Conditions are ideal for the first international fairs dedicated to the Argentinean renewable energies industry.   Solar Argentina 2012, the event on photovoltaic, thermal and concentrated solar energy, opens tomorrow at the La Rural fair centre of Buenos Aires, and will continue until Thursday 5 July.   Together with Eolica Argentina 2012, the fair dedicated [...]

  Heliatek GmbH, technology leader in the field of organic solar films, continues to set new world records for organic solar cells. The company has commissioned SGS, an accredited and independent testing facility, with a measurement campaign of its latest organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells. The result of this campaign is a new world record for [...]

  Around 10,000 solar modules supply environmentally friendly power SCHOTT Solar AG and CANOPY SAS announce the successful completion of their Mediterranean solar energy project. A solar park that features approximately 10,000 photovoltaic modules from the German manufacturer was recently completed near Ucciani in central Corsica. SCHOTT Solar and Canopy developed the project in partnership [...]

  Turkey decision to simplify the process for developing solar power projects of up to 500 kilowatts will spur a boom in installations, the industry’s main lobby group said.      The government published legislation last week that allows the plants to start production without getting a license, Nafiz Kaya, a spokesman for the Turkish [...]

  Exceeds Shipment Guidance Improves Accounts Receivable and Inventory by more than $450 Million Completes Third Quarter 2011 Impairment Assessment of Goodwill, Intangibles, and Certain Investments     Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of solar panels, today announced preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended [...]

This might change during the next few years – says Tomasz Slusarz, CEO of Solar PV Consulting – observing the policy and market situation on the global markets for the past 8 years and comparing it to the current situation in Russia, I am quite confident that cumulative solar installed capacity in Russia can reach above 1 or even 2 GW by 2020, and I could bid with anyone on that.