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India’s Solar Loan Program: Solar Shop Is Just Around the Corner |
| In an energy-starved country like India, renewable energy is not a climate change mechanism, but means access to a modern light device in many rural homes. A recent consumer loan program overturned existing hypothesis to empower poor householders to buy solar lights with the help... |
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Australia: Opportunity Lives Here |
| The Photovoltaics (PV) sector in Australia has been through large changes over the past year. At the industry level, local PV cell and module manufacture ceased in early 2009. The grid-connect market grew strongly. Over 3,000 people now work in the PV sector, not including govern... |
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PETER BRANDT ON THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY |
| InterPV conducts a series of interviews with solar experts around the world in an effort to get their thoughts on the current status and future prospects for the renewable energy industry and to understand better the solar PV industry in the context of other renewable energy sour... |
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USA: Solar, Heading for Arizona |
| More than 100 solar companies operate in Arizona, the U.S.A., ranging from manufacturing and design to installation and distribution. Interest in the state is growing, particularly from international companies. |
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ROBERT BUCHER ON THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY |
| InterPV conducts a series of interviews with solar experts around the world in an effort to get their thoughts on the current status and future prospects for the renewable energy industry and to understand better the solar PV industry in the context of other renewable energy sour... |
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ROB LAMKIN ON THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY |
| InterPV conducts a series of interviews with solar experts around the world in an effort to get their thoughts on the current status and future prospects for the renewable energy industry and to understand better the solar PV industry in the context of other renewable energy sour... |
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2010: Quo Vadis (German) Solar Industry? |
| The photovoltaic industry is increasingly under pressure: On the one hand, additional capping of feed-in tariffs become more and more probable while, on the other hand, Chinese suppliers are beginning to crowd the German market with inexpensive yet technically superior modules. C... |
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System Financing: Optimizing Contracting and Financing Methods |
| A third party owns and utilizes the tax benefits associated with the solar energy system and the customer gains the benefit of the solar energy without a large capital commitment. While the third party model has expanded the options available to customers by solar energy develope... |
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Tennessee: Here Comes the Sun |
| Tennessee, the U.S.A. is an emerging leader in the solar energy industry, attracting the world’s two largest polysilicon manufacturers, Hemlock Semiconductor and Wacker Chemie AG, each announcing investments of more than US$1 billion within a three-month period. The state also wo... |
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CHRIS REED ON THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY |
| Christopher (Chris) Reed is the Global Photovoltaic Business Director for the Saflex business, a unit of Solutia, a global manufacturer of specialty chemicals and performance materials. Reed has a background in chemistry and an MBA in marketing. He has been part of the specialty ... |
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