Featured in Looking forward – 08-2012

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Off-grid solar PV: In some off-grid markets, solar power is already more cost-efficient than electricity from diesel generators. More market segments will join the list with rising diesel prices. We asked some of the many off-grid experts exhibiting at Intersolar Europe to describe the current state of the market for PV stand-alone systems, what is important, where the barriers are, and what are the major trends.

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pv magazine

27 Jul 2012

According to the latest “Solar Energy Market Growth” report by Solarbuzz, off-grid was growing faster than on-grid PV for the first time three years ago (to 0.37 GW in 2010). Just how big the off-grid market is today is hard to say, because the few realistic market reports have been obsolete for several years now. …

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