The ASEAN story – 08-2013
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Inspiring new ways for PV
South Africa: The South African renewables market has become a beacon of PV development, both in Africa and worldwide. Despite bumps in the road ahead, medium-term growth prospects are looking good. Ioannis Papadopoulos and Ragna Schmidt-Haupt from global renewable energy consultancy GL Garrad Hassan provide a snapshot of the markets status and highlight current policy and financial hurdles.
Aug 06, 2013
Customers come first
Business strategies: JA Solar Co., Ltd. is a Chinese PV company that has morphed from a cell manufacturer to one of the top ten manufacturers of crystalline solar modules. The companys business model is based on strong partnerships and a keen sense of what bankability is all about. This article takes a close look at JA Solars recipe for success.
Aug 06, 2013
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Solar for more than a thousand islands
Indonesia: With over 238 million people, the generation capacity growth of electricity has lagged behind the pace of demand growth leading to power shortages and low levels of electrification. But now, things are starting to get concrete on the solar front in the archipelago with the government making solid plans for PV.
Aug 06, 2013
A pipe-dream
Dear readers, Will it happen or will it not happen? In recent weeks this was one of the prevailing questions that kept the online editorial team of pv magazine on its toes almost every day. There is talk of a possible compromise in the current trade dispute between the EU and China. Throughout the course […]
Aug 06, 2013
Global FIT overview
Feed-in tariffs: South Australia considers scrapping its FIT to let utilities dictate terms, but not without hearing from the Clean Energy Council. Gujarats utility company advocates a similar path in Northwest India. Spanish PV investors are irate at yet another round of retroactive cuts.
Aug 06, 2013
Key market and innovation centre
Intersolar North America: Shanghai, Munich, San Francisco, its been the story at solar shows around the world attendance is down and the number of exhibitors declining year on year. However as the geographic diversity of the PV market increases and global demand continues to experience growth there remains a sense of optimism and real signs that the PV market may have hit rock bottom and that a corner has been turned.
Aug 06, 2013
GW market arrives
Southeast Asia: The promise of the Southeast Asian PV market has been slow to eventuate. As government support policies and necessary deregulation of electricity markets occur, solar is beginning to provide solutions that both deliver demand to PV manufacturers and project developers and begins to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels for utilities.
Aug 06, 2013
The backbones of BOS
PV components: Solar junction boxes, cables and connectors may not be as glamorous as the sleek multi-jointed robots that have begun to invade the PV industry, but recent advances in safety performance, cost reduction and ease of installation are bringing new focus on these critical components. Such advances were widely displayed at the recent Intersolar North America trade show in July.
Aug 06, 2013
End of the PV honeymoon?
Eastern Europe: The honeymoon period between governments and photovoltaic developers in the eastern Balkans is definitely over. After several years of rapid growth of photovoltaic capacity, mostly in Romania and Bulgaria, governments in the region are speedily rethinking their vows to bold development plans once laid out for solar energy.
Aug 06, 2013
Storage to the fullest
Battery systems: In Germany there is a lot of hype about electricity storage systems for grid-connected solar plants. The pv magazine overview of 176 systems shows the state of development. There are big differences between the devices when it comes to price, dimensioning and economic efficiency.
Aug 06, 2013
Solar funding remains timid, but downstream roars
Venture capital: Venture capital (VC) funding was unimpressive in the second quarter of 2013, totaling US$189 million in 19 deals compared to $126 million in 26 deals in the first quarter of the year. Despite that, downstream companies picked up right where they left off in the quarter before, recording their most successful quarter to date. Raj Prabhu, CEO of Mercom Capital Group, elaborates.
Aug 06, 2013
