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Powerway, the first BBBEE solar farm buil

Thanks to rapid advancements in science and technology, the photovoltaic generation industry is developing and ever expanding of range applications at home and abroad. In recent years more PV projects have tended to choose this Powerway solar mounting system as the prototype in China’s solar farms. Our solar mounting system is applicable not only for silicon module systems but also for thin film systems.

Through co-operation with other well-known companies, Powerway continues to improve its clamp designs to better support film modules. This results in savings of materials while also offering optimal operation of the entire system. Moreover, Powerway recently co-operated with global silica technology leader Dow Corning in the development of special structures for frameless thin film modules. While guaranteeing the system’s stability and security, this process combines simple and elegant design, with the most reasonable price. Such safe and effective solar farm design is favored in the marketplace because it is helping to realize the sustainable potential of such photovoltaic enterprises.

In conclusion, Powerway serves its customers better by bringing together excellent research and development, rich experience in solar farm construction and an innovative spirit. The result is safe, efficient and economic structures in photovoltaic field design.

About Powerway:

Powerway Renewable Energy Co., Ltd is dedicated to provide turnkey solution to the worldwide solar farm developers and EPC contractors. With the comprehensive solar farm construction experience, professional project management team, stringent design mechanism, fully automated production line, Powerway has successfully completed many MW-class solar farms in Europe, North America, Asia as well as Africa.

Powerway has established two production bases in both Guang Dong,China and De Aar, South Africa with the annual capacity of 600MW and 500 MW respectively and set up local administration offices in Germany, US, Japan and Taiwan, providing one stop solution to our customers worldwide. We are the 1^st TUV certified solar mounting system provider in China, also global liability insurance package is part of our commitment.

Powerway, Your professional solar farm builder

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Powerway attendance at South Africa Power

Powerway attendance at South Africa Power & Electricity Exhibition bears fruit

Powerway Renewable Energy participated for the first time in the South Africa Power & Electricity Exhibition held in Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, on March 27and 28. It was an opportunity for the company to show off its PowerScrew and Power Tracker systems, which are made in association with Green Sources Technology, the biggest and most experienced solar tracking system provider in Asia.

In addition, Powerway shared its new pre-assembled design concepts with customers, making it a highly successful and fruitful event. Our company was not only warmly received by existing customers, but our representatives made important contacts with many new and outstanding EPC companies such as Siemens, Schneider, Tenesol, First Solar, SunEdison etc.

The world is rapidly learning the Ground Screw system is available for all types of soil conditions. Customers understand its strength lies in low production costs, fast installation, and no long waiting times for drying, since no concrete foundation is needed. Our product is ecologically friendly because it does not damage the environment; hence Ground Screw is the ideal solution for any South African PV Plant.

Regarding the Solar Tracker, attendees at the conference learned that it is ideally suited to South Africa because of the long hours of daylight and sunshine, which can help improve power efficiency by 30%. All this sheds a positive light on the PV Industry. As far as pre-assembly is concerned, this advancement can save 50% of installation time, which lowers costs by an equally high percentage.

Working in conjunction with the South African government’s BBBEE program, Powerway is setting up a manufacturing base and training center in Kimberly and De Aar, opening in early June. Powerway will be the first BBBEE-compliant solar farm builder in South Africa.

About Poweway:

Powerway Renewable Energy Co. Ltd, which markets its products under the brand “Powerway”, is a leading solar farm builder, and one of the world’s leading solar mounting structure suppliers for PV industry. With over 20 years of metal fabrication experience, combined with its strong engineering team, cut-edge production facility in Foshan, China, Powerway has set up installation teams not only in several strategic locations in China, but also in India, South Africa, Europe, and now in USA and in Japan. Powerway has set the footprint in South Africa to set up local manufacturing and installation facilities in order to meet the local content requirement of South Africa. Details, please see www.pvpowerway.com

New GTM Research report concludes that In

New GTM Research report concludes that India is set to be a global solar leader by 2016

In the new reported conducted by GTM Research and Bridge to India, The India Solar Market: Strategy, Players and Opportunities, researchers have concluded that over the next five years India will become one of the major players in the solar industry with the installation of more than 9GW between 2011 and 2016.

Researchers cited the ever-evolving National Solar Mission (NSM), state-level incentives and global solar companies as helping to spur the country into a gigawatt-scale market. The report focuses on India’s market dynamics with analysis of solar policy roadmaps, state-by-state demand drivers and domestic manufacturing and technology positioning.

