Mercom reports significant downtrend in solar sector VC funding transactions
Mercom Capital Group, llc has seen a significant downtrend in venture capital (VC) funding transactions in the solar sector in the third quarter of this year.
UK renewable energy industry warns against cutting FITs
Over 60 key renewable energy figures and experts have published an open letter to the UK Government, warning them that prematurely cutting the feed-in tariffs (FITs) before April 2013 would have a profoundly damaging effect on long term investor confidence.
Germany: 13 percent FIT degression expected
Based on recently released figures for newly installed photovoltaics (PV) capacity for June to August, Germanys Federal Network Agency expects that the degression in feed-in tariffs will reach its maximum limit of 13 percent by the start of next year.?
IPVSEE 2010: Key issues hindering ramp up of China's PV market
Although China is developing its photovoltaics (PV) market rapidly, the country still has some major hurdles to overcome. As the 2010 Golden Sun PV Industry Summit, held this week in Beijing, China, clearly showed, not only do the prospects of a national feed-in tariff remain uncertain, but other key issues are proving to hinder a major ramp-up of the domestic market.
Flexible solar modules used for refrigerated vehicles
Offering up an alternative for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) modules, Fahrzeugwerk Bernard Krone GmbH presented a refrigerated semi trailer equipped with flexible PV modules, provided by Germany-based Solarion AG, at the 63rd IAA Commercial Vehicles show, held last week in Hanover, Germany.
Report: UK PV market to see extreme challenges for solar companies
According to a new report issued by Solarbuzz, the UKs emergence into the photovoltaics (PV) market couldnt be better timed. However, with a fast-growing downstream market, it said extreme challenges lie ahead for solar companies to operate profitably.
Research: PV cell capacity forecast to hit 33 GW by end of year, but margins will fall
Annualized photovoltaics (PV) cell production capacity has again increased in the second quarter of this year, said IMS Research, reaching over 25 gigawatts (GW).
2 MW PV plant installed in Bulgaria; country could hit 4 GW capacity by 2020
A two-megawatt (MW) photovoltaics (PV) plant has been installed in the western Bulgarian town of Ihtiman by Sunservice Ltd.
Report: Solar spotlight to shift from Germany; US could achieve grid parity first
In its latest renewable energy attractiveness indices, Ernst & Young has announced the solar market is preparing for a shift from a dominant German market to other smaller hotspots. It added that Spain remains largely in the doldrums, with the wind industry largely thought to have won out over solar.
Small PV project developers in India to benefit from carbon credits
Climate change firm Emergent Ventures International (EVI) has launched an initiative to aggregate solar power projects to help developers in India earn carbon credits from the UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which aims to reduce emissions through the deployment of clean technologies.
