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Signet Solar starts volume production of solar thin film modules

First final acceptance test certification of Applied Materials SunFab™ thin film line achieved in only seven months after start of installation.

Flextronics commits to serve OEMs in the Solar Industry

A dedicated, advanced solar solutions team to support leading-edge solar requirements.

Solar PV market trends expected to change

This was the outcome of the discussions of a group of top-level international experts on the solar PV industry worldwide, as part of Solar Plaza's Global Demand Conference, held under the umbrella of Valencia's 23rd ...

The secrets of the new solar PV legislation in Spain

Everybody was quite pessimistic until today, however the new Spanish legislation is better than expected. The new feed-in tariff approved is 0.32 eur / kWh for ground mounted facilities, rather than the ...

SolarPack dedicates an 8 MW plant in Isla Mayor

The plant, with an installed capacity of 8.4 MW, will be able to cover around 90% of the town's energy. SolarPack is specialized in gathering private investors to build large solar facilities, a business ...

Solar PV industry substantially revises its target to supply 12% of European electricity demand by 2020

Competitiveness with retail electricity prices will be achieved earlier than expected in major energy markets. Industry is committed to increasing investment to accelerate cost reductions provided that ...

EPIA to the rescue of the Spanish solar industry?

The current royal decree that provides the framework for the retribution of grid-connected PV systems in Spain will come to an end next 29 September; the Spanish government is working on a new proposal ...

Experts discuss demand dynamics in the world's major PV markets

Grid parity from 2010 in several major markets? All well and good, but what will you do in the meantime? Within the global PV industry production is growing faster than demand, so where will all the ...

40,000 jobs to be lost if new solar legislation approved in Spain

According to Spain's Solar Photovoltaic Business Association (Asociación Empresarial Fotovoltaica, AEF) if the proposal recently presented by the government is passed, the industry will also lose 16 billion ...

The global solar PV market: fasten your seatbelts

A few weeks before its next event, SolarPlaza has launched a new report on the issues facing the solar PV industry globally. The company expects 2008 to be a turning point for the solar world.