Ready to hit the ground running
Solar silicon: Manufacturers of solar-grade silicon will commission fewer new capacities than planned in the current year. It is expected, however, that expansion will proceed all the more quickly from 2015 on.
Wall Streets embrace of solar
Financing solar: This years Renewable Energy Finance Forum Wall Street took place in midtown Manhattan from June 25th to 26th and brought together investors and other market participants in renewable energy and solar markets to discuss the latest trends in developing these resources. Solar PV featured prominently at the conference, including a half-day pre-conference workshop on June 24th devoted to emerging markets.
Two years of the storage market
Storage systems: Intersolar Europe demonstrated that storage systems for single-family homes are still getting a lot of attention in Germany. In turn this is encouraging developments which will also benefit other countries.
The time has come
Chile: With hundreds of MW under construction, Chile is the first national PV market this size in the world without subsidies or feed-in tariffs. How did this happen, and can the new business models emerging here spread to other nations? pv magazine looks at the lessons learned from the first 186 MW of grid connected solar in Chile.
The show must go on
Intersolar Europe 2014 review: No longer marketed as bigger and better, the Intersolar Europe exhibition of 2014 instead focused on its ability to draw an international crowd, push innovation and shape new market trends an accurate summation of an upbeat yet muted show, reports pv magazine.
The point of inflection
Grid parity: Utility-scale solar power generation is already becoming a player in wholesale markets, says David Pérez of eclareon.
The heavy hitters: full utilization and expanding
c-Si industry ranking: There has been a shuffling amongst the top 10 crystalline silicon module manufacturers since our ranking last year, however the trend remains the same. Asia is now cemented as the leading module manufacturing base, and with the Japanese and Chinese markets the two drivers for growth for the top 10 players, that should come as no surprise.
The color of energy
India: PM Narendra Modi has called for a saffron energy revolution but, with AD duties in the offing, a domestic manufacturing industry on its knees and a $530 million subsidy backlog to clear, will the price be too high for solar?
Survival strategy
centrotherm: Buffeted by the global PV storm that tore through the industry a couple of years back, centrotherm had to maneuver dexterously in order to stay afloat. The companys successful strategy for survival has been an effective double pivot of optimization and diversification, as pv magazine discovered.
SolarCity targets new horizons
SolarCity: No longer an envelope-pushing solar leasing company, SolarCitys recent acquisition of cell manufacturer Silevo could propel the company into the upper-echelons of the PV industry and transform the U.S. solar landscape in the process, finds pv magazine.
