Solar energy brings power to rural Africa
By Catriona Davies, for CNN, August 23, 2010 --
* 95 percent in rural sub-Saharan Africa have no access to electricity.
* Solar power is a cheap, safe, clean alternative to kerosene lamps.
* Rural Energy Foundation supports local entrepreneurs to sell low-cost solar systems.
(CNN) -- In rural communities of Africa -- where more than 95 percent of homes have no access to electricity -- solar energy has the power to transform lives....
Using arid land to power the country
One of the main problems with wind and solar power is covering huge tracts of land with solar panels and windmills - so why not use arid land instead?
(...) The New York Times recently revealed that thousands of acres of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley, that are no longer used for agricultural purposes due to salt contamination from years of irrigations, are to be utilized for potential solar power complexes.
The plan to use 30,000 acres of previously unusable land is one of many plans being developed by American utility companies to make the countryâs power supplies as diverse and renewable as possible. As such, the construction of the proposed Westlands Solar Park offers greener alternatives to potentially several nuclear power stations and will be able to generate as much energy as the controversial units.
Game Park converts 100% to solar energy
Reserve owner plans skills development program to help train up locals in an area where unemployment has hit 97%
Business Day, Published: 2010/08/20
Aquila Private Game Reserve outside Cape Town has concluded a deal which will see all its daylight energy requirements covered by solar power.
With the installation of a 60 kilowatt facility, the initial step in the development of a 50 MegaWatt plant, the game reserve will be using a Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) system, with panels that move to track the sun.
Senegal: M. Alassane Diagne - « Face à la prise en otage des usagers par la SENELEC, prÎnons les énergies renouvelables »
Alassane Diagne, 18 Août 2010, Journal Sud Quotidien
(...) Avec des besoins Ă©nergĂ©tiques toujours grandissants, et la flambĂ©e toujours continuelle du prix du baril de pĂ©trole, mĂȘme si l'on note une petite baisse actuellement, les Ă©nergies renouvelables sont une alternative pour un approvisionnement Ă©nergĂ©tique dans le monde rural mais aussi urbain. Et parmi elles, l'Ă©nergie solaire et l'Ă©nergie Ă©olienne occupent une bonne place et surtout dans nos pays oĂč le soleil brille Ă longueur de journĂ©e et d'annĂ©e et le vent balaie nos cĂŽtes du nord au sud, sur tout le littoral.(...)
A qui donc servent le fait de signer la convention de Kyoto, ou de participer à la conférence de Bonn sur les énergies renouvelables et particuliÚrement le solaire et celle toute récente de Coppenhage ?
Energie domestique : Tous inégaux devant le délestage
Samedi, 21 Août 2010 Midi-Madagasikara
(âŠ) Les usines, ateliers dâouvrages mĂ©talliques, menuiseries et autres salons de coiffure, ont ainsi dĂ» tourner au ralenti, voire cessĂ© leurs activitĂ©s en fin dâaprĂšs-midi, depuis hier. Les particuliers, quant Ă eux, sâĂ©taient dĂ©jĂ prĂ©parĂ©s Ă lâavance en incluant dans les courses, les paquets de bougies et autres lampes solaires, chargĂ©es durant la journĂ©e et autonomes pendant environ une heure.
Lampes solaires : Ventes en flĂšche
Samedi, 21 Août 2010 , Midi-Madagasikara, Madagaskar
Outre les bougies et les piles, les lampes solaires et les lampes rechargeables ont Ă©tĂ© particuliĂšrement recherchĂ©es cette semaine en prĂ©vision du dĂ©lestage. La vente de ces produits pouvant se substituer aux Ă©clairages Ă©lectriques a ainsi explosĂ© depuis hier. Les magasins spĂ©cialisĂ©s comme les quincailleries ont vu les demandes augmenter. Une vingtaine de lampes Ă nĂ©on rechargeables ont Ă©tĂ© Ă©coulĂ©es par jour, chez un magasin spĂ©cialisĂ© Ă Behoririka. Leur coĂ»t varie de Ar 40 000 Ă Ar 100 000 environ en fonction de la qualitĂ© et de la marque. Dâautres types de lampes fonctionnant Ă piles, moins chĂšres puisque vendues entre Ar 5 000 et Ar 10 000, ont Ă©tĂ© plus accessibles aux consommateurs Ă revenus moyens.
