Photovoltaic Conference and Exhibition Preview 2010

Significant photovoltaic (PV) conferences and events in 2010. Suffering from PV conference overload?

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. Read More >>

PHOTON Consulting’s Solar Annual 2009: Total Eclipse

Will German PV (Photovoltaic) installs still hit 3.85 GW (GigaWatts) in 2009? Will a period of rapid, profitable growth be followed by saturation of one or more key PV markets in 2013, a Total Eclipse?

PHOTON Consulting LLC released Solar Annual 2009: Total Eclipse (SA09) back in October 2009. While I received a review copy before “PHOTON Consulting projects global PV installations will more than double in 2010, expects price crash by 2013”, I only started reading the 260 page SA09 tome cover to cover over the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

For the impatient, I recommend reading the Full Summary and spending 35-40 minutes to Watch the replay of Solar Annual 2009: Total Eclipse webinar after entering Read More >>

Schmid Silicon Technology: Schwarze Pumpe production delayed until 2010

“Schmid Pilot Production GmbH (SPP) delayed to optimize the process flow and to react on actual market conditions.” From SST at PHOTON's 7th Solar Silicon Conference As I tweeted earlier this month, Schmid Silicon Technology GmbH (SST) CEO Alexander Berg (please see “Alexander Berg wechselt zu Schmid Silicon Technology (SST)”, Google English) explained the production delay until the beginning of 2010 in his presentation, “Status of Schmid Silicon Technology and the cost potentials”, at PHOTON’s 7th Solar

PHOTON’s 7th Solar Silicon Conference – Part 2

[Munich, Germany] Understanding the PHOTON Consulting, LLC, numbers. It was post or perish for PHOTON’s 7th Solar Silicon Conference while I was listening to presentations at PHOTON’s 4th Photovoltaic Investors Conference. Although I knew there would have to be a follow up post, forgetting my notes at my hotel kept things extra minimal. The afternoon presentation by PHOTON Consulting analyst Joonki Song provided insight into the silicon spot price prediction of $125 to $350 for the next three quarters of 2009. Mr. Song said: In 1Q09, even with much lower spot price, willingness to pay by users still sets spot price.

PHOTON’s 7th Solar Silicon Conference

[Munich, Germany] Why have silicon spot prices not crashed below long term contract prices? 2009 Summary: 15 GW (GigaWatt) module production and 12.5 GW installations with 4 GW installed on German rooftops! From PHOTON's 7th Solar Silicon Conference Everyone at PHOTON’s 4th Photovoltaic Technology Show 2009 Europe is still talking about Michael Rogol’s PHOTON Consulting presentation forecasting 2009 silicon prices, silicon production, and photovoltaic module production and installations during the pre-show 7th Solar Silicon Conference (Program). Silicon spot market price – 2009 With silicon spot prices at

Photovoltaic Conference and Exhibition Preview 2009

Significant photovoltaic conferences and events in 2009. In chronological order, here are the conferences I am interested in following or covering in 2009. Given that visibility thing, I’m not making plans beyond PHOTON’s Technology Show. As last year (Part 2 update), my focus remains technical conferences and business to business trade shows, not regional marketing or sales events. However, I am still considering smaller technical conferences in lieu of the larger mega events because of repetitive content. There is little location alignment among the eleven events although the San Francisco Bay area and Munich have two events each.

Skyline Solar Dawn

From PHOTON's 1st PV Start-up Conference [San Francisco, California USA] Skyline Solar CEO Bob MacDonald presents at PHOTON's 1st PV Start-up Conference. Stealth mode Skyline Solar, Inc. presented Tuesday, December 2, 2008, on the first day of PHOTON‘s Searching for the »Second Solar« Conference Series USA. Mr. MacDonald provided a big picture view of Skyline Solar’s plans to accelerate the time to residential and wholesale grid parity by leveraging aluminum to replace silicon though concentration and tracking. Using

Searching for the Second Nanosolar?

From PHOTON's 1st PV Thin-film Conference [San Francisco, California USA] Nanosolar CEO Martin Roscheisen makes bid to become the next First Solar. Luckenwalde 1 MegaWatt solar farm installation appears to be running at least one month late. Nanosolar presented Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at PHOTON's 1st PV Thin-film Conference as part of PHOTON‘s Searching for the »Second Solar« Conference Series USA from December 2 - 4, 2008, in San Francisco, California. I was on the alert to snap slide photos since I noticed the Nanosolar presentation was not released with the conference proceedings. For an overview of the event, please see “Seven candidates for the title

Solar Light Flashes: February 10, 2008

Select Photovoltaic News Tidbits

This is the first Solar Light Flashes of 2008. Somehow, I didn’t have anything to report on a company name starting with the letter “S”, the most popular first letter for “s”olar companies.

AE Polysilicon

An AE Polysilicon DEP Resolution concerning a sewer module was approved at a Special Meeting of the Falls Township Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. An online video of the vote on AE Polysilicon resolution 08-06 is available at the Falls Township Board Of Supervisors Meeting - January 22, 2008. Click on:

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Photovoltaic Conference and Exhibition Preview 2008

Significant photovoltaic conferences and events in 2008

In chronological order, here are the conferences I am interested in covering or following in 2008. The schedule is packed with three new conferences and events versus last year, and my focus remains technical conferences and business to business trade shows, not regional marketing or sales events. Location alignment results in two events each for San Francisco, San Diego, and Munich.

Concentrated Solar Power USAJanuary 28-29, 2008San Francisco, California USA

As I mentioned in Photovoltaics: 2007 Post Review and 2008 Trends to Watch – Part 2, Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is the hottest solar power segment. Second in a series, the Event Overview is titled:

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