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Residential PV: Big in Japan
The Japanese solar PV market is in a state of flux; since the market’s inception, the ‘Big Four’ module suppliers — Kyocera, Sharp, Sanyo (now owned by Panasonic), and Mitsubishi — shaped PV in Japan while serving their primary suppliers. Now, foreign entrants such as Suntech, Canadian Solar, Yingli, Trina, and JA Solar, as well [...]
The Philippines Passes Renewable Energy FiT
In a historic day for renewable energy in The Philippines, the country approved a feed-in tariff (FiT) that convers small hydro, biomass, wind, and solar. It postponed including ocean energy for further study. The government previously announced the FiT for geothermal separately, in what it calls a “geothermal crash program.” It raised the rates to provide incentives to [...]
The Current Adjustment In The Solar Industry
New survey-based data from SolarBuzz points very clearly to a very much needed ongoing adjustment to manufacturers planned module shipments. The chart above illustrates the issue very succinctly. In SolarBuzz´s survey conducted in Q2 of the current year, manufacturers were still planning on shipping just over 8 GW of modules in Q3 of this year and almost 9 [...]
U.S Solar is Exploding
Despite the Solyndra affair and its aftermath in the political arena, the solar industry in the US continues to see a blistering rate of growth. At the same time, the end of year expiration of the 1603 Treasury Grant Program could have a negative affect on the financing environment for all renewables – including solar. [...]
REPORT: U.S Solar Market Can Double in Next Year
After months of speculation about the end of the solar era and the inevitable decline of the nation’s solar manufacturers and installers, the first substantive report with projections of the U.S. solar market has been released. Solarbuzz, one of the most prominent solar industry research groups, released its North American PV Markets Quarterly report for [...]
PV Equipment Suppliers Post Record Backlogs in Q4’10
Quarterly PV manufacturing equipment spending by c-Si ingot-to-moduleand thin-film panel producers grew for the sixth consecutive quarterduring Q4’10 to $2.9 billion, as double-digit Q/Q manufacturing capacity growth continued to grip the PV industry. Rising equipmentdemand from Asian cell manufacturers will be the primary driver ofglobal industry revenues during 2011, forecast to grow from $10.7billion in [...]
FIT Program in UK Catapulting Demand: Solarbuzz
The solar photovoltaic (PV) feed-in tariff (FIT) program introduced bythe United Kingdom in April 2010 has catapulted the UK into themainstream of global PV market activity. According to theresults of the Solarbuzz UK PV Market 2010 report, the UK’s emergencecould not be better timed, when taking into account the uncertainprospects for the dominant German market [...]
Global PV Market Grew to 3.82GW in 2Q 2010: Solarbuzz
On September 20th, 2010,Solarbuzz released its latest quarterlyreport, estimating that global solar photovoltaic (PV) demand reached3.82GW in the second quarter of 2010, up 54% from the first quarter of2010 and resulting in USD$17.2 billion in industry revenues. Solarbuzzfurther estimates that over 15GW will be installed this year across theglobe. Similar to other analysts, Solarbuzz is [...]
China Presses The Go Button for Solar
When China announced its 12th Five Year Plan last year, it made some bold goals in sustainable energy: cutting energy intensity by 16%, carbon intensity by 17% and boosting non-fossil fuel sources to 11.4% of primary fuel consumption. Nearly one year on and there has been significant progress. China is well on the way to [...]