Prudent expansion
EU PVSEC interview: Hanwha SolarOnes Chief Strategy Officer and Board Secretary took time out of his busy schedule at this years EU PVSEC to sit down and talk to pv magazine about the Korean photovoltaic module manufacturers strategy for weathering the current solar market storm, and its future developments.
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Applications & Installations | Product News | Production Technology Production Technology/DuPont Microcircuit Materials Low temperature processing Production Technology/Dow Chemical Company Growing material solutions Dow Chemical Company introduces the diamond wire ingot squaring coolant that improves wafer manufacturing efficiency: the ENLIGHT DC-8300 Coolant. This is the latest innovation from Dow that can help improve performance and/or […]
Waiting for what?
Dear readers, Fifty years ago the Irish writer Samuel Beckett created an ingenious parable about long, senseless and futile waiting in Waiting for Godot. Parallels can be seen in the current market situation for photovoltaic technologies. Never before has photovoltaic technology been so inexpensive, but the majority of buyers are still waiting, is how one […]
Venture capital seeks solar selectively
Venture capital: More than 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in venture capital flowed into the solar sector this year so far, but what the top line figure does not show is how very selective investors have become when it comes to young solar PV companies.
Tracking shadows
Cloud surveillance: A criticism commonly leveled at renewable energy producers is that the electricity they supply is variable and intermittent. However, the ability to make accurate short-term output forecasts can help to overcome this perception and ensure stability of supply. Satellites are used to make longer-term weather and, in particular, cloud forecasts for PV plants, but within short timeframes satellites lack the resolution to do so accurately. A new project bringing together researchers, a plant owner/operator, grid operator and state and national government agencies hopes to overcome this hurdle, and track and predict the shadows cast by cloudy skies.
Tracking goes large
Trackers: Large-scale power plants present a growing opportunity for tracking. Its a global trend, driven not only by government incentives and subsidies, but economic realities too. The worlds leading tracker vendors are addressing this market opportunity as it unfolds.
Time to shine
South Africa: Despite abundant sunlight and a desperate need for new forms of energy, the South African renewable energy market, and in particular photovoltaics, has not taken off. However, there are new plans in place, which may just kick-start the industry and provide much needed solar support.
Time for a Green Bank?
Financing in the USA: In the United States, the idea of founding a Green Bank or a Clean Energy Development Authority to finance renewable energy development is again being floated among Republican and Democrat legislators alike. Connecticut is taking the lead.
Thinking beyond the Noors and Shams
Interview: The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries have received prominent limelight due to some prestigious project announcements like Shams and Noor. Nevertheless, in order for the systematic and proper development of solar energy in the region, there is a need for structure. Emirates Solar Industry Associations President Browning Rockwell explains the market and the necessary steps to take.
The PEPPER project
PEPPER project: Oerlikon Solar leads the European Commissions PEPPER research project. Tobias Roschek, Product Manager of Development at Oerlikon Solar and Project Coordinator of PEPPER, explains what the project is about.
