COVER STORY

2011 PV Market: Optimism Prevails

Despite challenges, leading PV companies believe 2011 will be another exciting and strong year for the global PV industry.

- By Jeanny Lim

2011 Strategies Unveiled

In time for the New Year, InterPV magazine has asked leading PV players about their goals and strategies for the year 2011.

- By Jeanny Lim

Product Pipeline

We just don’t like standing still.

Leading global PV companies are presenting their  product pipelines (innovative solar products).

- By Jeanny Lim

GLOBAL LEADERS IN PV

Dyesol: Leading the DSC Revolution

Dyesol’s mission is to lead the industrialization and commercialization of DSC technology by supplying highest quality and most affordable solutions. Chairman of the board, Richard Caldwell talks about how Dyesol is revolutionizing the way we capture and consume energy.

- By Jeanny Lim

GLOBAL MARKET REPORT

Trends in Global PV Market

The global solar PV market is experiencing varied trends in different regions. The rising number of installations in Europe is being matched by new technological developments in the U.S.A. and rise in the manufacturing base in Asia.

- By GlobalData

Status of PV in the EU New Member States─Part Ⅰ

The PV markets in the European Union New Member States and PV capacity installed in those markets are introduced.

- By Dr. Stanislaw M. Pietruszko

New Market Entrant: France

Experts view France as one of the most promising PV markets with strong increases in PV demand predicted.

- By Eric Prinet

VIEWPOINT

Leaving Fuel-based Power Behind

Sustained vigilance on quality is a key to meet energy needs in developing countries. Solar-powered electricity is a win-win-win solution in the works─good for the poor, good for the climate, good for the PV manufacturers.

- By Daniel M. Kammen

FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT

Solar Stock Outlook Improves

Solar industry revenues are set to soar after suffering for over a year. So, is it time to buy solar stocks?

- By Richard Asplund

CELL & MODULE

How to Make ThermoPV Cost-affordable

Recently, a significant cost reduction was achieved for germanium-based TPV cells by using a low-cost process flow and a substrate with a specifically engineered front surface.

- By Els Parton, Johan van der Heide, Giovanni Flamand, Jef Poortmans

PRODUCTION & INSPECTION

New Precision Coating Deposition Method for Photovoltaic Selective Emitter Process

The thin, uniform application of dopant is critical to the successful formation of selective emitters on photovoltaic cells.

- By Stuart Erikson

Test the Innovation

In the past, PV module manufacturers have had to queue at solar test institutes, waiting for months before testing of their module could begin. But now queue times have been significantly reduced due to the emergence of a high number of solar testing labs, and with it the strengthened position of manufacturers.

- By Jorn Brembach

Theoretical Estimation of Acceleration Factors for Temperature Dependent Processes When Testing PV Modules

In the development of accelerated methods for determining the long-term environmental durability (weathering) of polymeric and other materials, there are only limited opportunities for acceleration of the effects of environmental deterioration of assemblies of materials, for example PV modules.

- By Olivier Hailant, David Dumbleton

CIGS 2.0 and the Pathway to Proximity Manufacturing

The market outlook for thin-film PV appears promising. Especially, CIGS is getting more popular than other thin-film technologies due to its higher efficiency and reduced manufacturing costs.

- By Dr. Michael Bartholomeusz

COMPONANT & MATERIAL

Tracking Systems

Higher yields vary considerably depending on the type of tracker, geographical location, and downtime periods. Maintenance costs and downtimes should be minimized to ensure the investment in a tracking system pays off.

-By Roland Wenzel

DESIGN & InNSTALLATION

Calculate Solar Exposure

EagleView Technologies introduced a new solar roofing report that is an innovative break through for some integrators, solar installers, and the overall roofing industry.

- By Karen L. Edwards

PV & LIFE

First-ever U.S. Solar Jobs Census

The Solar Foundation’s National Solar Jobs Census 2010 identified more than 93,000 solar jobs nationwide. It also found that solar employers expect to increase the number of solar workers by 26%, representing nearly 24,000 net new jobs, by August, 2011.

- By Andrea Luecke

Solar Power for Electric Vehicles

More recently, it has been realized that the market for disposal photovoltaics on consumer goods is at least as large and even the potential on electric vehicles by land, water and air, could be an enticing billion square meters a year, comparable to that for buildings.

- By Dr. Harry Zervos