Magazine Archive 2010

Interview CIGS: Up to now there has not been very much production of thin film CIGS modules, although their efficiencies are close to those of polycrystalline modules. Wolfgang Lange, Managing Director for Europe of Solar Frontier, explains why this may change next year. His company will soon be manufacturing cadmium and lead free modules in a gigawatt factory.

Cape Verde Islands: Prime Minister Neves has officially opened a solar farm on the islands to produce five megawatts, making it Africa’s biggest. A 2.5-megawatt system was completed a little earlier. The share of renewables is to reach 25 percent by 2011. The regulating agency also intends to specify a feed-in tariff next year that will make renewables worthwhile for small producers.

PV Taiwan: This small island located off the coast of China has become an important player in the production of crystalline solar cells. The companies intend to continue their fast growth in the future.

U.S. Navy interview: pv magazine spoke to Bill Tayler, Director of the Energy Development, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Energy Office about the importance of solar power for the U.S. Navy.

Interview: Speaking to pv magazine about the future, Wim Goethals, CFO for Enfinity America Corp., explains how the company managed to successfully position itself on a global scale. He also discusses the financing pitfalls small-scale project developers should be aware of.

The story of solar electricity: The sixteenth part of our series of chapters from John Perlin’s book From Space to Earth examines different strategies of lowering the cost of photovoltaics.

Ardour Solar Index: China Central Bank and a possible 2011 supply-demand imbalance weigh on the index.

Dear readers, Is the glass half full or half empty? What can be expected in the year 2011? Where are the most important challenges? The period known in German as “between the years” once again provides occasion to take stock and risk predictions. A glance at the figures for additionally built capacities in the past […]

Rotating solar houses: Buildings that follow the sun also follow a trend. This year, four new buildings whose roofs track the sun were built in an industrial area in the spa town of Bad Windsheim, Germany.

REC Interview: In November of this year, Norwegian manufacturer Renewable Energy Corporation officially opened its integrated solar facility in Singapore, backed by the Singaporean government as well as the proximity to the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS). pv magazine spoke with John Andersen Jr., Executive Vice President and Group Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Åsmund Fodstad about the new developments at REC, operations in Singapore, as well as the technological direction the company wants to take.