Wow! Ted Turner’s newest renewable investment firm; Southern Turner Renewable Energy has wasted no time in signing its first solar plant, a 30 MW thin film PV project they just contracted from First Solar, within months after opening their doors for business. Construction will start this month. [social_buttons] The brand … [continued]
Obama said just the other day that “the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy,” and I got into a little discussion about the rivalry between Obama and the President of China, Hu Jintao, on this topic. I thought I would … [continued]
First Solar’s utility-scale PV plant has now been up and running, in Blythe, California, for its first full month. Once it got a go-ahead in the summer It only took three months to build.
One of the solar industry’s corporate giants, First Solar, announced recently that it expects sales for fiscal year 2010 to reach between $2.7 billion and $2.9 billion. This is about $300 to $500 million more than Wall Street expectations. Despite the current economic situation, and a major recent let-down in … [continued]
A new report by iSuppli Corp. predicts that by 2013, 31% of the solar panel market will be accounted for by thin-film solar panels. These thin-film panels are rapidly replacing traditional crystalline photovoltaic panels. [social_buttons] Thin-film solar is being used in a variety of new applications, from solar roof shingles … [continued]
Candy giant MARS, parent company of M&M’S®, DOVE®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, 3 MUSKETEERS®, and TWIX®, turned on a huge new solar array (a “solar garden”) at its headquarters in New Jersey today. No matter what you think of candy food like this, it is good to see such a company … [continued]
On Tuesday, the announcement that U.S.-based First Solar and the Chinese government will partner to build a 2GW photovoltaic (PV) power plant Ordos New Energy Demonstration Zone in China, sent shockwaves of excitement through the solar and clean energy communities. The memorandum of understanding, which both companies signed on Tuesday, … [continued]
