In the USA, DuPont has opened its 113 million litre cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, IA, which is said to be the world’s largest cellulosic biofuels refinery opened to date. In Asia, DuPont recently announced its first licensing ...
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Led by China, the solar industry will grow at a CAGR of 8.3% – from 37.5 GWp (gigawatt peak) in 2013 to 65.6 GWp in 2019 – but emerging trade disputes involving the Asian giant, as much as global policies, cast a shadow over ...
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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 ...
Tags: Navigant, solar photovoltaic, CdTe cells
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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CS Clean Systems AG of Ismaning (near Munich) and centrotherm clean solutions GmbH & Co KG of Blaubeuren, Germany (both specialists in the treatment of exhaust gases in semiconductor and solar cell production processes) signed a memorandum ...
German power contracts for Monday delivery lost ground during Friday trading, yet remained buoyant on low renewables forecasts and reduced availability of coal-fired units. At Platts' 1100 GMT close, baseload power for Monday delivery was ...
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Xcel Energy is confident it can cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2030 from 2005 levels at a negligible cost to customers, mainly by building two new natural gas plants, adding more than 2,000 MW of renewables and keeping its nuclear plants ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, is to open a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Syracuse, NY. In partnership with the ...
Light, technology and design will converge to reveal new solutions, new knowledge and new discoveries at LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) 2016. The world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and ...
Researchers in the USA have been working on gallium nitride phosphide (GaNP) as an absorbing material for solar power [S. Sukrittanon et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p153901, 2015]. The aim of the team from University of California San ...