Applied Materials talks up its solar game at EU PVSEC, VDMA members begin to see end of PV equipment downturn Last week’s Silicon Planet-shaking news of the Applied Materials-Tokyo Electron merger (acquisition?) was enveloped by a cone of near-silence regarding the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
