Photovoltaic news and pv jobs

Solar Superhero is the better choice

Global feed-in tariff overview

Competing hard on price

Moderate drop in prices

Rationalization

Changing to adapt to new segments

Setting the solar story straight

Tempe, we have a problem

Domestic Content FIT eligibility

Contents under pressure

Bigger than ever

The slow move

Opening for business

Gigawatt dreams

Sino-African solar relations

More than green dreams

By:  Habib Ali/Shamsiah Ali-Oettinger

South Africa: As the PV industry feels the negative reverberations in Europe as a result of the cuts to the feed-in tariffs, South Africa has new PV plans in the pipeline and seeks to further the growth of solar generated...

The sun-blessed regions

“Yes, we are jealous”

PV’s next steps

Market change

The installer decides

The whole package

Switch from p to n

By:  Radovan Kopecek/Joris Libal

PV technology: A lot of research is being conducted on n-type silicon-based photovoltaic technologies. The results look promising and it might take a large slice of the market pie in the years to come.

A diversity of new processes

The potential for CIGS to cut costs

The solar window

The CMOS moment in solar

Fight for survival

The Indian case

Finely-tuned for performance

By:  Valerie Thompson

Tracker Market Overview: For a segment of the solar photovoltaic systems market whose future is constantly being called into question, the tracker segment remains surprisingly resilient. It might be a niche market, but it is now...

Lighting the way ahead

Ice in the tropics

Energy independence

Intersolar 2012

From power converter to energy manager

By:  Ina Röpcke

Self-consumption: Inverter manufacturers are responding to this new market segment. Some are equipping their devices to control electrical loads. Some are even including weather forecasts. Others are building complete systems...

Hoping for grid parity