Eastern Europes beacon projects
Czech Republic: 2009 has been an enormous success for the Czech photovoltaics market. Despite cuts in the solar feed-in tariffs of five percent, the majority of market participants are now expecting even better development in 2010. It seems unlikely that the gold rush atmosphere in the Czech Republic will calm down before 2011.
Full steam ahead!
Dear readers, The announcement of lower feed-in rates for solar power in Germany spoiled many a party for industry representatives at the beginning of the year for the growth of the worlds biggest photovoltaics market could be stunted, and jobs may be lost, especially for midsize companies. At the same time, opposition to the […]
In the balance
Module prices: The photovoltaics industry went through a crisis year in 2009. When asked how business will go in 2010, module makers opinions diverge.
It all comes down to cost
Industry ranking: pv magazine asks market researchers and analysts: who are the leading manufacturers, and who will be among the top ten? This time, we will focus on silicon and wafer producers.
Long distance for everyone
The story of solar electricity: The eighth part of our series with chapters from John Perlins book From Space to Earth recounts how photovoltaics brought long distance telephone calls to people living in sparsely populated regions.
Mixed note
Ardour solar index: Fears of accelerated feed-in tariff cuts in Germany trigger a slide in solar stocks.
More than adhesives
3M: The U.S.-based technology firm is one of the pioneers in the development and application of adhesives. It is increasingly focusing on system solutions for the photovoltaics sector based on its experience from a wide range of applications.
PV in the eye of the beholder
Solar farms in the crossfire: Lower Bavaria is Germanys premier solar region. But now protests aimed at ground-mounted systems are growing. The town of Ruhstorf near the Austrian border shows how the conflict over solar farms can be de-escalated.
Solar makes a comeback
Japan: The global economic crisis has left Japans photovoltaic market almost completely untouched, and the industry is again gaining momentum. One of the driving forces for the domestic private household sector has been the recent incentive revision. The manufacturing industry has already announced multi-billion dollar investments. Foreign competitors, however, will still find it difficult to get a foothold on the market.
