates.
SolarPower Restoration Systems, Inc., the BIPV technology company, has announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent with SBM Solar, Inc. for the supply of a minimum of 10MW of solar modules per year for the three years commencing 2009. The modules will incorporate SBM’s new polymer surfaced composite panel crystalline module design.
The California Academy of Sciences (Academy) in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California is to reopen this weekend following a closure for establishment of the new facility. An interesting aspect of this new construct is the ‘Living Roof’, an architecturally designed display roof that features 60,000 SunPower solar cells incorporated in 720 custom-built glass panels.
SolFocus has announced its completion of the installation of its CPV system at the Institute of Concentration Photovoltaic Systems’ (ISFOC) 3MW municipal power production facility. Of the three companies involved in contracts with ISFOC in this phase of the project, SolFocus is the first to complete installation and have its CPV panels tested for quality of performance. The two SolFocus-installed power plants are 200kW at Puertollano and 300kW at Almoguera, Spain.
Nanjing, China-based ET Solar Group Corp. has entered into a 1MW dual-axis tracking system contract with Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. The tracking systems, which were jointly developed by ET Solar Group and Meca Solar, each boast a peak power of more than 11kW and will be installed at a location close to San Francisco.
