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Lessons Learned from the Trina Solar Boom

by Lindsay Morris | May 18, 2011 | 1 Comment
When a company grows from 7,900 employees at the end of 2009 to 17,000 in May 2011, people start to talk. For Trina Solar, the PV manufacturing business is booming. In 2010, demand for Trina Solar modules was so strong that there... Full Article
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The Interview: Public Incentives Roundtable

by David Wagman, Chief Editor, Renewable Energy World North America | May 18, 2011 | Post Your Comment
During the recession, about the only game in town was the Treasury Department's cash grant program, known as "1603"," a reference to its section within the American Recovery and Reconstruction Act Full Article
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From the Editor: Renewables Growth Continues But at What Pace?

by David Appleyard | May 18, 2011 | Post Your Comment
In its latest Clean Energy Progress report the International Energy Agency (IEA) has again highlighted the pernicious influence of fossil-fuel subsidies on the continued growth of the renewable energy sector. Full Article
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Sungevity Joins Lowes: When Should Renewable Companies Partner?

by Dana Blankenhorn | May 17, 2011 | 2 Comments
Sungevity, the solar leasing start-up backed by actress Cate Blanchett, executed a (in my opinion) well-timed exit strategy yesterday by selling a minority stake to Lowe's, which will now sell its services through its stores. I c... Full Article
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Solar Fred in China : The Trina Solar Factory Tour – Impressive

by Tor 'Solar Fred' Valenza | May 16, 2011 | 5 Comments
(If you've missed the earlier Solar Fred in China posts, see Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 here.) After a hotel breakfast, a tour bus picks us up and drives through Changzhou's broad avenues, crowded with more cars and trucks going ... Full Article
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Time-domain Tailored-pulse Laser Enables Scribing of CIGS Solar Modules

by Matt Rekow, Richard Murison, PyroPhotonics Lasers, a subsidiary of ESI, Inc | May 16, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Interconnect formation typically requires three scribing operations known in the industry as P1, P2 and P3. A fourth operation, often referred to as P4, removes shunts at the edges and prepares the module for electrical interconne... Full Article
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Six Weeks of Solar Hot Water, Part III: Get Your Free Marketing Materials Here!

by Andrew Holden | May 16, 2011 | 3 Comments
With the ASES Solar 2011 Show coming up, it is time for my third post in my “Six Weeks of Solar Hot Water” series! My earlier posts “Can you help?” and “Heroes” have generated some great engage... Full Article
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KACO new energy opens first North American manufacturing facility in London, Ontario
Time-Saving 'Plug & Play' Solar Hot Water to be showcased at Solar 2011
Voting has commenced for the CSP Today USA Awards
ABB underline the importance of CSP optimisation through control systems
Why PV balance of systems is important in 2011
Advanced Energy Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary
What is happening to bring down PV systems costs? Europe's leading solar company Gehrlicher share their perspective
Concentrated Solar Power's question of scale: Why bigger is not better
Idener: Talking controls for the maturing CSP industry
Apricus Announces Buy American Act and ARRA Compliant Commercial Collector
ADVANCED ENERGY CELEBRATES 30-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Blue Sky Energy Supplies Solar Controller For Phone Project For Indigenous Communities in Australia
DynGlobal Releases Emergency Preparedness Portable Solar Power Solutions
Parabolic trough collectors market: Next generation models crank up the heat
Pierre-Pascal Urbon to Take Over as SMA Chief Executive Officer

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Huge Growth Expected for North American Solar Industry

by Eicke R. Weber, PhD | May 20, 2011 | Post Your Comment
President Obama recently stated in his 2011 State of the Union Address: "Instead of subsidizing yesterday's energy, let's invest in tomorrow's." Shortly thereafter DOE secretary Chu launched the SunShot initiative, geared at resea... Full Article
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Italy Overhauls Its PV Incentives

by Jackie Jones, Consulting Editor | May 19, 2011 | Post Your Comment
In 2010, Europe's PV market entered a new dimension, and Italy played a key part in that. Figures released by industry association EPIA this spring indicate that new PV installations across Europe totalled 12.5 GW, for the first t... Full Article
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Markets Finally Warm to Solar Cogen

by Chris Webb, Contributor | May 25, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Last November saw the official inauguration of a novel 272 kW solar cogeneration project in California. At a ceremony attended by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Sonoma Wine Company, the plant was hailed the first ... Full Article

