Eagon Industrial, South Korean glass manufacturer, and Timo Technology, Dyesol’s joint venture partner, developed a new generation of Dye Solar Cell (DSC) solar windows, which were showcased at the Seoul Human Resource Development Centre for the first time.

China's first BIPV fire station was put into service in Baoding, Hebei, on July 29, featuring a 250kW, 2650m2 solar façade. With an annual generating capacity of 300MWh, the system is expected to reduce the city's carbon emissions by 312 tonnes per year.

Japan and cutting-edge technology have long gone hand in hand and therefore it is no surprise that Kyocera’s latest solar innovation, the Eco-Shell, is being launched in the Land of the Rising Sun.

The Japanese Government is contemplating making it compulsory for all new buildings to be fitted with solar panels by 2030, according to financial newspaper Nikkei. The proposed legislation illustrates Japan’s desire to promote the use of renewable energy and is expected to be unveiled at the upcoming G8 summit in Deauville, France.

United Solar has signed a contract to supply solar laminates, through its subsidiary United Solar Ovonic Jinneng, for a BIPV installation on the roof of the Tianjin West Railway Station in China. The agreement will see the module manufacturing giant provide 565kW of laminates that will help generate in excess of 740MWh of electricity per annum.

Parity Solar has completed a 200kW advanced building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) project in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu province, China. The city’s impressive New Area Court House complex features BIPV modules on a curved surface, utilizing both crystalline and thin-film modules over a skylight area on the rooftop.

China Technology Development Group (CTDC) has completed building its building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) project at the Ecological Garden in Xiamen Bay, China using its transparent polycrystalline PV modules.

China Sunergy has entered into a 7MW solar module supply contract with CEEG (Nanjing) Solar Energy Research Institute, for the Nanjing South Railway Station solar BIPV roof project. Once complete, the system will be the world's largest stand-alone building integrated photovoltaic projects for one structure.

Renewable energy company Astronergy has revealed plans to build the world’s largest single-building solar system. The grid-connected 10MW BIPV system, which is expected to generate 9.8 million kWh per annum, is to be integrated into the new Hangzhou East Railway Station in China at an estimated cost of RMB 270 million.

One of the largest and most impressive building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) installations in the world has now been unveiled in China. The 6.68MW awning-integrated system brings solar power to the Hongqiao high-speed railway station in Beijing-Shanghai.