Issue 06 / 2010

06 / 2010

Solar America
Despite steps forward, the U.S. market remains far behind its potential

From the Editor

Time for change

Page: 3

Markets & Trends

To the New World

By:  Jennifer Kho

Made in North America. Sparked by new solar policies in the United States and Canada, manufacturing activity is booming in North America. Solar companies are announcing new factory plans by the dozens as they seek footholds in a...

Page: 18

Landmark- setting program

Page: 26

The investments are paying off

Page: 30

The numbers game

By:  Ucilia Wang

Project pipelines: Developers are fond of talking about project pipelines. Yet tossing out numbers doesn’t tell the whole story.

Page: 32

Kick-off for solar energy

Page: 38

Full power ahead

Page: 46

A French twist

Page: 52

At the upper limit

Page: 54

“Big cost- advantage”

Page: 60

Effects of the euro slide

Page: 62

Spot market for PV panels: Prices are rising

Page: 64

Industry & Suppliers

Unseen quality

Page: 74

Defect buster

Page: 80

More than just hardware

Page: 84

Shanghai gets going

Page: 88

Applications & Installations

Not your usual parking lot

Page: 90

Tape and paste

Page: 94

Electricity in a snakeskin jacket

By:  Anja Riedel

Building integration: Photovoltaics on stadium roofs is becoming a more familiar sight. If you want to see a megawatt-capacity photovoltaic array though, that’s a genuine structural component of a newly built stadium and supplies...

Page: 98

Fit for the Roof

Page: 102

Intersolar preview

Growth continues unhampered

Page: 114

Research & Development

Breaking the glass cartel

Page: 66