Tag Archives: 2010
2010 American Solar Challenge Underway
The 2010 AmericanSolar Challenge (ASC2010) is officially underway! On Saturday, solar-powered vehicles took off at noon from BrokenArrow, Oklahoma, en route to the Chicago suburb of Naperville. ASC is acompetition where students design, build and drive solar-poweredvehicles in a rally event. This year’s event marks the 20th anniversaryof the ASC. In an effort to promote [...]
Nine Countries to Surpass 250 MW of Solar PV Demand in 2010: SolarBuzz
Despite Europe’s recent economic turmoil, the continent is the mainreason why nine countries are on pace to grow photovoltaic (PV) marketsizes over 250 megawatts (MWs) in 2010. In 2009, that figure was six. According to a trio of reportsreleased today by SolarBuzz, Germany will continue to lead the way,while other European countries move to expand their photovoltaic [...]
China Sunergy provides additional insight regarding 2010 full year expectations
China Sunergy Co. Ltd, a leading solar cell and module manufacturerbased in Nanjing, China, has announced several updates regarding Company expectations for the year 2010. China Sunergy anticipates grossmargin will be between 15 percent and 18 percent, prior to thecompletion of the acquisition of two module manufacturers, withconversion cost reducing to USD0.20/watt by the end [...]
Students Compete in Solar Decathlon Europe 2010
College and university students from allover the world are preparing for the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010. Once selected, students from nine countries will design and buildreal self-sufficient, solar-powered homes. The teams have 10 days toassemble their solar homes onsite at the Solar Village. Based on the United StatesDepartment of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, this marks the [...]
Milestone: 10 Gigawatts of PV in 2010 (Part 1)
GreentechMedia has written a nice feature about the upcoming autumn milestone of10 gigawatts of solar installed in 2010. They asked me and a handful ofmy fellow solar industry comrades to reflect on the event. Here are mycomments from Part 1, and you can see the full article here. When we started in 1998, 10 gigawatts [...]
Intersolar 2010 alert: Canadian Solar selected top 10 finalist
Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar companies, hasbeen selected as a Top 10 finalist for the Intersolar Award foroutstanding industry innovations for Canadian Solar’s innovative NewEdge series. Canadian Solar will showcase its full productportfolio, along with a preview of its newest offerings from June 9 to11 at the Intersolar 2010. For the [...]
SolarDay 2010
Raising awareness about the benefits of solar energy is the mainmission of Residential Solar 101 andthe organizers of this years SolarDay 2010, which will be held on June19 this year. If the United States is going to achieve energy independence then wewill need to drive the adoption of all forms of renewable energy in both [...]
Free GTM Research Note and Download: 2009 Global PV Cell/Module Production Analysis and 2010 Outlook
Every year, GTM Research embarks on the slow, tortuous process ofcollecting data on annual PV cell and module production. In keeping with our mission of providing critical market information to the industry,we are pleased to announce the release of a research note anddownloadable Microsoft Excel file with global 2009 cell and moduleproduction data as well [...]
Ascent Solar to exhibit at Intersolar 2010 in Munich
Intersolar Europe, THORNTON, USA: Ascent Solar Technologies Inc., amanufacturer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaicmodules, announced that it will be exhibiting at booth number B6-380during the upcoming Intersolar 2010 trade fair on June 9-11, 2010 inMunich, Germany. Intersolar 2010 is expected to attract up to60,000 professional attendees with 50 percent from abroad. Ascent willhave samples of [...]