The state of California is on its way to requiring utilities to store a portion of the renewable energy they generate for off-peak usage.
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Energy Storage Targets May Come to California Soon
Spanish company Grupo OPDE’s subsidiary Mecasolar, which designs, manufactures and installs solar trackers and other equipment for solar power plants in Europe and elsewhere, announced that by the end of 2010, it expects to have installed globally more than 22,000 solar trackers with a total power of 282 MW.
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Italian Solar Market Has 42 MW of Mecasolar Trackers
Shortly after the CIGS thin-film producer MiaSolé signed an agreement with German developer Juwi Solar for 7.5 MW of panels, the two companies announced a much larger supply deal for 600 MW. The move is a positive one for MiaSolé, which has faced delays in scaling up operations.
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MiaSole Signs 600 MW Supply Agreement
For decades, designers of solar power systems have faced a knotty set of interlocking challenges. Solar panels produce DC at relatively low voltages, but inverters require a relatively high input voltage to be able to convert the power to AC and send it to the grid
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Solar Array Design: Parallel Wiring Opens New Doors
Two years ago, GW-scale production facilities were considered a big deal. With more companies reaching the GW range, the next step is to get to multi-GW capacities. That’s exactly what Neo Solar Power Corp
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World’s Largest Solar Cell Manufacturing Plant Underway
