Solarworld joins the Greenforce range

Greenforce Energy is delighted to welcome back Solarworld to our range. The panels were briefly not available due to some unexpectedly high demand in Queensland. Solarworld panels are the only true German solar panels completely made in Germany from German made solar cells.  Due to unfair competition from producers in other countries, many unsubsidised producers from Germany were forced out of the market, leaving only the strongest & the best – Solarworld Ag. Solarworld facilities have been producing solar panels in Germany and the...

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Victorian Solar Energy PFIT Reduced

Victoria has reduced the level of its feedin tariff for solar energy to 25c / kilowatt-hour (units of energy). This change is a reasonable measure, in view of the improved economics of solar power. The exchange rate, increasing numbers of panels suppliers, and improved economies of scale have all contributed to the reduced cost base of modern solar systems. Solar still makes great sense in Victoria. Had a system for some time ? Consider a solar system...

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Star Performer

If you want it to run longer….. Many people are familiar with Schott as a result of their excellent glass products, however, what is less well known is that Schott Solar has the best in-house quality testing facility of any major manufacturer. Photon magazine tests have borne out time and time again the excellent performance provided by Schott solar’s quality European manufactured modules, and now Schott leads the field in the new, more comprehensive PV+ Test program of TÜV Rheinland & Solarpraxis. The SCHOTT Protect range...

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Conergy finishes UK’s biggest PV park

Conergy has completed a massive five megawatt (MW) PV Solar farm in Hawton, Nottinghamshire. The Hawton solar project is owned and has been developed by Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd with funding from Octopus Investments. With planning approval received only on May 24, the project was installed in in a record time of just six weeks, owing to a feed-in tariff deadline. The park features Conergy’s flagship German manufactured PowerPlus modules, renowned for quality and performance as result of the highly automated manufacturing...

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Conergy cracks 3rd Thai MW class project

With the 12.4 megawatt solar park in Thailand’s Nakhon Pathom province, global solar provider Conergy is building its 3rd solar park in the SE Asian nation within one year. Together with its local partner Annex Power, the German PV specialist is constructing a park covering an area of 268,500 square meters – equivalent to the size of ‘Aussie Stadiums’. Conergy’s own inverters, and the German manufactured Conergy PowerPlus modules will be used in the project, showing that utilities in Asia have an appetite for reliable...

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Conergy racking used in massive 1.7MW plant

Conergy Corporate Headquarters, Hamburg, Germany: Conergy AG has successfully completed the installation of the Canary Islands’ largest Solar PV plant, being 1.7MW in total capacity employing 7,600 Conergy PowerPlus Modules. It is expected that the reasonably flat panel installation will produce approximately  2,600 megawatt hours of electricity per year. A feature of the installation was the Conergy Suntop III mounting hardware used by Greenforce Energy. More than 15 kilometrs of Conergy mounting systems, comprising both the Conergy...

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Another feed-in tariff success story

Off the back of the German solar feeding tariff laws, Solarworld AG built a thriving solar panel export business that is now a truly global player, with 1.4GW capacity expected to be online by the end of this year. As a result of continued success, SolarWorld Groupwide earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased in financial year 2010 by 26 % , climbing 40.0 million euros to € 192.8m (for comparison, in 2009 it was € 152.8m). This stellar result was achieved by increasing volumes in the face of low industry pricing. Solarbuzz...

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Conergy announces sales increase of 50%

Hamburg, Feb 23, 2011 – (Source: Conergy AG) In the past financial year Conergy AG increased its sales by more than 50% to € 913.5 million (2009: € 600.9 million). The improved result can be attributed to its efforts to further expand both its national and international business. With 54% of the total, Conergy´s international sales remained on a high level. At the same time, the solar PV firm also improved earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). For the first time since 2006, Conergy was in the black...

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NSW Solar PV Bonus Scheme Review – 20c is new baseline

Upon reaching 50MW installed capacity, the NSW Government has reduced the successful 60c solar feed-in tariff to 20c, as a result of unexpected demand. Review points of note Will still operate until original 31 December 2016 deadline; Existing customers will continue to receive the 60 cent credit for export, provided the system size and ownership are unchanged; New customers will connect at the base rate of 20c, although retailers are offering between 20 and 28c for exported power; and Once 300MW of installed capacity is reached, a further...

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Spark Solar announces new patent applications

New Spark patents pending Spark now has a total of three patents pending that relate specifically to module design. The new work targets three different areas: form, function and safety. ‘Form’ relates to a more aesthetic module design, ‘safety’ to the safety, particularly of roof-top PV systems and ‘function’ is about a higher power output over the life of the system.  

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