Magazine Archive 05-2012

Ardour Solar Index: Fundamentals weigh despite countervailing verdict on Chinese PV exports. Subsidy cuts obscure European market visibility.

Energy storage solutions: A growing number of islands, especially in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Southern Pacific and Indian Ocean regions, are planning for renewable energy sources to provide over 30 percent of their energy mix. Saft’s Michael Lippert highlights the solutions available.

Dear readers, In the summer of 2007 a new pioneering spirit prevailed in a new industrial area in Frankfurt (Oder), near the German-Polish border. There were sounds of popping champagne corks and red carpets were rolled out for politicians from Washington and Berlin. Television cameras focused on the first module factory in Germany by First […]

Feed-in tariffs: The drastic cuts to the incentives in Germany have been passed into law, with the cuts to rooftop and BIPV having already taken effect and the cuts to ground-mounted installations looming. Japan is also enacting changes to its incentive scheme and Ontario recently conducted a two year review of its scheme.

Feed-in tariffs: The drastic cuts to the incentives in Germany have been passed into law, with the cuts to rooftop and BIPV having already taken effect and the cuts to ground-mounted installations looming. Japan is also enacting changes to its incentive scheme and Ontario recently conducted a two year review of its scheme.

Global market update: Lux Research’s Matt Feinstein talks about the incredible growth and thereafter the unexpected reductions that call for serious rethinking.

Trackers: Manufacturers are keeping up a remarkable pace in reducing the costs of single- and dual-axis tracking systems to compete with fixed systems. This trend among both new and established suppliers is expected to meet demand in emerging PV markets, resulting in a positive prognosis for solar tracker sales in the coming three years. Just where the markets are and how costs are being cut are explored within.

Building integrated PV: Battery Park City School in Lower Manhattan, open since September 2010, was the first institution to conform to the New York City School Construction Authority’s Green Schools Guide.