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Sol Voltaics Raises $21.3m to Commercialize 50% Efficiency-Boosting GaAs Nanowire PV Technology

Jul 7, 2017

Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which is developing nanomaterials technology for enhancing solar cell efficiency, has closed a record funding round of $21.3m (reckoned to be the largest finance raise for a European solar technology company ...

Tags: solar cell, PV

India to Overtake Japan as The World's Third Largest Solar Market in 2017, Expects Energytrend

Mar 21, 2017

The global solar market has yet to show signs of turnaround after going through the turbulent 2016. The latest Gold Member Solar Report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, forecasts that the global PV demand for 2017 will total just ...

Tags: solar market, PV

Avancis and Sunpartner Team up on Solar Glass for BIPV Market

Sep 23, 2016

A strategic partnership has been announced for the copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic cell technology of Avancis GmbH of Torgau, Germany to be used in the semi-transparent WYSIPS Design Glass energy-producing ...

Tags: Avancis, CIGS, PV module

Rumors of a PV Crash Overblown – Isuppli

Nov 5, 2015

With feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in the key markets of Germany and Italy about to be reduced, and financial problems spreading around the Mediterranean, there has been speculation of an accompanying decline in demand for solar cells used to ...

Tags: PV installations, solar power

Solar Shake-out to Trigger CIGS Casualties

Nov 5, 2015

The volatile solar market will rationalize extensively over the next year, with the handful of leading companies likely to have successful initial public offerings (IPOs) outweighed by several others going to the wall. Jason Eckstein, the ...

Tags: Solar, CIGS, concentrating photovoltaics

Solar Electricity Competitive with Natural Gas by 2025

Nov 5, 2015

Solar-generated electricity will become just as cheap as that produced by natural gas in most parts of the world by 2025, according to a new analyst report. Lux Research, which specializes in predicting the impact of emerging and ...

Tags: Solar Electricity, Natural Gas

US Photovoltaics Installations up 41% in 2013

Nov 5, 2015

More than 13 GW of solar power generating capacity is now in place across the US, after 2013 witnessed a record 4.8 GW of installations, including some 2.8 GW in utility-scale projects. The explosive growth figures come from GTM ...

Tags: Photovoltaics, solar power, Electricity

Solar Market to Grow 75% to 65.6 Gwp in 2019

Nov 5, 2015

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 ...

Tags: solar industry, Market, X-Si

European Solar Installations Down 36% in 2014

Nov 5, 2015

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 ...

Tags: Photovoltaic Industry, solar installations

Tax Credit Deadline Pulls US Solar Projects Forward

Nov 5, 2015

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 ...

Tags: solar photovoltaics, residential solar, natural gas

Navigant Is Latest to Predict Cost-Competitive Solar PV by 2020

Nov 5, 2015

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

US Adds Another 1.4gw of PV Power in June Quarter

Nov 5, 2015

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 ...

Tags: PV Power, solar, Investment

First Solar to Supply Modules to Clean Energy Collective for Roofless Community Solar Projects

Oct 15, 2015

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, has executed a module supply agreement (MSA) that ...

Tags: First Solar, Thin-film, solar panels

Suntech Introduces New Module Technologies at SPI

Sep 15, 2015

To boost its recognition in the U.S. solar market, Wuxi Suntech announced to showcase three major PV module technologies at the Solar Power International 2015 trade show in California. Upgraded SuperPoly modules which have a 100MW ...

Tags: solar market, PV module

Solar Firms Search for Light at The End of Tunnel

Aug 25, 2015

Companies opt to relocate plants to Southeast Asia to cut labor costs, reports Lyu Chang. The label of "made in China", which was synonymous with the global solar industry, is in danger of fading out as a growing number of firms move ...

Tags: solar industry, silicon cells, solar panel

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