“Solar in India is set to grow significantly over the next 10 years,” said Dr. Tobias Engelmeier, managing director at Bridge to India and the report’s lead author. “This growth will be driven by rising power demand and fossil fuel prices, the ambition of the NSM and various state-level initiatives, as well as by renewable energy quotas, including solar energy quotas for utilities and the subsequent gains in solar cost reduction.”

By the end of 2010, India had installed 54MW of grid-connected solar, but, as the report points out, FiT allocations from NSM and Gujarat’s Solar Policy have sparked a promise to grow the installed capacity to nearly 365MW by the end of 2011 and to over 1,100MW by 2012.

While the solar market in India holds the potential for growth and abounding solar opportunities, GTM and Bridge to India noted that the country does face certain challenges that could possibly inhibit the forecasted growth. The main concern lies in project bankability and financing with banks showing reluctance to finance the first wave of Indian project with national- or state-level feed-in tariffs or power purchase agreements.

“Financing is the number one concern for anyone developing solar in India,” said Shayle Kann, managing director of solar at GTM Research. “To ease that pressure and eventually realize the market’s potential, we expect to see the competitive landscape evolve dramatically via strategic partnerships and joint ventures; India will benefit from the development expertise of global solar incumbents and these incumbents in turn will benefit from having a local partner to navigate the country’s complex energy market.”

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Research and Markets: Analyzing Solar Pow

Research and Markets: Analyzing Solar Power in the United States

The United States is a leader in the field of solar energy. With California showing the way, the US has many utility-scale solar power plants and there are plans underway to construct several larger solar plants in the country. The largest of these proposed plants is going to be the 968 MW Blythe Solar Power Project, which is going to be located in California.

At present, the Solar Energy Generating Systems facility in California is the largest solar power installation in the world. Several other noteworthy solar plants in the US include the Nevada Solar One, the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, amongst others.

Aruvians Rsearch analyzes the solar power sector in the United States in its research report Analyzing Solar Power in the United States.

This report covers the solar power market starting with an analysis of solar resources in the US, growth of the industry, the impact of solar energy on the consumer energy market, etc. Frameworks analyzed in this report include a SWOT analysis of the solar power market in the US and a PEST analysis of the global solar photovoltaics industry.

A detailed analysis of the emerging technologies in the solar power market in the US is undertaken in Aruvians report. Some of the technologies analyzed include carbon nanotubes, flexible solar cells, hybrid solar cells, holographics solar concentrator technology, miniature solar cells, nanowire solar cells, organic photovoltaics, and many more.

Incentives provided for solar power in the US such as federal tax credits, feed-in tariffs, state-level incentives, the Solar America Initiative, and solar renewable energy certificates are analyzed. Federal/state programs promoting solar power are also analyzed. These include the US DOE SunShot Initiative, the US DOE Solar Decathlon, the Open PV Mapping Project, amongst others.

Solar Photovoltaics Gaining Momentum and

Solar Photovoltaics Gaining Momentum and Poised to Challenge Fossil Fuels, Say IEEE Solar Experts

PISCATAWAY, N.J., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Within the next 10 years, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have the potential to be the most economical form of generating electricity, even compared to traditional fossil fuels, say solar energy experts from IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association. To achieve this cost parity, the global industry must continue to improve the efficiency of solar PV cell technologies and create economies of scale to further decrease manufacturing costs. IEEE has several initiatives to encourage these advancements.

Solar energy is the earth's most abundant energy resource. The rate of energy from sunlight hitting the earth is of the order of 100 petawatts. Just a fraction is needed to meet the power needs of the entire globe, as it takes approximately 15 terawatts to power the earth (1 petawatt = 1,000 terawatts).

"Solar PV will be a game changer," said James Prendergast, IEEE Senior Member and IEEE Executive Director. "No other alternative source has the same potential. As the cost of electricity from solar continues to decrease compared to traditional energy sources we will see tremendous market adoption, and I suspect it will be a growth limited only by supply. I fundamentally believe that solar PV will become one of the key elements of the solution to our near- and long-term energy challenges."

According to the International Energy Association (IEA), global solar PV capacity has been increasing at an average annual growth rate of more than 40 percent since 2000. By 2050, it is expected that solar PV will provide 11 percent of global electricity production, corresponding to 3,000 gigawatts of cumulative installed capacity. That would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 2.3 gigatons, equivalent to reducing emissions from electricity use from 253 million homes per year, nearly the combined populations of Russia andJapan.

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