{"title":"Sri Lanka milestone for Shell Solar","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01114-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01114-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Shell Solar has reached a milestone in its efforts to provide rural communities with access to energy, in bringing PV electricity to 20 000 homes and small businesses in Sri Lanka. The company says strong demand for PV systems is likely to continue in Sri Lanka, where only 59% of households are connected to the electricity grid and thousands of rural residents rely on batteries and kerosene.</p><p>Visit <span>www.re-focus.net</span><svg><path></path></svg> for the latest renewable energy industry news</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 11","pages":"Page 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01114-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136854188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"UPEx sees debut of Evergreen Solar’s panels","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01105-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01105-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar featured its newest PV panel, the EC-115, at the Solar Electric Power Association’s recent UPEx 2003 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.</p><p>Visit <span>www.re-focus.net</span><svg><path></path></svg> for the latest renewable energy industry news</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 11","pages":"Pages 2-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01105-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136861330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rooftop PV powers artists at Boston facility","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01118-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01118-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Vermont-based Northern Power Systems has been hired to engineer, build and commission an advanced, PV-based, on-site power system for Artists for Humanity (AFH) at the nonprofit organization’s new EpiCenter facility at 100 West 2nd Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. The custom-designed, 48 kW turnkey power system will gather clean, sustainable energy using a PV array mounted on the roof. It is the largest such roof-mounted PV panel array in Boston.</p><p>Visit <span>www.re-focus.net</span><svg><path></path></svg> for the latest renewable energy industry news</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 11","pages":"Page 6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01118-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136706037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IOFFE adds epitaxy machine for space solar","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01104-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01104-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The IOFFE Physico-Technical Institute in St Petersburg, Russia has ordered another AIX 200/4 GaAs system for R&D and production of epitaxial compound layer structures for solar cells for the satellite industry.</p><p>Visit <span>www.re-focus.net</span><svg><path></path></svg> for the latest renewable energy industry news</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 11","pages":"Page 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01104-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136885706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carmanah order for USAF in Iraq","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01120-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01120-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Canadian-based Carmanah Technologies Corporation has received another order for its aviation lights from a US Air Force base in Kirkuk, Iraq. The company will supply 120 Model 702 PV-powered LED lights to be used for obstruction lighting and helipad perimeter lighting.</p><p>Visit <span>www.re-focus.net</span><svg><path></path></svg> for the latest renewable energy industry news</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 11","pages":"Page 7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01120-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137082906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beacon Power demos Smart Power M5","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01126-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01126-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Massachusetts-based Beacon Power Corporation unveiled its newly engineered Smart Power M5 power conversion system at the recent UPEx Solar Electric Power Conference & Technology Exhibition in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company also demonstrated its new Smart Power Monitor PC-based software, which monitors, analyzes and reports on the performance of an M5-based solar power system.</p><p>Visit <span>www.re-focus.net</span><svg><path></path></svg> for the latest renewable energy industry news</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 11","pages":"Page 8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01126-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137082910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BP Solar improves 50 W module for remote systems","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01006-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01006-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>US-based BP Solar is introducing the BP 350U, an improved 50 W PV module, which it says addresses the needs of remote industrial applications such as telemetry and instrumentation systems, and rural electrification for remote homes that do not have access to utility service.</p><p>This is a short news story only. Visit <span>www.re-focus.net</span><svg><path></path></svg> for the latest renewable energy industry news.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 10","pages":"Pages 2-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01006-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137226131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumer willingness to pay for renewable energy","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01027-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01027-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This month’s main topic is something which often crops up when renewables such as PV are discussed: the consumer’s willingness-to-pay (WTP). But that isn’t all that came up when trawling the wires for PV news — we found news of PV-powered emergency cellphones along Highway 50 from the </span><em>Tahoe Daily Tribune</em> in Nevada,<span>*</span> a vineyard in Chester County, Pennsylvania generating power via 30 panels,<span>**</span> and a green parking lot in Little Rock, Arkansas with PV charging of hybrid/electric cars.<span>***</span> However interesting these might be, they are not startling when compared to some of the other news reports.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 10","pages":"Page 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01027-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"105153566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Konarka deal with world’s largest utility","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01121-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01121-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Massachusetts-based Konarka Technologies has begun a cooperation with Electricité de France, the world’s largest utility company. Working through EdF’s Easenergy team based in the Silicon Valley, the companies will collaborate to develop and launch Konarka’s polymer PV products into the global market to provide a source of renewable power in a variety of form factors for commercial, industrial, government and consumer applications.</p><p>Visit <span>www.re-focus.net</span><svg><path></path></svg> for the latest renewable energy industry news</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 11","pages":"Page 7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01121-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136722434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DGP plan for PV infrastructure development","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01113-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01113-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In New Jersey, Direct Global Power, RWE Schott Solar (RSS) and Madison Energy Consultants have joined together to develop DGP’s comprehensive dealer development program that will attract energy service companies to become dealers, installers and service providers for RSS PV products and systems throughout the state.</p><p>Visit <span>www.re-focus.net</span><svg><path></path></svg> for the latest renewable energy industry news</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101022,"journal":{"name":"Photovoltaics Bulletin","volume":"2003 11","pages":"Page 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01113-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136833306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}