Three reasons to be bullish on Japan
Japan has been and remains a booming PV market. In the last Japanese financial year, March 2012 through March 2013, over 7 GW of new PV capacity was installed in the country. But increasingly observers are asking, how long will the boom last? This is the first of pv magazine’s series based on discussions from the PV Japan 2014 trade show floor.
Vivint files for IPO for solar business
The home automation and security company has filed to spin off its solar business. Vivint Solar is the second-largest residential installer in the United States, and is gaining market share.
Indian manufacturers begin to split on duties
Not all Indian PV manufacturers are coming out in support of anti-dumping duties the government may impose to protect domestic manufacturers. Vikram Solar has spoken out against the recommended duties.
GCL New Energy, Singyes Solar announce far-reaching partnership
The companies will cooperate mainly on distributed generation projects next year with a combined target of at least 500 MW.
Leading UK solar firms challenge government plans to end subsidies
In their ongoing battle against government plans to end the RO support scheme for large-scale PV, solar companies are now banking on the courts to overturn the proposal.
World’s largest solar boat charts course for ancient Greece
Solar boat MS Turanor PlanetSolar has become a research vessel for archaeological expeditions in Greece. The catamaran completed a round-the-world trip in 2012 powered only by sun.
GT looks to the future in its solar, polysilicon businesses
The company’s quarterly results show the lowest revenues in over three years in its PV and Polysilicon businesses, and only $3 million in new orders across the two divisions. However, GT expects a rebound in the second half of 2014 and beyond, based on new technologies including Merlin, Hyperion and HiCz.
SEIA sets the record straight on Germany's solar success
The U.S. solar trade organization has released a report on Germany’s experience with policies to support solar PV, finding that the nation’s widely misunderstood system of feed-in tariffs has been highly successful in deploying large amounts of solar PV and decarbonizing its electricity sector.
First Solar sets new world record for thin film solar PV at 21%
The U.S. PV maker’s new cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell narrowly beats Solar Frontier’s 20.9% record for copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar PV.
Tesla and Panasonic to construct battery 'Gigafactory'
Elon Musk’s pioneering electric vehicle company hopes that the factory will advance the mass market production of cost-effective lithium-ion batteries.