Les ventes de bougies ont, elles aussi connu une hausse inhabituelle depuis hier soir, chez les Ă©piciers de quartier. « Nos clients habituels sont les familles qui habitent des logements sans Ă©lectricitĂ©, mais en ce moment, sây ajoutent le reste de la population qui se prĂ©pare au dĂ©lestage », explique un Ă©picier dâAndravoahangy qui a Ă©coulĂ© jusquâĂ 25 paquets de bougies de 10 unitĂ©s, rien que dans lâaprĂšs-midi dâhier. Bref, pour lui, les affaires ont Ă©tĂ© plutĂŽt bonnes !
Donnerstag, 19. August 2010
FG determined to reduce unemployment, says Labour Minister
National News Aug 16, 2010 Vanguard, Nigeria - By Victor Ahiuma-Young
ABUJAâMINISTER of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has said the Federal Government is determined to bring down the rate of unemployment in the country.... Muâazu in his speech had cited the power reform programme and President Jonathanâs promise to boost electricity generation through Mambila hydroelectric power project, Dadin Kowa hydroelectric and electricity project in Gombe State, Tiga Dam solar electricity project in Kano State, Gurara dam and Zungeru hydroelectricity projects...
Solar energy to save lives
By Charissa Sparks
Pakistani girl uses the solar light bulb to read at night. (Caption Credit: Nokero)
15 August 2010 [MediaGlobal]: An estimated 1.5 million deaths in Africa have been caused by the use of kerosene lamps. In an effort to address this issue, the first solar-powered light bulb is now being distributed as an alternative for people in developing countries who live without electricity....âSolar powered lights can be considered a substitute for kerosene lamps in many ways, but the key is how one packages innovative financing along with solar lighting that is what will make it affordable for the poor,â Hande explained....At present, the cost of these solar bulbs is a main concern for Nokero. A single unit is sold for $15, but when sold in bulk, the price will be significantly lowered, with some as low as $6. âThere is a great need for these light bulbs, and many people will be able to use them,â Boyd stated.
Finding ways to make these solar lights available will reduce the number of kerosene lamps needed, providing safer and healthier living situations for the vast amount of people living without electricity today.
Exxaro
Published: 19.08.2010 Business-Day, 17.8.10
Exxaro and partners in its evolving clean energy company, Exxaro Energy, could consider listing the company on the JSE late next year, depending on its financing needs, says business growth GM Ernst Venter.
Exxaro has said previously its clean energy company planned to build up to about 3500MW-4000MW of capacity from different sources by 2020. These sources include about 600MW from co- generation, wind and solar projects and 600MW-1200MW from a proposed baseload independent power station at Thabametsi in Limpopo.
er. In the entire property, there is no connection to the main city power grid mains. Nearly 100Burundi's Pinnacle, an eco-friendly paradise
East African Business Week, 16.8.10
EABW CORRESPONDENT
RICHARD BRANSON: Avoid âwinnersâ in the energy debate
WHEN I recently wrote that we need to invest more aggressively in alternative energy, in light of the oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
RICHARD BRANSON. Published: 2010/08/19 Business Day, SĂŒdafrika
I would also caution against picking âwinnersâ in this debate. As an entrepreneur, I have often found that it is precisely when entrenched interests refuse to change that I have had an opportunity to make money by doing things differently. While Iâm a big proponent of nuclear and geothermal energy, these technologies are generally the domain of entrenched interests, and those interests push them very hard. The solar, wind, biomass and energy-efficiency sectors are generally led by entrepreneurs, which is why they have been so successful in the past 10 years, raising more than 150bn in project finance this year alone.
McKinsey upbeat about sub-Saharan growth, reform
SUB-Saharan Africa is weathering the global downturn better than most other parts of the world and is projected to grow by 3,8% and 4,5% this year and next year respectively.
EDWARD WEST. Published: 2010/08/17 Business Day, SĂŒdafrika
The region was positioned for developing solar and hydroelectric energy, as well as the production of biofuels, the report indicated.
Kitgum district gets piped water
Wednesday, 18th August, 2010 New Vision, Uganda
By Chris Ocowun
ABOUT 45,000 residents of Kitgum town now have access to tap water.
Individuals and institutions in the town now have tap water connected to their localities at sh59,000... Water is pumped from the wells using electricity, generators and solar power to 230,000 water tanks located at Hill-Top in Kitgum town.
