May 2013

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Power of concentration

Soitec goes four deep on multijunction CPV cell, BrightSource’s Ivanpah CSP plant gathering steam

Few tricks of solar energy efficiency enhancement are more alluring than concentration. For those of us who toyed with a magnifying glass to aim the sun’s beams on a leaf or a bug when we were kids (mea culpa),... more

SOURCES: Soitec, PRNewswire, Fraunhofer ISE, BrightSource, Flickr, CSP Today, SolarCurator,

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May 2013

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Clean energy for national security

White House blogs SEIA report on U.S. military solar use, Fort Irwin project issues RFP, Kreamer says honor the troops with renewable energy

The Obama Administration may be a big supporter of solar and other renewable energies as part of its greenprint for the nation’s future, but it’s seldom that the cleantech industry gets some love on the White... more

SOURCES: SEIA, WhiteHouse.gov, Photon Intl., DLA Energy, Greentech Media, USMC

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May 2013

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Thin film in the U.K.?

Colville wonders if Hanergy has what it takes to crack Brit PV market, while Mehta ponders the Chinese firm’s overall prospects

If you had asked most PV industry observers several years ago which regions would be booming in 2013, many would have completely overlooked the United Kingdom. A legit 1-2GW annual market now, the island nation has... more

SOURCES: Solar Power Portal UK. PV-Tech, PV-magazine, Hanergy, SolarCurator

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May 2013

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Solar incongruities

LDK posts billion-dollar loss but lands big wafer supply deal, more from the SNEC tradeshow floor, Solaria’s Chinese expansion gets some color

It’s hard to imagine a more seemingly incongruous pair of news items from one company than the latest announcements by Chinese problem-child LDK Solar. The company finally issued its 2012 results via the... more

SOURCES: PV-Tech, LDK Solar, PV-magazine, Greentech Media, SolarCurator, Heilmaier MesseDesign

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May 2013

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SNEC state of mind

Big Chinese solar tradeshow kicks off, as European and U.S. companies still see opportunity in region

The largest tradeshow in the global solar industry, SNEC PV Power Expo, is taking place in Shanghai this week. Although the Curator is not attending—and therefore not reporting directly from–this year’s... more

SOURCES: PV-magazine, ISRA Vision, Heraeus, PV-Tech, Solaria, SolarCurator

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May 2013

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Upping the ante

European Commission reportedly approves antidumping tariffs against Chinese solar imports

Don’t say you weren’t warned, but reports coming out of Europe strongly suggest that the so-called “solar trade war” may be heating up again. According to posts at PV-magazine, PV-Tech, Bloomberg, Reuters,... more

SOURCES: PV-magazine, PV-Tech, Bloomberg, Reuters, Business Green

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May 2013

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Simply moving forward

Sungevity’s Danny Kennedy gets his Aussie on, 1366 says “yes” to Tokuyama, SolarWorld gives voice to Solar Decathlon participants, SPI opens registration

Although the residential solar leasing phenomenon has barely scratched the surface in Australia, companies like Sungevity believe that there is a potentially lucrative market for the third-party financing approach... more

SOURCES: Renew Economy, Climate Spectator, 1366 Technologies, Businesswire, Renewable Energy World, SolarWorld, Team ASUNM, Solar Power International

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May 2013

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Thin-film PV revisited

Xunlight closes in on profitability, Midsummer sells turnkey CIGS, Europe sees terawatts of solar generation

Considering the attrition rate among thin-film PV start-ups over the past few years, the labels “threatened” and “endangered” as descriptors for the sector have an uncomfortable verisimilitude. Although... more

SOURCES: Toledo Blade, PV-magazine, Midsummer, PV-Tech, EurObserv'ER

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