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For every revolutionary advance in solar, there are countless evolutionary dead-ends — technologies that were well worth exploring, but ones that ultimately failed to live up to the mantra of "cut costs or die."
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Tim Ferry, Contributor
May 23, 2012
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Whether the U.S. DOCs ruling recommending 31% tariffs on Chinese solar cells will have a positive impact on Taiwan's solar cell industry, Maxim Group's Aaron Chew responds confidently, "Without a shadow of a doubt." Faced with 31% import tariffs on Chinese made solar cells, analy...
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It was another rough week for China's once booming solar manufacturers, who are already reeling from overcapacity and major subsidy drawbacks in the European market.
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In the quest to "level the playing field," the 31 percent anti-dumping tariff announced Thursday was a good start, said SolarWorld President Gordon Brinser, but even more is needed to bring the industry back into balance.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday announced stiff anti-dumping tariffs of around 31 percent on crystalline silicon solar panels imported from China, leading to a new round of concerns on how the duties will impact the growing American solar industry.
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Sinking revenues and shrinking policy support may be causing a bit of a haze on the renewable energy horizon, but there's plenty of sunshine trying to peek through if you look hard enough.
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Along the waterfront of the Charles River Basin, where rooftop access is scarce, solar panels rarely see the light of day.
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You just bought a large-scale solar array. The performance expectations you have for your new array, like a new car, are high. Just like the information on the window sticker that claims great gas mileage, your solar array comes with a forecast of how many MWh it should produce o...
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Richard Baillie, Contributor
April 26, 2012
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New capacity also increasingly comes as centralised projects rather than distributed PV — another major structural change for U.S. utilities.
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Two American solar heavyweights built on overseas manufacturing are scaling back operations in an effort to keep up with a shifting landscape.
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For every revolutionary advance in solar, there are countless evolutionary dead-ends — technologies that were well worth exploring, but ones that ultimately failed to live up to the mantra of "cut costs or die."
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With the sun beaming overhead and the nation hard at work, Germany turned to solar like never before last Friday and Saturday as the nation's PV installations fed 22 gigawatts of electricity into the ...
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Marc Kenneth Howe, Contributor
May 29, 2012
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Chinese photovoltaics leader LDK Solar is headed for bankruptcy according to industry observers within China, due to its immense debt burden and a global downturn in the solar energy market.
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The loan guarantee program should be retired permanently. The path to commercialization requires brains, discipline and grit. It is rarely aided, and often impeded, by government involvement. Our gove...
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The current crisis in solar manufacturing is leading to some novel economic strategies. Pure manufacturing is dead, say many solar companies: it's time to diversify.
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China's Ministry of Commerce on Thursday said that after a months-long investigation it has ruled that the United States government broke World Trade Organization rules by supporting six renewable ene...
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Tim Ferry, Contributor
May 23, 2012
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Many doubt the US Department of Commerce's ruling on Chinese dumping will have a significant impact on American solar manufacturing. But it does look likely to boost some unlikely players.
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There are strong economical and technological benefits of outsourcing sputter deposited back molybdenum contact for CIGS solar modules from large-scale glass manufacturers.
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Think tank Third Way explains in a new report that while domestic investment in American clean energy wanes, foreign investment in the U.S. is growing, and that's bad news for U.S. companies.
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Vermont’s pioneering solar registration program, which caught the attention of the national solar industry and policymakers last year, has been expanded.
The program is providing a national mod...
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There was a solar eclipse yesterday. The kind in the sky where the moon partially obscures the sun.
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