Fish Springs PV 1 Solar Project moves forward

Vidler Water is partnering with Signet Solar to construct a 100 MegaWatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) solar farm north of Reno, Nevada.
Is this the only way to sell out a SunFab manufacturing plant?

In “Washoe planners OK solar farm north of Reno”, the Reno Gazette-Journal said: The Washoe County Planning Commission has unanimously approved a 100-megawatt solar farm at the Fish Springs Ranch about 45 miles north of downtown Reno. Vidler Water Company, a subsidiary of PICO Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PICO), plans to build the project on as many as 1000 acres (404.7 hectare) of the 2670 acre (1081 hectare) Fish Springs Ranch. After the Washoe County Planning Commission’s approval of the Special Use Permit, the project is next subject to review by the Regional Planning Commission. Read More >>

Applied Materials Solar SunFab: By the Numbers

820000 quarter sized equivalent photovoltaic (PV) modules?

With “KSK Surya Photovoltaic Venture Selects SunFab Solar Panel Production Lines for 150MW Project in India”, Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) ended an almost one year three month drought since the last SunFab deal with Moncada Energy Group s.r.l. per “Moncada Enters Solar Energy Market with Contract for Applied Materials' SunFab Thin Film Line”. Should this be viewed as a positive sign of at least a slow recovery from the Great Recession and credit crunch? Perhaps a better question is how have Applied Materials SunFab customers fared to date? In “VLSI Research ranks Top 10 PV Manufacturing Equipment Suppliers for 2008”, I didn’t calculate the MegaWatt-peak (MWp) cumulative production of Applied Materials SunFab customers. At Intersolar

Solar Power 2007: Discussion Panels Aplenty – Part 1

Cost Competitiveness, CEO Panel, and Solar Stocks

If only they were solar panels…

On Tuesday at Solar Power 2007, GABA (German American Business Association) held their 2nd Clean Technology Industry Group event during the Solar Power Conference and Expo. I reported second hand about last year’s event in German Market for Solar Modules soft.

Solar Power: Achieving Cost Competitiveness was this year’s theme, and the panel included five CEOs and Managing Directors from a range of established to new companies:

Anton Milner, CEO, Q-Cells AGKristin Roth, Managing Director Photovoltaics, Roth & Rau AGRobert Gattereder, Managing Director, M+W ZanderSuvi Sharma, CEO, Solaria Corp.