Issue 10 / 2011

10 / 2011

States seal the deal
North American states have taken green energy policy into their own hands, but a lot depends on looming elections.

From the Editor

Waiting for what?

Page: 3

Markets & Trends

Potent cocktail

Page: 18

Solar on a large scale

Page: 28

Entrepreneurial parallels

Page: 36

Ontario braces for a solar storm

Page: 38

A bet on the future

Page: 44

Time to shine

Page: 50

Thinking beyond the Noors and Shams

By:  Shamsiah Ali-Oettinger

Interview: The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries have received prominent limelight due to some prestigious project announcements like Shams and Noor. Nevertheless, in order for the systematic and proper development...

Page: 58

Price war in Hamburg

Page: 62

Mixed comments, opinions and reports

Page: 64

Prudent expansion

Page: 70

Big Greek PV plans

Page: 74

The newcomer

Page: 78

A green contradiction

Page: 84

Future comes into focus

Page: 88

High-profile consolidation

Page: 90

Spot market for PV panels: Capital is tight

Page: 92

Behind expectations

Page: 94

Industry & Suppliers

From service provider to partner

Page: 96

New markets, new strategies

Page: 102

Rough diamond

By:  Sara Ver-Bruggen

Solar glass: Latest advances in TCO glass and coatings are forcing better efficiencies from thin-film silicon PV. While thin film PV’s market share today is shy of initial forecasts, this is an industry that is growing.

Page: 104

Applications & Installations

Safety with system

Page: 110

Dealing with high voltage stress

Page: 114

Tracking goes large

Page: 122

Research & Development

Tracking shadows

By:  Jonathan Gifford

Cloud surveillance: A criticism commonly leveled at renewable energy producers is that the electricity they supply is variable and intermittent. However, the ability to make accurate short-term output forecasts can help to...

Page: 158

The PEPPER project

Page: 162

Financial & Legal Affairs

Time for a Green Bank?

By:  Charles W. Thurston

Financing in the USA: In the United States, the idea of founding a Green Bank or a Clean Energy Development Authority to finance renewable energy development is again being floated among Republican and Democrat legislators...

Page: 168

Venture capital seeks solar selectively

Page: 174

A new trend in the offing

Page: 178