A decade of growth
Solar Power International 2013: Later this month Chicago will host the 10th SPI trade show and conference. While the event has, as others, been hit by falling exhibitor and attendee numbers, the U.S. PV market is providing significant demand for PV components and SPI is receiving great interest from the global industry.
A glass ceiling for Indias solar glass?
Solar glass from India: Faced with stagnant demand and the challenges posed by a flood of imports, Indias domestic solar glass industry must answer some tough questions if it is to thrive.
August breather
Ardour Solar Index: Index heavyweights sell off on lackluster 2Q13 results. Asian constituents offset downward pressure as upstream margins improve.
Brighter outlook for global PV installations
Global solar forecast: Raj Prabhu, co-founder and CEO of Mercom Capital Group, dissects the current state of the world market and forecasts a brighter outlook for PV installations around the globe.
Close to grid parity
PV Investment Guide Brazil: Konrad Bauer and Lukas Heimes of enviacon international, based in Berlin, explain the ABCs of solar power in Brazil.
Expanding into new lands
West Africa: The increasing internationalization of the PV market presents both opportunities and challenges. This is exactly what German component supplier and installer Krinner found when developing the 15 MW project in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
FIT for purpose
Japan market update: Izumi Kaizuka of RTS Corporation discusses the project approval status for Japans FIT program and the countrys installed capacity of PV system for the Fiscal Year 2012.
Geographic & customer segmentation demand
Evolution of an end market: NPD Solarbuzzs Michael Barker says PV industry changes trigger increased focus on specific geographic and customer segmentation.
Global FIT overview
Feed-in tariffs: South Australia reduces its FIT to a fair and reasonable value. Brunei declares its intentions to introduce a FIT. The Czech Republic kicks an industry when its down. And a few more utilities in the United States have begun offering their customers FIT programs to compete with those already in place.
India expects 2.8 GW of new PV in 2014
REI: The Indian solar market is currently stuck in a waiting loop. The main obstacles curbing things from moving forward are the political zigzag course and funding problems. Nevertheless the future outlook remains positive. This was the conclusion at the 7th Renewable Energy India Expo (REI), which took place in mid-September in Greater Noida near New Delhi.
