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Old Posted Apr 4, 2013, 3:45 PM
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India: solar cheaper than grid power
04. April 2013 | Global PV markets, Markets & Trends, Applications & Installations | By: Vera von Kreutzbruck

Solar power is cheaper than grid power for commercial consumers in Maharashtra, Delhi and Kerala, even with no subsidies, according to a quarterly report published by consulting company Bridge to India.

The report also states that commercial consumers in other states such as Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Gujarat, West Bengal and Rajasthan can profit from reduced energy costs with help of the subsidies.
http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/deta...wer_100010792/

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US: AZ Sun Program announces another 34 MW PV facility
04. April 2013 | Applications & Installations, Industry & Suppliers | By: Becky Beetz

The seventh photovoltaic facility is set to come online next June under Arizona-based electricity utility, APS’ AZ Sun program. Black & Veatch has been selected to design and build the 34 MW.

Construction is scheduled to begin this October, while the facility should be online by next June. It is hoped that more than 150 jobs will be created.

Overall, the polycrystalline project is expected to cover an area of 400 acres and comprise over 170,000 modules. The generated energy will power 8,000 households.

When complete, the facility will represent the seventh such project to come online under the AZ Sun Program, which aims to install over 200 MW of photovoltaics in the U.S. state of Arizona by 2015. While a variety of different developers, including First Solar, Solon Corporation and, now Black & Veatch have been brought on board to develop the facilities, APS owns them.
http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/deta...ity_100010791/

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Brazil receives requests for 300 MW of PV
04. April 2013 | Applications & Installations, Global PV markets, Markets & Trends | By: Vladimir Pekic

Twelve requests for regulatory authorization to develop and operate photovoltaic plants worth a total of 300 MW have been received since mid-March, according to Brazil’s national electricity regulator.

The notices about the received requests were published in Brazil's state gazette Diário Oficial da União (DOU).

Developer Arigó Solar Energia SPE submitted a request for registration of one photovoltaic project totaling 30 MW, which is to be developed as an independent power producer (IPP) in Pocinhos municipality, in Brazil's northeast Paraíba state. The announcement was published by ANEEL in DOU on April 3.
http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/deta...-pv_100010787/

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Report: Solar industry should team up with electric vehicle companies
By Felicity Carus - 03 April 2013, 23:21
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Solar and electric vehicle companies should join forces to boost their chances of market penetration, a report out this week recommends.

Solar and Electric Vehicle Cross-Marketing Strategies from Navigant research found that plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) owners prefer clean renewable power such as solar.

"These customers are prime targets for residential solar installers, as many PEV owners own homes that can accommodate a sufficiently sizable solar array to generate all of the power that their vehicles would consume on an annual basis.

"Historically, the solar energy industry and the automobile industry have operated in separate markets," said the report. "The convergence of the two technologies represents significant opportunities for players in both spaces – although solar companies may have more to gain."

For example, in the United States alone, approximately 250,000 homes are equipped with photovoltaic systems (PV). The PEV market sold approximately 52,000 plug-in cars in the United States in 2012, and Navigant Research forecasts that by 2017 there will be 1 million PEVs on US roads.
http://www.pv-tech.org/news/solar_in...icle_companies

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18.7% black silicon solar cells
03.04.2013

Scientists at Aalto University, Finland and Fraunhofer ISE, Germany report an efficiency of 18.7% for black silicon solar cells, the highest efficiency reported so far for a black silicon solar cell.

The researchers were able to apply a boron diffusion to create a pn-junction, maintaining the excellent optical properties of the black silicon structure. By applying atomic layer deposited Al203, an effective passivation of the nanostructured surfaces was achieved. The previous efficiency record of 18.2% was held by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) using thermal oxidation as a passivating layer.

- The quantum efficiency measurements reveal that the nanostructured front surface is of a high electrical quality comparable to a pyramidal textured surface, says Assistant Professor Hele Savin of Aalto University.

Routes for improving the cell efficiency are already identified, and efficiencies clearly above 20% should be within reach.
http://www.aalto.fi/en/current//news...013-04-03-002/
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