Issue 07 / 2011
From the Editor
Coming of age |
Page: 3 |
Markets & Trends
A thirst for silver |
Page: 18 |
Strengthening European fabs |
Page: 22 |
Looking ahead |
Page: 26 |
And the winner is … |
Page: 32 |
Heard it through the grapevine |
Page: 36 |
Assembly Bill 32 |
Page: 42 |
Marriage of convenience |
Page: 48 |
Post-Fukushima Japan: Post-Fukushima Japan is a vastly different place to the one which committed to a nuclear energy future. Recent government announcements regarding a drive towards solar research and development and a feed-in tariff scheme... |
Page: 52 |
Dream of a solar Sahara |
Page: 56 |
PV at sixty degrees |
Page: 60 |
Space for mega-projects |
Page: 64 |
White elephant |
Page: 66 |
Foreign investment welcome |
Page: 70 |
First inventory decrease this year |
Page: 76 |
Spot market for PV panels: Market revival |
Page: 78 |
Under pressure |
Page: 80 |
Industry & Suppliers
Are you a green hypocrite? |
Page: 82 |
Much more than just ramping up production |
Page: 86 |
Solar glass for solar industry |
Page: 92 |
Precision coating |
Page: 96 |
Supplying beyond |
Page: 100 |
Chinese panels dominate the winners’ podium Industry ranking: Chinese crystalline module manufacturers have further developed their dominant position. They are scoring big through size and less expensive production. But even they are facing new difficulties: manufacturing... |
Page: 102 |
The right price and quality |
Page: 108 |
The race goes on |
Page: 110 |
Applications & Installations
A challenge and an opportunity |
Page: 138 |
Large market for small systems |
Page: 140 |
Research & Development
From dawn to dusk |
Page: 154 |
Generating dollars where there’s no sun Solar inverter upgrade: A Canadian Engineering Professor has come up with a way to use idle solar inverter capacity in the evening to help relieve congestion on the grid and expand capacity for wind and other renewable sources.... |
Page: 158 |
Concentrating on concentrators |
Page: 162 |