Police Probe Stealing of Solar Panels in Harper
Published on August 18, 2010, The Informer, Liberia
By: Lewis S.Verdier, II in Harper,
Police in Harpy City, the capital of Maryland County, are investigating the breaking and stealing of solar panels that were erected before the Harper City Hall.
Police commander Vart Williams said intelligence gathered indicate that the stolen solar panels are in Harper in the hands of some guys not named.
Montag, 16. August 2010
LES SOLUTIONS AUX DELESTAGES
Le maire de Ndoffane pour lâĂ©nergie solaire
Publié le 13 août 2010 Journal Sud Quotidien, Senegal par Denise ZAROUR MEDANG
« Lâalternative qui sâoffre Ă lâEtat pour rĂ©soudre la question de lâĂ©nergie au SĂ©nĂ©gal, câest lâautorisation des kits solaires et lâauto production dâĂ©lectricitĂ© dans les grandes sociĂ©tĂ©s ». Câest du moins lâavis de Samba Ndiaye, maire de Ndoffane qui sâexprimait hier, jeudi 12 aoĂ»t , dans lâĂ©mission Pecco de Walf. Mais pour lui, lâeffectivitĂ© et lâefficacitĂ© du projet relĂšvent de la volontĂ© Ă©tatique.....
Freitag, 13. August 2010
Regulation, not finance, âis energy reform snagâ
FINANCE would not hold back the development of a renewable energy industry in SA but a conducive regulatory environment would.
SISEKO NJOBENI, Published: 12.8.2010, Business Day, SĂŒdafrika
(...) Solaire, the largest privately owned solar power company in France, has a photovoltaic module manufacturing plant in Cape Town. A 10MW solar plant in SA would cost about R300m, Mr Hammond said.
Donnerstag, 12. August 2010
Online-Ăberweisung
GeschÀftsmodell Ziegen verschenken
DIE ZEIT, 12.8.10
Migranten, die im Ausland leben, mĂŒssen ihren Familien nicht mehr GeldbetrĂ€ge ĂŒberweisen, die oft untergehen. Sie können ĂŒber das Internet Waren verschicken. Auf Segeni Ngethes Website MamaMikes.com wird von Obstkörben ĂŒber KĂŒhlschrĂ€nke bis zu Ziegen fast alles angeboten, was die Menschen "daheim" in EntwicklungslĂ€ndern brauchen. Ein Fleurop fĂŒr Afrika â nur besser....
Education key in protecting environment
The Namibian, 12.8.10
By: ABSALOM SHIGWEDHA
THE director of the Namibia Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET), Victoria Keding, has called on environmental centres in the country to be role models in promoting environmental education.... You cannot say people should not cut down trees if you are cooking in the open, she said, adding that NaDEET was involved in a number of environmental protection initiatives, including using solar energy for cooking.
House moves to protect Kenya's environment
By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU
Daily Nation, Nairobi, August 11 2010
FILE | NATION. Kenya's Parliament has taken cue from the electorate following the âGreenâ win in the referendum, and is now asking the Government to enact green policies to protect the environment....MPs also pushed for solar, biogas and wind energy as alternatives to the diesel and petrol engines used in factories and other manufacturing plants.
VP inaugurates water projects in NBR
Daily Observer/The Gambia, Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Les nouvelles folies de lâarchitecture
Publié le 12 août 2010 par Mame Aly KONTE a Sud-Quotidien, Senegal
La prochaine guerre pour lâhumanitĂ© devrait ĂȘtre celle de la connaissance et de la performance dans la bonne maĂźtrise des Ă©nergies nouvelles et renouvelables : lâĂ©olienne, le solaire, la biomasse, les Ă©co-matĂ©riaux etc.....Avec de lâeau tirĂ©e dâune source alimentĂ©e par des panneaux solaires, des lampes Ă basse tension ou encore tout un dispositif photovoltaĂŻque permettant de tout brancher sur la lumiĂšre du jour, le tour est jouĂ© ?....Dans un pays comme le Kenya, âLa consommation dâĂ©lectricitĂ© accrue a forcĂ© le Gouvernement a augmentĂ© sa capacitĂ© dâhydro-Ă©lectricitĂ© avec, parmi dâautres, des centrales thermiques plus polluantes. Nairobi est bien dotĂ© de lâĂ©nergie solaire avec une moyenne de cinq heures de soleil quotidiennement. Les pratiques dâĂ©conomies dâĂ©nergie combinĂ©es avec la gĂ©nĂ©ration dâĂ©nergie solaire pourraient rĂ©duire la dĂ©pendance aux centrales thermiques polluantes. »
The Solar Suitcase powering schools in Africa
Core77, Design magazine & resource, 10.8.10 (Film, USA)
Freitag, 6. August 2010
JACOB DLAMINI: Too soon to say if China is the next big thing
Published: 2010/08/05 Business Day, SĂŒdafrika
....Even
in fields where the Chinese seem to have the upper hand, such as
solar energy, most of what the Chinese are producing is derivative â
based on technologies borrowed or stolen from countries such as
Germany. It is not for nothing that China is so keen on industrial
and economic espionage.
