After another record-breaking year for solar photovoltaic installations, and in spite of a sharp slowdown in the German market, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) says that total global PV capacity now stands at a ...
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Given the right policy frameworks and technology developments, solar technologies could be generating more than a quarter of the world’s electricity by 2050. That potential scenario, which would see solar overtake wind, ...
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Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting a 25 per cent rise in global demand for photovoltaics in 2015, with the emergence of the Indian market set to contribute strongly for the first time. “While 2014 remained a ...
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The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), one of the most respected collectors of data on solar installations, says that only 7 GW of additional solar power was connected to Europe’s grids in 2014 – down 36 per cent ...
New reports from two analyst companies have confirmed continued rapid growth in demand for solar photovoltaics (PV) in the US, partly as a result of a looming tax credit deadline for utility-scale projects. The second reason is a sharp ...
New predictions from Greentech Media’s market research division (GTM Research) suggest that solar photovoltaics will account for half of all the new electricity-generating capacity added globally over the next five years – and ...
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The annual global market for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations will exceed $150 billion by 2024, as the technology shifts from a high-cost, subsidized source of electricity to one that is genuinely competitive with conventional fuels on ...
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Installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels continues to gather momentum in the US, with another 1.4 GW of capacity added in the second quarter of 2015. That’s according to analysts at Greentech Media (GTM) Research, whose ...
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Soaring demand from China, Japan and the U.S. ensures that the first-tier photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturers are booked in orders up to the first quarter of 2016. Currently, prices are rising for all multi-Si products from wafers to ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, says that the first two blocks of its Luz del Norte ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has sold a 15MW photovoltaic (PV) solar project to Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy. ...
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Chinese Vice Minister Gao Yan and the Vice Minister for International Affairs of Japanese Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade (METI) Norihiko Ishiguro co-chaired the 16th regular ministerial meeting between MOFCOM and Japanese METI on ...
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CNBM (China National Building Materials Group Corp) - the parent company of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic module maker Avancis GmbH of Torgau, Germany - has celebrated the groundbreaking for one of the ...
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Munich-based Solar Frontier Europe, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – is supplying additional CIS PowerModules to ...
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Policy directives from the Chinese government continue to drive the country’s demand for photovoltaic (PV) systems. China’s National Energy Agency has recently increased the national PV installation target and expects an ...
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