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Who's on first for the PV solar industry?
Year-end rankings might not tell the whole story about who's most successful in an industry, but they give enough insight to who's figured out what the market needs, notes Navigant Consulting's Paula Mints.
Solar PV installations: In pursuit of the happy PV customer
Continuing his discussion on how to map and achieve a successful solar PV installation, John Williams from Solar Panels Plus explains the importance of inverter specification and configuration in an overall solar PV system design.
INDUSTRY NEWS Report: Global solar cell facilities and capacity, 2009-2015
This report from Research and Markets gives an overview of the activities of 53 major solar cell manufacturers worldwide spanning crystalline silicon, thin-film amorphous, CdTe, and CIGS, including current and future production capacities and forecasts through 2015.
Evolution Solar selects site for thin-film panel demos
An unidentified university with renewable energy education program has been picked to house a demonstration installation of cutting-edge thin-film solar panels.
PNM, First Solar ink for 22MW pact for utility-scale solar power
A new contract between PNM, New Mexico's largest electric utility, and First Solar involves 22MW AC of utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar power spread across five sites.
Fidelis Energy secures $30M funding for India PV plant
The new financing led by Swiss-based Empres Voss Capital will be used to help build a solar power plant in India's Thar Desert, which receives up to 6.2KW/hour of solar energy per square meter every day.
More Headlines
• GT Solar signs >$40M contracts with GCL-Poly
• ARISE awarded 150kW contract by Region of Waterloo
• MiaSole awarded $100M in US federal tax credits
• Yingli receives $4.5M tax credit for planned US manufacturing ops
• Day4 Energy completes 2.4MW plant for Germany's Gunther Heiss
• Xunlight awarded $34.5M tax credit
TECHNOLOGY NEWS Solland Solar, AT&S to build prototype line for back-contacted PV modules
The prototype line at AT&S' plant in Austria, scheduled to come online in summer 2010, will further their work with photovoltaic modules integrating Solland's back-contacted solar cells and AT&S' interconnection and switching technology.
BrightView unveils in-line process control for thin-films
The InSights M Series offers in-line process control and optimization to specifically address the challenges faced by thin-film solar cell manufacturers.
Oerlikon: On track to drive down cost by 30% in 2010
The company says it is still on track to reach production costs at grid parity by the end of this year, capable of producing modules for $0.70/W.
Saflex launches new PV encapsulant
The new thin-gauge polyvinyl butyric (PVB)-based encapsulant material reduces material use by 33% by improving flow around bus bars and other critical components, the company claims, while maintaining module durability and processing performance.
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Who's on first for the PV solar industry?
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