PV

How UK’s solar companies can learn from German experience

Wednesday, 29 August 2012 REM The German law firm Schultze & Braun is acting as insolvency administrator for one of the largest solar insolvencies that took place in Germany, namely Solar Millennium AG. In this piece, the firm’s ...

BIPV revenues to quadruple by 2017

Wednesday, 29 August 2012 REM Despite the difficult market environment for the solar industry as a whole, the opportunity for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) looks extremely promising. According to a new report from Pike Research, ...

PV module prices decline as demand in Germany and Italy falls

Wednesday, 29 August 2012 REM Photovoltaic (PV) module prices continued their downward trend in July, falling by more than 2 percent over June’s average prices and 44 percent down annually, according to the latest monthly module ...

Monier PV Tile first to be awarded BIPV certificate

Wednesday, 22 August 2012 REM A roof-integrated solar PV tile system developed by Monier Group has become the first product to receive the "Building Integrated Photovoltaics" (BIPV) certificate by TÜV SÜD, certifying that ...

Chinese government comes to the rescue of its domestic PV manufacturers. report says

Friday, 03 August 2012 REM Faced with a severe collapse in exports in the PV solar market, the Chinese government stepped in to bolster flagging manufacturers, raising its installation target to 50 GW by 2020, according to a report ...

China

Chinese raise PV target for 2015 to 21 GW, sparking boom

Thursday, 19 July 2012 REM Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in China are set to reach over 4 gigawatts (GW) in the second half of the year, according to a new report from IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc. The latest ...

Morocco, aspiring to big things in renewables, to host PV conference

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 REM The North African country of Morocco boast no fossil fuel reserves, but its ambitions in regard to renewables knows no bounds. That's one big reason, the kingdom is playing host to “PV Technology Conference ...

The heat is on, says EPIA executive, and not just because it's summer

Thursday, 12 July 2012 Toby Price In a recent newsletter editorial, Reinhold Buttgereit, Secretary General of the european Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) gave some headline figures showing how the solar industry is increasingly ...

Australia's CBD Energy awarded first US commercial solar project

Tuesday, 10 July 2012 REM

CBD Energy Ltd., a diversified renewables energy company, has signed its first solar PV installation contract in the United States for a reported $3.8 million.

PV Cycle to establish presences in Germany and Italy

Tuesday, 03 July 2012 REM

To allow more efficient response to increasing operations and to facilitate cooperation with local partners, Belgium-based PV Cycle has announced its intention to set up offices in Germany and Italy.