Analysis

When Soitec built a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) power plant for the 17th annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) held November 28 to December 9, 2011 in Durban, So...  more

Government subsidies and incentives—feed-in-tariffs, tax credits, tax breaks, loan guarantees and renewable energy credits—all have combined to fuel the development of the solar industry. Compared to conventional fossi...  more

The countries of Latin America are expected to see tremendous growth for utility-scale solar energy projects andsome of the big global solar industry players are making the region a priority with an influx of fundingdespite the cu...  more

Lessons from Natural Disasters In the wake of the disastrous outcome from the earthquake, northeast Japan’s infrastructure was severely periled, not to mention the long-term nuclear pollution that followed. Aside from the reconstr...  more

World investment in new renewable energy capacity and technologies is expected to total $7 trillion over the next 20 years, according to a new report released on November 16, 2011, by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Meanwhile, renew...  more

Manufacturers of PV panels have a potentially huge market for residential rooftop systems worldwide, especially in countries like the U.S. which offer rebates and tax incentives on both a state and federal level. But these rooftop...  more

Polycrystalline silicon (Si), or polysilicon, refers to the raw material use in the production of single crystal wafers--the substrate for silicon-based solar cells and semiconductors. The raw material has a dark gray color, with ...  more