Optimizing the footprint of solar technology
Econet China: A report from the Sino-German Clean Production Initiative launched at the International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition in Shanghai (SNEC) in February.
Time for new concepts
Laminators: Lamination is one of the most advanced processes in module manufacturing, but there is still room for new ideas and materials. A report on technology, functions and the development of laminators in the solar industry from Markus Steinkötter, founder and CEO of engineering firm Sunnyside upP.
This is the solar decade!
CEO interview: A full service company, which offers a compete downstream package, Photon Energy has successfully placed itself in the European PV market. However, the company, based in the Czech Republic, has been affected by the introduction of the countrys retroactive solar tax. Here, CEO Michal Gärtner talks to pv magazine about the Czech market changes, the companys survival strategy and how it is eyeing up a number of new markets.
The sun Down Under
Australia: The country has been split in its decisions with regards to feed-in tariffs and with unsteady implementations and policies. Some states in the continent are all for solar power and have gone ahead with their own policies while others are still reviewing their strategies. The solar sector has been swayed back and forth. As one of the most active providers of renewable and sustainable energy systems in the country, Austwide Solars Michael Rahme helps lay out the facts.
The solar revolution goes on
The story of solar electricity: The nineteenth and last part of our series of chapters from John Perlins book From Space to Earth looks back at how photovoltaics is turning into a major energy producer, allowing everyone the benefits of electricity without doing harm to our home, planet earth.
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The Ukraine: The Ukraine is trying to avoid mistakes other eastern European countries made in their renewable energy policy. Ukrainian business etiquette might be surprising sometimes, but the countrys long-standing tradition in engineering makes it easy to establish partnerships. A report by Svea Schröder of Enerparc AG, an industrial consultant and EPC provider based in Hamburg, Germany.
Survival of the fittest and cleanest
Polysilicon China: The Chinese government issued a Polysilicon Industry Access Standards document that listed the rules and restrictions for polysilicon manufacturers in the country. What initially looked like a possible blow might be after all a blessing for prices of the sought after material in the PV sector.
Spot market for PV panels: Production piles up
Module prices: The slight drop in prices for crystalline modules was not enough to increase demand noticeably.
Slow and steady wins the race?
PV Expo Tokyo: The gathering of the majority of the Japanese PV sector, as well as international solar players seeking to widen their network further east of China, saw three days of innovations, Made in Japan modules and new tests and certifications. pv magazine found itself in the middle of the hustle and bustle, gaining Japanese insider perspectives.
Residual risk?
Dear readers, A handle on everything!? In Japan we have now seen a brutal example once again of how little this is the case when a huge natural disaster is coupled with an exceptionally risky technology. The earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 that shook the ocean floor approximately 380 kilometers northeast of […]
