Columnist Paula Mints updates us on PV trends

(July 20, 2010) -- In a video from Intersolar North America, Paula Mints, Navigant Consulting, says that a lot of capacity is being held, primarily in China. Systems are being un-installed because of poor quality module assembly, in a small portion of solar installations. She relays news about feed-in tariffs (FITs). Also included are Mints' latest columns on photovoltaics.

Before we all leap happily aboard the FiT bandwagon, there are a few caveats to understand ...

Off-grid solar: PV industry survivor

In the rush for ever-larger installations, the off-grid market has been largely ignored. Currently, rapid change is the order of the day, leaving the industry and its stakeholders struggling to adapt ...

PV industry pricing: The good, the bad, and the confusing

The PV industry has a history of constrained margins and unprofitability on the technology side. It often seems as if the only control a manufacturer has over pricing lies in its willingness to lose money ...

The PV industry's black swan

In terms of the PV industry, expected unexpected behavior is seen in the not-so-rapid rise of supply control by two countries: China and Taiwan ...

 


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