PV

Global market for solar panels projected to reach $71.8 billion by 2017

Thursday, 13 October 2011 REM Driven by robust demand in china, India and the US, the global market for solar panels is expected to reach $71.8 billion by 2017, according to the new analysis from Global Industry Analysts, Inc (GIA). ...

Spanish solar firm receives funding for first plant in Ohio

Monday, 10 October 2011 Toby Price Some good news to brighten the gloomy skies over solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer Isofoton. While its workforce in Spain went on strike last Thursday, its North American subsidiary announced it will ...

Taiwan

PV cell production ramps up across Asia

Wednesday, 05 October 2011 REM Asian solar photovoltaic (PV) cell production markets have enjoyed strong growth rates in the previous years, with Taiwan counting among the countries that have seen significant growth. The ever increasing ...

china poised to double solar capacity by year’s end

Saturday, 13 August 2011 REM china will double its solar capacity to around 2 GW by the end of the year as the world's largest solar-panel maker ramps up domestic installation, according to a report by the Energy Research Institute, ...

QSolar makes first shipments from new Chinese factory

Friday, 15 July 2011 REM

Canadian photovoltaics developer QSolar has begun shipping modules from its new manufacturing base in Shanghai, china.

The Netherlands

Second Solarboat Challenge comes to an end

Thursday, 07 July 2011 Toby Price During the first weekend of July and thanks to the sponsorship of Astronergy Solar, from the Chint Group of china, the Second Solarboat Challenge race, a competition for manned vessels on solar energy, ...

Nigeria

Solar-powered world cup football final

Tuesday, 21 June 2011 Toby Price While Europe, the US, china, India and even parts of Latin America are making significant progress towards boosting their use of renewables, large swathes of Africa remain not only renewables-free but ...

China

Canadian Solar and GCL announce manufacturing joint venture

Tuesday, 31 May 2011 Canadian Solar is partnering with Suzhou GCL Photovoltaic Technology, a subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited (GCL), china’s largest polysilicon producer, to build a 600 MW capacity wafer ...

China

Innotech Solar establishes warehouse in Hong Kong

Friday, 20 May 2011 Innotech Solar has opened a logistics centre in Hong Kong to compliment its existing sales and purchasing office in Shanghai. In a related move, the company’s chief sales officer, Robert Händel ...

Europe

Solar PV sector installs more capacity than any other source during 2010

Tuesday, 17 May 2011 Toby Price According to the latest Solar Photovoltaic Barometer released this month by EurObserv’ER, 13,023 MWp of photovoltaic modules were connected to the grid in the European Union during 2010, which is ...