EU funded water projects handed over to gov't
Thursday, August 05, 2010, The Observer, Gambia
NetOne intensifies expansion
Business Reporter, The Herald, Simbabwe, 5.8.10
NetOne
has intensified its expansion drive in the past two months by
installing base stations across the country, the companyâs managing
director Mr Reward Kangai has said.... "Most of the new base
stations in the rural areas are solar powered. We have strategically
positioned the solar powered base stations in areas where there is no
nearby national electricity grid.
CEI : le bilan de la révision du fichier électoral au Bas-Congo est acceptable
Par Louis-Paul Eyenga Sana, Le Potentiel, Kinshasa, 5.8.10
LâopĂ©ration
de révision du fichier électoral prend fin dans la province du
Bas-Congo dans deux semaines. Le but de cette opĂ©ration: permettre Ă
la Commission Ă©lectorale indĂ©pendante (CEI) dâĂ©tablir une
nouvelle liste dâĂ©lecteurs en prĂ©vision de futures Ă©lections.
Plus de 447 centres inscriptions ouverts et 1.910 agents ont été
mobilisés à cette fin... Le
déploiement en provinces des kits, des panneaux solaires et des
groupes Ă©lectrogĂšnes se poursuit normalement, au regard de
lâexpĂ©rience de la province du Bas-Congo. Un deuxiĂšme hĂ©licoptĂšre
de la Monusco a été positionné à Kindu pour accélérer le
redéploiement vers les territoires du Maniema.
Cinquantenaire de lâindĂ©pendance de la CĂŽte dâIvoire
Notre Voie, ElfenbeinkĂŒste, 5.8.10
Laurent Gbagbo au colloque de Yamoussoukro : âSi je suis Ă©lu prĂ©sident de la RĂ©publique, je vais dĂ©velopper notre armĂ©eâ... Quand on parle dâĂ©nergie solaire, lâAfrique devrait rire. Parce que nul nâa le soleil plus que nous. MĂȘme quand tu dors la nuit, la chaleur du soleil est encore lĂ . On a le vent pour lâĂ©nergie Ă©olienne. On a tout et pourtant, vous arrivez dans les pays africains, il nây a dâĂ©lectricitĂ© â. Pour Laurent Gbagbo, lâAfrique doit se donner les moyens de son dĂ©veloppement.
Donnerstag, 5. August 2010
Petroleum price rally spurs search for clean energy
A biogas cooker. Companies dealing in biogas equipment, energy saving jikos, and light emitting diode (LED) solar lanterns are doing brisk business.
By
David Mugwe , Business Daily, Kenia, 5.8.10 (GTZ-project)
⊠Mr Mungaiâs is one of the families that are embracing alternative technology in an effort to save on rising firewood, charcoal, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) costs.
Growing awareness of the benefits of alternative energy and increased availability of technology that helps generate clean fuel have pushed up demand and created revenue for some firms.
Companies dealing in biogas equipment, energy saving jikos, and light emitting diode (LED) solar lanterns are doing brisk business as more individuals and institutions turn to these technologies....
Kerosene and LPG prices have increased at the same rate as diesel and petrol prices that have gone up 13 and 10 per cent respectively over the same period due to increased global demand and depreciation of the shilling.
As a result, the price of kerosene has increased from an average of $83 per litre in January to $93 by April per barrel. The average price today is about $86 per barrel.
Charcoal burning in government forests has been illegal since November 1999, while the government, and other agenciesâ, intensified forest conservation efforts are affecting supply of charcoal and driving up prices....
WANEP/WIPNET Empower Women
The Analyst, Liberia 5.8.10
Eleven women from the West Africa Network for Peace Building and the Women in Peace Building Network are back in Liberia after completing a one month training workshop in Ghana.
