While solar energy panel sales have and will continue to grow at a rate of about 40% per year, market research firm The Information Network indicated that several key growth drivers, including high oil prices, a polysilicon shortage and government subsidies, are expected to have less of an effect on the market in 2009.
The Berkeley, Calif.-based company, which has devised an application for estimating the cost of a residential solar install, will let other installers use its system next year for a price.
Chinese wafer manufacturer, Renesola today reported net revenues for the third quarter of 2008 were US$215.8 million, an increase of 25.5% sequentially and 197.4% year-over-year.
Following its successful re-structuring, Freiburg-based S.A.G. Solarstrom AG says the company was able to boost its operating result to € 2.1 Mio. during the first nine months of business year 2008.
Industry experts present how winning solar manufacturers use manufacturing and quality execution systems to deliver maximum output and profit per line.
BP Solar will cease the production of solar photovoltaic power cells and panels from its manufacturing plant in Sydney Olympic park (Australia) at the end of March 2009.
Foresight Group’s European new Solar Fund is to invest in solar photovoltaic opportunities in Italy and Greece, with the intention of expanding to other Southern European markets in the future.
Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of proprietary photovoltaic systems designed to optimize solar electricity production on commercial rooftops, has signed a long-term sales contract worth up to $320M with Carlisle Energy Services, a newly formed division of Carlisle Construction Materials, a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient single-ply roofing systems.
The Solar Center is commencing installation of a 96 kilowatt solar system for IDA-International of Derby, Connecticut, its largest solar installation to date in that state.
Based on the competencies that are available in-house, Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH decided to enter the field of production technology for solar cells by leveraging the existing technology and focus it on laser-based machines for the solar industry.
Optical down-conversion enhances solar cell efficiency by converting
the sun's ultraviolet (UV) light into visible light which can be used
more effectively by the solar cell.
The dual-axis tracking system maximizes power production of
photovoltaic projects by orienting solar modules to be perpendicular to
the sun all day long.
The SMX measurement system is a production-ready suite of XRF film
thickness and composition measurement tools designed for research and
process development, in-process monitoring and post-process quality
control.
'Solarimplse,' a solar plane, dubbed a revolutionary project in the field of aviation, will have its first test flight April next year in Switzerland, an officer associated with the project said at Jaipur, the western state of India.
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), an enterprise under the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), would pump in approximately Rs 17,000 crore to fund renewable energy (RE) sector projects during the 11 th Five Year Plan.
Power generation company, Mahagenco, is making a foray into solar power generation and is setting up a 1 MW grid connected solar power project at Chandrapur.
For the 26 million of the poorest Indian households without an electric connection, there could be "solar powered" light at end of their tunnel and the government could save a big packet on polluting kerosene and a subsidy that rides with it.
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