California, Oregon, Massachusetts, New York, and Colorado Top the Nation in Clean Energy Leadership

by REW.com Editors | May 20, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Clean Edge's second annual U.S. Clean Energy Leadership Index, released today, provides the industry's most comprehensive and objective analysis and ranking of how all 50 states, and the individuals, businesses, and organizations ... Full Article
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Missouri Solar Breakthrough Needs Rectifier

by Dana Blankenhorn | May 19, 2011 | 3 Comments
Patrick Pinhero, a former Idaho researcher now at the University of Missouri, has put out a press release claiming he can get the efficiency of solar panels from the current 20 to 95 percent at a stroke through what he call... Full Article

Cash Incentives for Renewables are Twice as Effective as Tax Credits

by John Farrell | May 19, 2011 | 2 Comments
Using the tax code rather than cash incentives to support wind and solar power costs ratepayers significantly more.  I wrote about this problem last year because project developers were selling their federal tax credits to ... Full Article

PV Contenders Battle it Out in Italian Mountains

by Dr Alessandra Colli, EURAC | May 25, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Italy's Bolzano Dolomiti airport, in the Dolomite mountain range, hosts the country's largest PV experimental field. Through an installation of 24 technologies, the project is allowing the performance of various commercially avail... Full Article

Renewable Integration Still a Challenge for Utilities

by Hannah Mitchell, GDS International | May 18, 2011 | Post Your Comment
As the world continues to fight against the effects of climate change, renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, wave, biomass and others are often cited as the solution to help both curb carbon emissions and meet rising gl... Full Article
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PV Contenders Battle it Out in Italian Mountains

by Dr Alessandra Colli, EURAC | May 25, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Italy's Bolzano Dolomiti airport, in the Dolomite mountain range, hosts the country's largest PV experimental field. Through an installation of 24 technologies, the project is allowing the performance of various commercially avail... Full Article
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by Elisa Wood, Contributor | May 25, 2011 | Post Your Comment
It was a bit astounding. Somehow, despite the massive tsunami that hit Japan's Kamisu offshore wind farm 11 March 2011, its seven turbines emerged intact. While the crushing wave wrecked almost everything in its path, the turbines... Full Article
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CSP: Targeting Grid-Parity in Spain

by Geoff Nairn, Contributor | May 24, 2011 | Post Your Comment
A generous tariff regime as well as high insolation has driven spectacular growth in concentrated solar power (CSP) deployments in southern Spain. The challenge is now to drive down costs through economies of scale and new technol... Full Article

China Faces IP Challenges in Drive for Renewables

by Gill Grassie, Contributor | May 24, 2011 | Post Your Comment
The news that China has overtaken the US in installed wind capacity, according to research by the Global Wind Energy Council, has put future opportunities in this market into sharp relief for international renewables companies. Ch... Full Article

Another Way to Skin the Solar Cat

by Dana Blankenhorn | May 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
With Republicans on the march against solar power in Maine, Arizona  and on Wall Street it would be easy to get depressed. But it would be better to get creative. FLS Energy of Asheville, North Carolina is creative. They're... Full Article

Military Sets Its Sights on Sustainability

by Richard Baillie, Contributor | May 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
For all their calamitous outcomes, wars — and the military which wages them — have long been a source of radical new technological developments. Navies throughout history, for example, have been early adopters of new technologies ... Full Article

India Balances Development against Emissions

by Jeremy Wilcox, Contributor | May 23, 2011 | 2 Comments
One of the key challenges facing fast developing economies such as India is how to fuel and sustain economic growth while simultaneously reducing emissions. Like China, India is strongly opposed to setting emission reduction targe... Full Article
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