Analysis

When Solar Millennium announced on August 18, 2011, it was converting the first half of its planned 1-gigawatt concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in California into a 500-megawatt PV plant, it was just the latest of several t...  more

Currently, CIGS (copper, indium, gallium and diselenide) thin-film PVs have limited production volume and market share due to their low energy efficiency - around half the efficiency of their crystalline and silicon counterparts...  more

According to the 1H11 financial statement of Taiwanese solar company Green Energy Technology, the 2Q11 revenue totaled NT$ 5.187 billion and the gross profit margin dropped to -3%, which resulted in an after-tax loss of NT$ 294 bi...  more

Back in February 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the launch of the SunShot Initiative, a collaborative national initiative to make solar energy technologies cost-competitive with other forms of energy by reducing t...  more

Moody Investors Service states in a recent report, solar manufacturers feel the affects of declining profit margins and factory oversupply. The combination of government cutbacks on subsidies in the European Union (EU) and overs...  more

Two recent studies have added ammunition to the argument for supporters of solar power systems, especially regarding residential installations. There are the obvious benefits that everyone understands -- non-polluting, renewable e...  more

Solar Power Purchase Agreement (SPPA) refers to a financial contract between a solar power system owner and a host customer. The owner operates, maintains the photovoltaic (PV) system. The host customer usually owns the property...  more