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    The North American solar industry has experienced 100 percent growth each year during 2008 to 2010, says Steve Coonen, a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) consultant from Grass Valley, Calif. “Central power plants dominate the growth with both PV [photovoltaic] and CSP[concentrated solar power]. BIPV growth is over 150 percent each year.

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The Realities of Building-Integrated PV

Excerpt from an article in greentechsolar: Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) has been the last desperate business plan gasp of many solar firms. Faced with insurmountable cost and ...

NanoMarkets Issues New Report on BIPV Market

Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets, Glen Allen, Va., has published a report titled, “Building Integrated Photovoltaics Markets, 2011,” according to a July 6 release. The BIPV ...

PPG Data Sheet Highlights Solarphire AR Anti-Reflective Glass Improvements

PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, has published a data sheet that quantifies improvements in the performance of Solarphire AR anti-reflective and Solarphire 2XAR two-sided, anti-reflective glasses, according ...

Solar Link Wins Approval to Build Plant in Midwest

At its board meeting on June 9, the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission gave approval for an agreement to purchase all of the power ...

Soltecture Exhibits at Intersolar Europe

Ten years after its founding, CIS thin-film producer Sulfurcell, Berlin, Germany, has changed its corporate name to Soltecture. The new name reflects the company’s standard ...

Basketball legend, motivational speaker to keynote at SPI

Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Marcus Buckingham will be keynote speakers at Solar Power International 2011, Oct. 17-20, at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, according to ...

Pilkington Holds Ribbon-Cutting for Solar-Powered Facility

Pilkington North America Inc. will be holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new one-acre solar array project at its research and development center in Northwood, ...

Solar Watch
By Sahely Mukerji
Solar Watch

Is CASM’s Petition against China Fair Trade Practice or Protectionist Measures?

China is in hot water again; this time with the U.S. solar manufacturers. Representing a coalition of seven U.S. manufacturers of solar cells and panels, SolarWorld Industries America Inc., petitioned the federal government to stop subsidized solar cells and panels that China’s state-supported solar industry is allegedly dumping into the American market illegally. The Coalition [...]


Event News

PV America West Showcases Solar Growth Market

PV America 2012 West features a conference program designed to provide attendees from all sectors involved with solar with tools and knowledge for the fast-changing photovoltaics industry, according to a February 13 news release . With more than 30 concurrent ...


Photon’s Thin Film Conference Presents CIGS Players

Photon of San Francisco will present its 4th Thin Film Conference in San Francisco on February 1, according to a company release. The conference will exclusively focus on copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS/CIS) technology and include the following speakers: Michael Bartholomeusz, CEO of AQT; ...


Polymers in Photovoltaics Coming up in Spring

Polymers in Photovoltaics 2012 will take place from April 24-26, 2012, at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany. There is a welcome reception and registration on the first evening followed by a 2-day programme of speakers on technical issues and ...


Energy Storage Summit Coming Up in March

Energy Storage – International Summit for the Storage of Renewable Energies will take place March 13 and 14, 2012, at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre in Düsseldorf, Germany. Representatives from research, industry, politics and energy supply will get together to shed light ...



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