Sunday, February 7, 2010 11:02 pm | Edgar A. Gunther
Almost 497.8 MWp (MegaWatt-peak) of PV (PhotoVoltaic) was installed in November 2009.
Last Thursday, the Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency) released EEG related PV system registration data for November 2009. Agency policy is to release the PV installation data two months after the month of registration.
As shown in the above chart, German 2009 PV installations continued the upward trend with 326.9 MW in September, 377.8 MW in October, and 496.8 MW in November, a 31% increase over the prior month. Registrations also increased 19% from 18593 in October to 22166 in November. From January through November 2009, Germany installed 2.345
Saturday, February 6, 2010 2:15 am | Edgar A. Gunther
Friday, February 5, 2010 3:50 am | Edgar A. Gunther
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[San Francisco, California USA]
For the 700 kW (kiloWatt) Power Plant in 2009.
At PHOTON's 2nd PV Thin Film Conference, FRV (was Fotowatio Renewable Ventures) Sr. Vice President for Project Development Mark McLanahan presented “The FRV Case Study with CIGS” (Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide) for the solar array located at the Global Solar Energy, Inc. manufacturing facility in Tucson, Arizona USA.
Proposed Photovoltaic (PV) rooftop Feed-in Tariff (FiT) cuts said to be delayed.
If nothing else, it’s the weather!
In the latest FiT political twist, “
Germany aims to delay solar incentive cuts: sources” by Markus Wacket for Reuters Green Business said:
German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen wants to delay some of the proposed cuts for solar power incentives, government sources told Reuters on Friday, a move that is unlikely to alter the gloomy outlook for the industry.
Roettgen's proposed 15-percent cuts in solar power incentives for roof-mounted systems is to be implemented from May 1 rather than April 1, the sources said.
As shown in the above graphic, “
Eckpunkte der künftigen Photovoltaikvergütung im EEG” (German only) outlines Minister Röttgen’s proposed one time PV FiT
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Saturday, January 30, 2010 2:15 am | Edgar A. Gunther
Monday, January 25, 2010 1:54 am | Edgar A. Gunther
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In chronological order, here are the PV conferences I am interested in following or covering in 2010. As in the
past, my focus remains technical conferences and business to business trade shows, not regional marketing or sales events. I am biased towards the United States and Europe and really need to branch out and explore events in Asia and Japan. Maybe I will find an opportunity in 2010.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:15 am | Edgar A. Gunther
Tough grading for a rough 2009 and my 2010 trends and predictions.
Although I hold the Blog accountable year round, my tradition is to look back at early year predictions and observations. As I am liberal with criticism, I won’t be grading last year’s Photovoltaics: 7 Trends to Watch in 2009 post on a curve.
Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:15 am | Edgar A. Gunther
Friday, January 15, 2010 3:06 am | Edgar A. Gunther
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Investing in BB (bee-bee) sized solar granular polysilicon.
On January 8, 2010, “
President Obama Awards $2.3 Billion for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs” announced the awards for ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for one hundred eighty three (183) projects in forty-three (43) states including
AE Polysilicon Corporation in Pennsylvania.
Per “
AE Polysilicon Awarded $44.85M U.S. Tax Credit”, Motech Industries Inc. (
TPO:6244):
announced its subsidiary, AE Polysilicon Corporation, has been awarded a tax credit of US$44.85 million for Phase I under section 48C of the IRS Tax Code by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
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This is a great news for us and it will provide an incredible return on investment once we are in production.” said York Tsuo, President of
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