The necessity of having nuclear power plants has been under debate recently in Taiwan. Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Gigastorage has suggested four ways that the government can take to address the country's energy issues: increase solar ...
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China-based makers of solar wafers and cells have to pay cash or issue credit letters to procure materials, but need to wait when it comes time for them to get payment on products from downstream customers. There are examples of makers ...
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As the photovoltaics sector transitions to emerging markets and away from Europe, analyst company NPD Solarbuzz is predicting a massive rise in demand for solar energy across Latin America and the Caribbean over the next five years. ...
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Demand for solar energy across Latin America and the Caribbean is poised for explosive growth through 2017, with a forecast compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45%, according to NPD Solarbuzz. According to Chris Sunsong, analyst at NPD ...
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Business Line reported that ACME Bikaner Solar Power Pvt Ltd has emerged the winner in the 25 MW solar PV program of the Odisha Government, quoting a tariff of INR 7.28 per kWhr. The company, a subsidiary of ACME Tele Power Ltd, will invest ...
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With solar programs in Europe continuing to stimulate demand in the second half of 2012, total installations in Germany for the first three quarters of 2012 were close to 6.2GW, and the figure is expected to reach 7.8-8GW for the whole year ...
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DECC has decided to reduce support for solar power under the Renewables Obligation from 2 ROCs today to 1.6 ROCs from April 2013 – a reduction of 20%. This is higher than the level of 1.5 ROCs which was initially proposed. The STA ...
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According to IHS, the global solar market will achieve double-digit installation growth in 2013, but market revenue will fall to US$75 billion. Industry revenues-measured as system prices multiplied by total gigawatts installed-peaked at ...
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Taiwan-based solar firm Tainergy has recently seen orders for solar modules increase from Japan and Indonesia. In particular, the modules have been supplied to the public sector in Indonesia, showing growth in the Southeast Asia market. ...
At the 2012 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society(MRS)in Boston at the beginning of December,Global Photonic Energy Corp(GPEC)of Medford Lakes,NJ,USA–a developer of a organic photovoltaic(OPV)technology that has research ...
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Commentary:Non-FIT business model to pave way for grid parity Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 15 October 2012]The continuous feed-in-tariff(FIT)cuts by Europe's governments and increasing trade barriers have been pushing ...
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PV puts utilities and construction ‘on collision course’ 16 Aug 2012 Achieving widespread grid parity with solar electricity may set up a titanic clash between the two industry sectors. PV panel The falling cost of ...
Racing Teams Replace Outdoor lighting with Solar LED lighting PALM CITY,Fla.,June 1,2012/PRNewswire via COMTEX/--Sol,Inc.,the leading provider of solar and LED outdoor lighting solutions,is pleased to announce they have partnered with ...
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Solar Junction of San Jose,CA,USA,a manufacturer of III-V multi-junction solar cells based on proprietary adjustable-spectrum lattice-matched(A-SLAM)materials for concentrated photovoltaics(CPV),has announced an agreement with CPV system ...
Tags: 5MW CPV cell order, solar cell, SolFocus, investment, Solar Junction
Nanosolar Inc of San Jose,CA,USA,which makes thin-film photovoltaic cells and panels based on depositing copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)and nanoparticle inks on flexible aluminum foil substrates(using roll-to-roll solar cell ...