Despite waning government support, the threat of international trade wars, and high-profile bankruptcies, the solar photovoltaic (PV) market continues to grow. Solar PV technology costs have steadily declined, and pathways to further cost ...
The Europe solar photovoltaic (PV) market is poised to recover during the fourth quarter of 2013, after an 18-month downturn that redefined the role of Europe within the global solar PV industry. Quarterly PV demand from Europe is now set ...
According to EnergyTrend, demand for PV self-consumption continues to increase in Europe due to decreased feed in tariffs and increased electricity price and surcharge fees for grid-connection. Moreover, the installation area of roof-top ...
Tags: PV Makers, Monocrystalline Market
Global market revenues for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters will drop by 9% in 2013, due to rapid price declines for commercial and utility-scale inverters and intense cost pressure in mature markets such as Germany and Italy, according to ...
According to EnergyTrend, the intensive pricing competition in the photovoltaic (PV) market has gradually come to an end. Due to the increased demand in emerging markets, solar system demand in 2014 is likely to rise substantially. The ...
Tags: Polysilicon, Lights, Lighting, PV
Asahi Glass will reduce its solar output with the conversion of an existing Chinese plant to automotive production. Source: AGC Solar. Asahi Glass will convert one of its solar glass factories in China to make automotive products. ...
Tags: Asahi Glass, Solar Output
In a round-robin test, Germany‘s Fraunhofer ISE CalLab PV Modules compared its results with three other leading international measurement labs for photovoltaic (PV) modules: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the USA, the ...
Tags: round-robin test, PV Modules
PV production grows despite 'crisis-led' drop in investment 02 Oct 2013 Market report published by European Commission's Joint Research Centre. On the up: Cumulative PV installations from 2000 to 2013. Global production of photovoltaic ...
Tags: PV Production, LED
Regular inspections have been conducted on the number four reactor at Japan's Oi nuclear power plant. However, delayed inspections has once again led to Japan's "zero nuclear power" status. Since nuclear power is still the major source of ...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Triples PV Market
After years of oversupply, the supply and demand for solar devices is returning to a state of balance. Because of this, IMS Research is reiterating its forecast that global capital spending by producers of photovoltaic (PV) modules, cells, ...
Currently the smallest part of the global solar energy storage business, the commercial segment, is projected to expand by a factor of 700 in the coming years and become the largest market segment in 2017, according to IMS Research. ...
Tags: Solar Energy, Lighting
ANTARIS SOLAR, a leading provider of solar technology, has teamed up with Blue Build Energy, the leading renewable energy company in Northern Ireland, in an exclusive partnership agreement. Blue Build Energy will now include ANTARIS SOLAR ...
Smit Ovens of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, which supplies customized thermal equipment and processes for the photovoltaic, glass and display industries, and Eindhoven-based SoLayTec, a spin-off from Dutch research organisation TNO founded in ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, OLED
Yingli in the first half of 2013 rode the wave of solar growth in its home market in China to retain the dominant position in the global business for photovoltaic (PV) modules, according to IHS. The company shipped 1,450 megawatts worth ...
Tags: Solar Module, Electrical
One year on from establishing its pan-European headquarters in London, Sharp Energy Solutions Europe confirms its commitment to the European solar market with an announcement that its PV factory is running at near full production (400 MW). ...
Tags: Solar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy