US permits 550 MW PV project
U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar has given the go-ahead to the largest photovoltaic facility ever to be built on public land in America.
The PV race to replace silver
Silver prices have been bad news for photovoltaics of late. Their continuing spike is causing ripples across the photovoltaic manufacturing industry as it forces companies to find cost-effective solutions to the super-conductive metal or face losses.
TFG Radiant Group to produce Ascent Solars CIGS modules in Asia
In a royalties, stock and strategic deal, TFG Radiant Group has announced that it will purchase 6,400,000 of Ascent Solars stock for US$7.36 million at the same time obtaining an exclusive license to produce and distribute Ascents flexible CIGS thin-film modules in East Asia.
Shrinking solar revenues forecast, despite new markets and growing installed capacity
New research forecasts shrinking, and then flat solar revenues through to 2016, despite the fact installations are expected to grow 15.5 percent as new markets open up. Countries with attractive IRRs are also identified.
Conergy increases sales but suffers 6.7 million loss
German renewable and photovoltaic company Conergys woes continued through the second quarter (Q2) of 2011, with its report showing an increase of sales by 40 percent, to 225.2 million, however losses of 6.7 million. By way of consolation, Q2 losses were almost half that of quarter one (Q1) which totaled 12.3 million.
Indian expo highlights countrys growing solar popularity
The 5th Renewable Energy India 2011 Expo, held in New Delhi from August 10 to 12, 2011, has been a great success if visitor numbers are anything to go by.
Solar in for strong second half, if financial crisis can be controlled
The first half of 2011 has been less than stellar for photovoltaics, but there are indicators that demand will be much stronger in the second half. All bets are off, however, if the European debt crisis can’t be managed, or if the U.S. falls back into recession.
Solar energy even without the sun
A new technology emerging from the United States of America could provide solar energy 24 hours per day even without constant sunlight through improvements to heat storage capabilities.
Chinese manufacturers winners under Chinas FIT
Mondays announcement that China is to introduce a national photovoltaic feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme was received well by many in the industry. However, analyst opinion is that the Chinese tier-one manufacturers stand to gain the most.
Industry upset with WA tariff-cut
The suspension of the feed-in tariff in yet another state of Australia has been met with anger and dismay by much of the solar community in the country.
