Features for September 2010

Features Archive

Solar PV innovations: Crystalline silicon roundup Solar PV innovations: Crystalline silicon roundup

Most surveys conclude that crystalline-silicon PV (C-Si PV) still holds the greatest market share of all solar installations. But with other technologies now ramping up, what are C-Si companies doing to maintain that lead and perhaps even expand on this? Joyce Laird talks to some of the players active in this technology area.

Comment: Round two of the Solar Shakeout – Who will thrive, survive, or dive? Comment: Round two of the Solar Shakeout – Who will thrive, survive, or dive?

Lux Research assesses which solar module and inverter makers will win – and which will lose.

EPIA: market installed 7.2 GW of solar PV in 2009 EPIA: market installed 7.2 GW of solar PV in 2009

The global solar photovoltaic electricity (PV) market counted an additional increase in installed capacity of 7.2 GW in 2009, reaching a total capacity of over 22 GW world-wide, according to the latest figures from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). We look at which countries led the way, and then Paula Mints reviews what has shipped so far in 2010.