eSolar, a U.S. solar thermal power company, last week unveiled its 5-megawatt (MW) Sierra SunTower solar power plant
Falling component costs stimulate activity in the line. Evolving solar technologies strengthen supplier capability
China’s portable solar power systems segment is benefiting heavily from substantial investment in PV cells and related products. The latter is driven by the rapid growth of the worldwide solar power industry, which has registered more than 40 percent CAGR in the past 10 years. More importantly, it has resulted…
And the traditional method of stringing photovoltaic panels in series has inherent inefficiencies (see The Coming Disruption in the Inverter Market).Entrepreneurs and VC investors have turned out in full force to confront these inverter reliability and performance issues with a number of different approaches. In the microinverter camp are start-ups…
According to a report from Navigant Consulting, 2004 through 2008 saw the photovoltaic experiencing demand increasing by a compound annual 51% for the four-year period, and industry growth at 79% in 2008 over 2007
The driving force behind the growth was Europe’s feed-in tariff (FiT) model. Demand in Spain, at 42% of the total market, was the major player in EU industry growth. The 2004 to 2008 period also saw a silicon shortage that contributed to higher prices and sparked accelerated development in thin…
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. announced today that Suntech has entered into a strategic agreement with China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation (CECIC)
The laboratory for photovoltaics of the University of Luxembourg has produced its first thin film solar cells made from compound semiconductors, already reaching a 12 percent efficiency
MUNICH, Germany — Automotive and industrial electronics giant Bosch group (Stuttgart, Germany) is broadening its photovoltaics activities by the acquisiton of two companies involved module manufacturing including CIGS thin-film modules
The Austrian company KIOTO – Photovoltaics will build a solar park in Tervel with a five megawatt capacity, the construction of which will commence by the end of 2009
