Photovoltaics (PV) Features for July 2011

Photovoltaics (PV) Features Archive

SunShot: Solar PV's falling costs SunShot: Solar PV's falling costs

Part 1: In the U.S., the DoE is pioneering research in order to reduce the cost of installed PV to below a dollar-per-Watt by 2017.

Partner in solar power Partner in solar power

Part one: Solar PV modules would be of little use was it not for an electronic box of tricks that is normally out of sight and out of mind - the inverter.

Comment: New Italian solar PV tariffs are complex and robust Comment: New Italian solar PV tariffs are complex and robust

Despite last minute mixed-signals by the Berlusconi Government, it now appears that Italian solar photovoltaic (PV) tariffs for the remainder of 2011 and 2012 are fixed.

Solar CPV: Could less be more? Solar CPV: Could less be more?

Hypersolar Wants to up the concentrated solar PV ante with a low magnification technology. Could this be CPV for the masses, or has the game already passed the company by?

Renewable energy project monitor Renewable energy project monitor

July/August 2011: This second monthly column, written by the ceo of the Energy Industries Council, reports on the latest new project developments in the global renewable energy marketplace.