Analysis

Mobile phones are no longer just for talking as they now serve as users’ personal assistants and entertainment centers. This trend has largely altered the landscape of the global mobile phone market. As for smartphones, Appl...  more

With the increasing awareness of emission reduction, the development of renewable energies takes over the spotlight from the petroleum industry. The spectrum of renewable energy businesses now includes not only energy generation a...  more

In regard to Taiwanese solar companies’ 12’May revenues, according to EnergyTrend, the green energy research division of TrendForce, most companies’ shipments remained steady with utilization rates above 80%. Due to the preliminar...  more

By D.A. Barber On May 16, 2012, just two weeks after the official groundbreaking by MidAmerican SolarandFirst Solar, the first of nearly 9 million thin-film PV panels was installed on the world’s largest solar project curren...  more

Dr Dino R Ponnampalam Solar energy technology is based on the principle that energy from the Sun can be absorbed and then converted to generate electricity, a form that is useful to society.  This usable form is one significant pa...  more

By D.A. Barber The role that solar energy can play in not just the total energy mix of the U.S. but also job creation has been addressed in a number of recent studies all of which project strong but varied rates of growth. But muc...  more

Dr Dino R Ponnampalam The world is made up of matter, and matter can be divided into three phases: solid, liquid, and gas.  Our concepts are based on the world around us being one of those three states.  Now imagine if a...  more

By D.A. Barber A report from McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, says that the cost of a typical commercial PV system could fall 40 percent by 2015 and an additional 30 percent by 2020. The report conclude...  more