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Italian PV market will see 3 GW of new capacity installed in the next 3 years
Gert Gremes has been the president of GIFI (Italian PV Industry Association) since 2006 and CEO of Tecnospot, a company distributing PV systems and materials in Europe and the USA, since 1997. GIFI is the most representative PV industry association in Italy, comprising of around 125 companies (and growing). It is part of the ANIE Federation–Confindustria (Italian Electrical and Electronic Industry Federation). Now that GIFI have secured the legislation for the next 3 years, their short-term objective is proper integration of PV within the technology-mix needed to achieve the 2020 binding EU targets.
Booming German PV market could cost ratepayers 70% more in 2011
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The declining feed-in tariffs could equal consumer electricity price in a few years. According to the industry lobby organization VIK, the continued high growth of the German PV-market could result in most ratepayers having to pay a fee of 3.5 eurocents/kWh in 2011 compared with the present 2.047 eurocents/kWh. If correct, this will put further strain on ...
The Japanese PV market could reach 1.5 GW by 2013
23 Aug 10 - 16:49 CEST
James Plastow is Global Product Strategy Manager at Solar Frontier K.K. and a Japanese PV market expert. He is a native of the UK and moved to Japan in 2001 to become involved in the Japanese Solar Industry. From 2002 until 2010 he held various managerial positions at MSK and later on Suntech Power. James Plastow has experience in Photovoltaics, BIPV, ...
Elections in November could have serious impact on US market growth
19 Aug 10 - 12:10 CEST
Paula Mints is Director Energy at Navigant Consulting , Inc. Navigant employs more than 1,900 global consultants. Navigant Consulting’s team of renewable energy experts assists clients in managing the uncertainty surrounding distributed renewable technologies. Paula is a leading international solar PV market and industry analyst. Based in California, she ...
Turkey: insights into an emerging Solar PV market
28 Jul 10 - 11:58 CEST
ISTANBUL/ROTTERDAM, 28 July 2010 - Although Turkey’s current installed capacity is estimated at roughly 3 MW, the country’s solar PV market is bound to expand in the coming years. The circumstances are favorable and as such, the prospects promising. To find out more about the situation in Turkey, Solarplaza interviewed Turkish PV expert Dr. Baha Kuban ...
A dozen emerging markets will lead to sustainable growth for the solar industry
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Valencia, Rotterdam; 1 July 2010. A growing list of countries is supporting the application of photovoltaic solar energy with a feed-in tariff (FiT) incentive program. The FiT incentives were invented by the Germans, and have earned the country its position as market leader. A FiT pays compensation for every kilowatt hour of solar energy produced by the ...
Experts predict dazzling solar future for UK
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London, UK, 11 June 2010 – Solar PV experts predict the UK will follow in Europe’s footsteps and experience significant market growth following the introduction of the new feed-in tariffs (FITs). According to a report published in May 2010 by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, Germany continues to dominate the European PV market with 68% ...
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- 01 Jun 10 GERMAN PV MARKET COULD DOUBLE, DESPITE FEED-IN TARIFF CUTS
- 01 Jun 10 European businesses target UK solar opportunity
- 27 May 10 The PV industry and market in 2013 - SolarPlaza stages top-level PV vision and strategy ...
- 25 May 10 Global demand for solar PV Projected at over 11.3 GW in 2010
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- 12 May 10 Interview with Karl Kuhlmann, S.A.G. Solarstrom
- 10 May 10 Interview with Shyam Mehta, Greentech Media
- 04 May 10 Solar PV expert predicts solid growth for UK market
- 07 Apr 10 Global Market for Solar Energy Surged in 2009 Despite Worldwide Recession
- 01 Apr 10 Flanders leading the way in Belgium with photovoltaics
- 29 Mar 10 UK solar market awaits major boost
- 26 Mar 10 Czech PV market in danger due to new Ministerial Decree
- 19 Mar 10 Grid access for solar energy projects needs improvement
- 11 Mar 10 Former Dutch Minister President Lubbers stands up for solar energy
- 04 Mar 10 Hermann Scheer and Jeremy Leggett speak at UK solar energy conference
- 29 Jan 10 United Kingdom joins other major European countries by offering solar incentive scheme
