Issue 08 / 2010

08 / 2010

Eastern visions
New photovoltaics hubs in Pacific Asia

From the Editor

Looking to the Southeast

Page: 3

Markets & Trends

Banking in on sunshine

Page: 18

Opportunities in Asia

By:  Shamsiah Ali-Oettinger, William Vorsatz

Thailand: The German company Conergy runs half of the construction of the largest commercially operated solar parks in Southeast Asia. Experience has shown that the Asian continent is not necessarily a threat to the western solar...

Page: 26

On the way to the top

Page: 30

Good vibrations despite some hurdles

Page: 36

Opening the U.S. PV market

Page: 42

Without vacuum, nothing works

Page: 44

A mixed bag

Page: 50

Near-term focus

Page: 52

Spot market for PV panels: New record achieved

Page: 54

Industry & Suppliers

Global PV standards

Page: 74

Race for the best places

By:  Britta Danger

Industry ranking: Nearly all of the large thin film manufacturers have announced a substantial increase in their production capacities for this year, with the demand for modules growing worldwide. At the same time thin film...

Page: 78

Model inverters

Page: 84

Applications & Installations

The art of anchoring solar arrays

By:  Ucilia Wang

Mounting systems: As the U.S market takes off, mounting system developers are rolling out designs that aim to shave installation costs for commercial and utility-scale projects.

Page: 88

Beware of typos

Page: 92

Keeping it cool

Page: 98

Live wire

Page: 100

Casually innovative

Page: 106

Research & Development

Solar for the people

Page: 64