More solar, less wind

More solar, less wind

BNEF sees global PV installations outpacing wind in 2013, Thailand and Turkey top emerging region list, big Chilean project will compete on spot market You can soon add one more chapter to solar power’s remarkable growth story. This year, for the first time, the...

Solar installation checklist

IREC offers inspection template for rooftop PV systems, Clean Power Finance adds O&M; marketplace, Solar Maid gets its hands dirty As the rooftop solar revolution spreads like wildfire across much of the United States, more states and municipalities are seeing...
Whither solar in the ‘merger of equals’?

Whither solar in the ‘merger of equals’?

Conjoining of Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron raises questions about fates of solar PV production equipment units Nothing like a corporate M&A bombshell to get the juices flowing first thing in the morning. Tuesday’s news of the “merger of equals” between...
Solar manufacturing models in dispute

Solar manufacturing models in dispute

Market research firms square off over question of outsourced ‘fabless’ solar manufacturing approach, Soitec shatters CPV cell efficiency record While fabricating a crystalline-silicon solar cell is indeed another form of semiconductor manufacturing–and the respective...
Solar panels ‘Made in the USA’…or not?

Solar panels ‘Made in the USA’…or not?

Texas Attorney General alleges PV module manufacturer 1SolTech relabeled Chinese panels as U.S. made Here’s a quick one before the weekend from the Curator’s ironic breaking news files. One of the few U.S. solar panel manufacturers left standing—a number that shrank...