The women who were drawn from Margibi, Montserrado, Bong, Nimba and Lofa Counties were trained in kente weaving, basket weaving, making of solar stove, recycling and jewelry at the Kokrobitery Institute.
Mittwoch, 4. August 2010
Electricity plan to be released by year end
Compiled
by the Government Communication and Information System Buanews
Date: 03 Aug 2010
Aphane was briefing Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Energy today, on the public comments received by the department on the Second Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).
He said the plan is to promulgate the IRP2 - which will present various scenarios for the country's future energy policy - by November.
Leading up to this, the department plans to next month release a draft of the IRP2 for public comment and public hearings would be held with the National Energy Regulator (Nersa).
The scenarios would be built using 29 parameters including the effects of climate change, water availability, price elasticity of demand, a carbon tax, distributions infrastructure and renewable energy, on the supply of electricity for the country.
The department had received 81 submissions from the public, including from non-governmental organisations, academics and consultants and industry and business, which all made various submissions based on the parameters.
Some of these comments were gathered via www.irp2010.co.za while other inputs were gathered from Nedlac.
A total of 831 specific inputs have been fed into a database and are now being used to build the various scenarios.
Many of the comments were around renewable generation and the IRP2 consultation process itself - with most of the respondents adding that they were impressed with the process itself.
Most of the respondents called for a low carbon economy and for renewable energy - such as wind, solar and geothermal - to make up between 20 percent to 75 percent of the country's electricity mix by 2050.
Many of the respondents were strongly against coal and nuclear as future energy solutions to the country's future and pointed out the difficulty of obtaining funding for nuclear and coal.
They also pointed out the importance for the IRP2 to consider new technologies still emerging, such as solar hydrogen technology and sugar fan fibre as renewable energy source.
Hillary Clintons Remarks At The President's Forum with Young African Leaders
US-State-Department, 3.8.10. This concept of leapfrogging holds such great promise for Africa. You already have. You didn't have to put up telephone poles, you went right to cell phones in many parts of Africa. Your electric grid doesn't have to be massive. It can be local and regional and provide sources of energy from wind and solar as well as fossil fuels. We stand ready to help in any way we can.
Okonjo-Iweala Seeks African Renaissance in Science, Tech
This Day, Abuja, Nigeria, 03.08.2010
African Heads of government, scientists and scholars have been urged to develop and diffuse the excitement and promise of the 21st century in science and technology that could lead to an âAfrican Renaissanceâ, if the continent's aspiration for self-sustainability is to be achieved in no distant time.
Managing Director of the WorldBank Group and Chair, Nelson Mandela Institute (NMI)'s Board of Directors, Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala made the call shortly after the second distinguished lecture series, organised by the NMI in collaboration with the African University of Science and Technology (AUST), at the AUST campus in Abuja recently.
The acquisition of knowledge, she said, was not enough. Its utilisation in solving African peoples' problems should be a paramount priority of Africans both at home and in the Diaspora. Okonjo-Iweala delivered the first lecture in the series held last year.
Delivering the Second Distinguished Lecture titled, 'New Frontiers in Science and Technology for African Development, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, USA, Oluwole Soboyejo presented some examples of recent collaborations between African and international scientists in the area of science and technology, which were yet to be tapped by successive governments in Africa.
Such findings include, possible strategy for African solar cell /LED manufacturing, scaled up pilot plants to manufacture solar cells, early detection of cancer mechanism using therapeutical drugs manufactured from magnetic fields, to mention a few.
Soboyejo, thanked NMI and the leadership of AUST, for finding him fit to deliver the lecture and promised to make himself available in the call for self- independence by Africa in science and technology-related fields.
Guests at the lecture include, Chief Executive of NMI, Prof. Funmi Arewa; Hamza Isa Baba from the FCT Agency for Science and Technology; Dr Boubou Cisse of the WorldBank and NMI Liaison to AUST; Nwosa Lucky of NOTAP, Resident Surveyor, FCDA, Joe Odoh and a host of AUST leadership, led by the Acting President, Prof. Charles Ejike Chidume.
Dienstag, 3. August 2010
Written by Chinyere Amalu, Abuja
Monday, 02 August 2010, Leadership, Nigeria
Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Mohammed Ka'Oje Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that renewable energy source will not only compliment oil industry, but boost its usage for future energy generation.
The Minister gave this assurance because of fears from some quarters that, in Nigeria, renewable energy, as an alternative source of power supply may pose a threat to the nation's oil industry.
