Schott exec Eric Urruti explains how the company's new UV silicon adhesive will enable solar array systems to utilize more sunlight and generate more energy, and other uses for the material beyond PV.
SolarVision consultants take a closer look at inverters and microinverters, and the challenges vs. benefits in integration, cost, and reliability.
Reducing balance-of-system (BOS) costs is a largely untapped opportunity to improve the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for solar installations -- and one area in particular could make the biggest difference, explains Ted Sullivan from Lux Research.
Continuing his discussion on how to map and achieve a successful solar PV installation, John Williams from Solar Panels Plus explains the importance of inverter specification and configuration in an overall solar PV system design.
Q-Cells CEO Anton Milner has resigned from both his leading executive role and as board member, apparently as a "consequence" of the company's performance in the wake of a lousy year for the solar industry.
SunEdison has received final approval from the Italian government to build a 72MW PV solar power plant in northeastern Italy near Rovigo, what will be the largest PV solar plant in Europe, surpassing a 60MW farm in Spain and a 50MW plant in Germany (another MEMC project).
Toshiba is setting its sights on the domestic Japanese home solar system market, signing a third-party US panel supplier to help build the cornerstone of a new residential solar offering.
PV solar installations are expected to soar in 2010, but erosion in average selling prices (ASP) seen in 2009 will continue to squeeze profits and intensify industry competition, according to an industry analyst's report.
In a slump year that still managed 13% growth, the PV industry witnessed a key regional shift in supply that will cause a rethinking of how PV shipments should be analyzed -- thanks to China/Taiwan, where price points for both cells and modules give a distinct advantage, writes Paula Mints from Navigant Consulting.
