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Heinz Ossenbrink of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has been named as next year’s European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EU PVSEC) chairman.

The U.S.-based New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) has said it wants to install 5,000 megawatts (MWs) of photovoltaics (PV) in New York by 2025.

New research has revealed that shipments of photovoltaic (PV) modules increased by 20 percent in the third quarter of this year, in order to reach 5.4 gigawatts.

The interest in photovoltaic systems in India is enormous. However, it requires crossing quite a few hurdles to meet the ambitious targets of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. This was highlighted at the Intersolar India, which closed its doors last night.

More funds are pumped into the solar industry aimed to help several East Tennessee businesses expand operations and target new customers.

The Czech President Vaclav Klaus has approved a retroactive solar tax for solar power plants in the Czech Republic in spite of fears of possible arbitrages and protests by several members of European Photovoltaics Association (EPIA).

The California Energy Commission has approved two more large scale solar power projects in the desert, adding to the already approved seven projects since August end.

The Bulgarian government has announced that a renewable energy source act would be finalized and released within the next two weeks.

Contrary to what was previously expected, the massive ammendments of feed-in tariffs (FITs) in Spain will not come into effect until the second quarter of 2011.

First Solar will enter 2011 with a forecasted 46 percent sales growth according to the thin film manufacturer. This is despite possibilities of decreased demand in some markets.