Renewable energy is energy that can be replenished through natural process within a relatively short time. This include solar, wind, hydro, biomass, tidal etc. and alternative to fossil fuel.
We forget the times of drought at our peril
Posted Sunday, August 1 2010 Daily Nation, Nairobi, Kenia
So far this year, the country has received good and almost predictable weather unlike what has happened in the last few years.
The long rains came in good time and was well distributed and in good amount. The usual cold season also kicked in on time and it is still with us.... We must not wait for disaster to strike before we act. At the peak of the drought last year, there were some proposals on the table which could go a long way towards mitigating the effects of calamities.
These, among others, included the reclaiming of water catchment areas and a requirement that farmers put 10 per cent of their land under trees.
Others included using energy saving bulbs, removing eucalyptus from riversides and a requirement that all houses in urban areas be fitted with solar energy collecting systems.
This may have given us a false impression that all is well with the climate which may have led to a slowdown of mitigation efforts that had been put in place last year, including reforestation and the search for alternative sources of energy.
SIGNATURE DâUN MEMORANDUM POUR UNE UNITĂ DE 65 MW
Le Soleil, Dakar, Senegal, 31.7.10
Lâoption sĂ©nĂ©galaise pour les Ă©nergies renouvelables se prĂ©cise. Le prĂ©sident Wade reste en phase avec son option de dĂ©velopper les Ă©nergies de substitution aux sources fossiles comme le pĂ©trole.... Dans cette mĂȘme lancĂ©e, il a prĂ©sidĂ© Ă son retour une rĂ©union sur lâĂ©nergie solaire avec une dĂ©lĂ©gation dâingĂ©nieurs conduite par M. Louis Seck, ministre chargĂ© des Energies renouvelables.
INFORMATIQUE
ET ĂNERGIE SOLAIRE : Digital Links International Ă©quipe les Ă©coles
sierra-léonaises...
Le Soleil, Dakar, Senegal
(...)Câest ainsi que Digital Links sâest vu confiĂ©e le dĂ©veloppement du Programme National des Green E-Schools au Sierra Leone. Ce programme, explique-t-elle, « consiste Ă installer des salles informatiques avec Ă©nergie solaire dans les Ă©coles publiques de la Sierra Leone ».
Desertec oder der Mittelmeer-Solarplan
Deutsche Welle, 3.8.10
Von Desertec, der Initiative zum Bau von groĂen Solar- und Windkraftanlagen in Nordafrika hat schon jeder gehört. Den Mittelmeer-Solarplan allerdings kennen nur Eingeweihte. Beide Vorhaben gleichen sich.
Q-Cells bekommt im Ausland kein Rad an die Erde
Dienstag, 27.07.2010 IT-Times
BITTERFELD-WOLFEN (IT-Times) - Die Q-Cells SE (WKN: 555866) versucht im umkĂ€mpften internationalen Markt fĂŒr Solarzellen durch eine aggressive Preispolitik zu bestehen. Andere Wettbewerber suchen ihr Heil verstĂ€rkt in der Besetzung internationaler MĂ€rkte. Das ist bei Q-Cells weniger der Fall. Zwar ist man weltweit aktiv, der Hauptabsatz erfolgt jedoch zunehmend in Deutschland.... Seit 2009 gilt eher Nordamerika, insbesondere die USA, als Solar-Wachstumsland. Hier, ebenso wie in Asien und in Afrika, sollten Unternehmen wie Q-Cells prĂ€sent sein und wachsen, um im internationalen Wettbewerbsmarkt weiterhin zu bestehen.
Sharp baut AktivitĂ€ten im Bereich DĂŒnnschicht-PV aus
Tokyo / Hamburg, iwr â Der Elektronikkonzern Sharp, Enel Green Power and STMicroelectronics haben fĂŒr die Produktion von DĂŒnnschicht-Solarzellen jetzt das Joint Venture-Unternehmen 3Sun S.r.l. gegrĂŒndet. Nach Angaben von Sharp soll 3Sun mit der Produktion von DĂŒnnschicht-Zellen in der zweiten HĂ€lfte des Jahres 2011 beginnen.... Das Unternehmen wird sich nach Angaben von Sharp als Independent Power Producer (IPP) auf die Entwicklung, den Bau und den Betrieb von PV-Anlagen in Europa, dem Mittleren Osten und Afrika fokussieren.