Canadian Forces Base deploys Carmanah solar airfield lights
Greentech Lead Canada: Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright, located in Denwood, Alberta, has selected Carmanah Technologies to be sole supplier of solar airfield solutions...
ABB to acquire Power-One for $1,028 million to boost solar inverter business
Greentech Lead Europe: ABB, a provider of power and automation technology, announced it will acquire Power-One, a provider of renewable energy and of energy-efficient...
Yingli Green Energy PV module attains 93.1% performance ratio in PHOTON Module Yield Test...
Greentech Lead America: Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, a manufacturer of photovoltaic panels under the brand Yingli Solar, announced its multicrystalline module (the YGE...
Masdar launches largest solar PV plant in Africa
Greentech Lead Africa: Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, has launched 15-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
The...
China pushes U.S to No.2 position in renewable energy investment
Greentech Lead America: Renewable energy sector in 2012 grew globally by 88 gigawatts (GW) despite 11 percent decline in investments to $269 billion from...
India and Finland collaborate on solar applications for oil and gas projects
Greentech Lead Asia: India and Finland are collaborating on solar energy applications for oil and gas projects.
Both countries are exploring partnerships in solar energy...
Suntech in talks to sell off stakes in GSF to pay off debts
Greentech Lead Asia: Suntech, the Chinese solar major that filed for bankruptcy last month, may sell its Italian assets as part of its strategy...
LDK Solar defaults payment, reports loss for seventh straight quarter
Greentech Lead Asia: In less than a month after Chinese solar company Suntech filed for bankruptcy, another Chinese solar panel maker, LDK Solar, reported...
Solar water heater market in South Africa limps despite rebate boosts
Greentech Lead Africa: Despite the awareness created by Eskom Solar Water Heater rebate program, solar water heater (SWH) industry in South Africa has not...
Distributed solar PV to achieve grid parity in many markets by 2017, says research
Greentech Lead America: A new report from Navigant Research finds that 220 gigawatts of distributed solar PV capacity will be installed between 2013 and 2018,...