[March 2011 Issue]
BUSINESS IN BRIEF
MARKET UPDATE
Solar PV Market to Shine in Japan
Italy Reached 7 GW in 2010
Solar Up in VC Investments in 2010
COVER STORY
A List of 10 Predictions
Standard & Poor (S&P)’s Equity Research, the world’s largest producer of independent equity research, forecasts what will happen next in the solar industry.
- By Angelo Zino, Clyde Montevirgen
GLOBAL LEADERS IN PV
Enfinity: Making PV Accessible for Everyone
Enfinity develops and builds ‘turnkey’ installations for maximum electricity production and is one of the largest companies within the renewable energy sector. CEO of Enfinitytalks about the company’s competitive edges and recent developments.
- By Jeanny H. Lim
VIEWPOINT
Pilot Solar Programs in Michigan Well Underway
A Michigan-based company is proud of offering customer-owned programs designed to help the customers purchase solar electric systems.
- By Scott Simons
FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT
Funding and M&A Activity for the Solar Sector
Overall investment activity in 2010 for the solar sector showed improved health over a recession hindered 2009.
- BY Mercom Capital Group
GLOBAL MARKET REPORT
Status of PV in the EU New Member States─PartⅢ
This final of three articles examines education, demonstration, dissenmination, research and development status of the European Union 12 New Member States.
- By Dr. Stanislaw M. Pietruszko
Middle East: Solar Energy─Best for Powering Sustainable Growth
PTL Solar, Middle East and Africa’s solar energy solutions provider, is determined to minimize the environmental impact of its products and do all it can to neutralize the carbon emissions and protect the ecology of its surroundings.
- By PTL Solar
PV Recycling: It’s Been Quite a Year.
Building upon first accomplishments of PV CYCLE while looking ahead at the future of PV module recycling program.
- BY Jan Clyncke
CELL & MODULE
Solar Modules: Quality Counts
KYOCERA modules outshine competitors’ in 24-month test under the circumstance of Australian deserts.
- By Stefan Wiebach
CPV Solar Module Technology: Progress and Potential
Developments and emerging trends in CPV solar module technology
- By Geoffrey Duggan
Suzhou Shenglong PV-Tech Co., Ltd. (LONG ENERGY)
Long Energy made a conscious decision to become an integrated manufacturer of solar modules producing ingots, wafers and modules all under one roof. This allows Long Energy to have the utmost in quality control at every step from growing the first ingot to assembling the last module.
PRODUCTION & INSPECTION
Nano Printing: Cutting Solar PV Costs by More Than a Quarter
New innovations and technologies will be necessary for solar PV-based approaches to lower the cost enough to be competitive with other competing technologies.
- By Dr. Samuel Kim
How to Match Today’s Laser Cutting Technology to Application Requirements: Choosing between Laser Cutting Vs. Tool-Based Die Cutting Systems
In this first of the two serial articles, we’ll discuss how to choose between laser cutting vs. tool-based die cutting system.
- By Markus Klemm
BREYER GmbH Maschinenfabrik
Breyer is recognized throughout the world as one of the leading manufacturers of systems for the processing of thermoplastics and has specialized in economicallyworking extrusion lines.
Meyer Burger Technology
Meyer Burger stands for leadingedge photovoltaic technologies. As a leading partner of the solar industry, Meyer Burger is an important player in the creation of a sustainable and profitable energy mix for the future.
COMPONANT & MATERIAL
Silicon Chemistry Shining Light on Achieving Grid Parity
To ensure that photovoltaics will be successful and sustainable, the industry will need to continue to focus on multiple, interwoven tracks.
- By Eric Peeters
Key Details in the Design and Production of Advanced PV Tracking Systems
In this article, we would like to focus on one key element in order to optimize Solar PV installations: The PV sun trackers.
- By Grupo Clavijo
POWER SYSTEM
Power Optimization
Analog and power management solutions deliver energy efficiency to the PV industry
- By Leslie Bane, Kevin Kayser
DESIGN & INSTALLATION
Utility-Scale PV Design and Installation: Lessons Learned and Improvements Made
Southern California Edison’s program to install and own one MW or larger PV
generators, interconnected to the distribution grid, is an emerging and evolving practice.
- By Daniel P. Breig |
