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Mixed note Ardour solar index: Fears of accelerated feed-in tariff cuts in Germany trigger a slide in solar stocks.
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Sep 14, 2010
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PV in the eye of the beholder Solar farms in the crossfire: Lower Bavaria is Germany’s 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.
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Sep 14, 2010
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The trouble with silicon Triple Green, part 2: Silicon may be made of sand, but it is far from harmless. By the time the quartz becomes a module, it has lost its innocence. Nuclear power is used to smelt it, and the manufacturing process involves toxic chemicals and leaded fluxes and films. Crystalline solar technology is neither green nor clean – but that could change. Part 2 of our series “Triple Green” on green energy, green recycling and green manufacturing.
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Sep 14, 2010
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Thumbing your nose at the wind Flatroofs: Hall roofs with low load reserves can also be tapped for solar power production by using aerodynamic mounting systems. A strong market is developing for mounting systems that secure modules to flat roofs with minimal ballast and without penetrating the roof skin. Some manufacturers merely offer variations on conventional designs. But some product developers are thinking outside the box. A market overview.
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Sep 14, 2010
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The future of soccer is green Building integration: Sports club Werder Bremen is rebuilding its home field in Bremen, Germany, turning it from a multi-purpose venue into a dedicated soccer stadium. Regional energy supplier and sponsor EWE is working with Bremen’s municipal services to clad the building with photovoltaics, creating Germany’s biggest building integrated array while simultaneously showing how solar power modules can provide an architectural solution.
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Sep 14, 2010
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Eastern Europe’s 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.
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Sep 14, 2010
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The cell doctor Low-cost modules: Norway’s Innotech Solar repairs short-circuited solar cells that used to end up in smelters. A special laser process is used to repair defective cells, which are then processed into fully functional modules.
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Sep 14, 2010
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Less hum, more efficiency Inverter technology: Inductors smooth output voltage and current in inverters. They have to be small and lightweight, and inverter efficiency depends not least on inductor quality. Inductor manufacturers have thus begun to cater to the special demands of the photovoltaic industry in recent years.
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Sep 13, 2010
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Clean and green mass production Triple Green, part 1: The solar industry is under heavy pressure to reduce costs. Every gram of material and every joule of energy used in making cells, modules and components is being checked. Effective environmental management helps a company reduce its spending on the basis of sustainable criteria. In this way, solar power can really go green. Part 1 of the series on sustainable PV production.
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Sep 13, 2010
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The European renewables roadmap Roadmap 2020: The European Commission allotted a special role for photovoltaics in its Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET plan) for 2020. Here, an overview of the European roadmap to renewable energy is presented.
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Sep 13, 2010
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