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Australia predicted to install 750MW in 2013
Solarplaza interviews Warwick Johnston, Managing Director of SunWiz and Australian market expert.
Moving the UK solar market past the ‘boom and bust’ stage
06 May 13 - 12:24 CEST
LONDON, 6 MAY 2013 – The UK solar PV market is making headlines again as its 500 MW of installed capacity accounted for 10% of the global installations in the first quarter of 2013. As a result, the UK market passed the 2 GigaWatt mark of cumulative installed solar capacity. 2012 hasn't been a bad year either. Government statistics confirm 779 MW of ...
Dutch 2020 targets "just an exercise for the real thing"
02 May 13 - 14:55 CEST
Solarplaza interviews Wim Sinke, the true solar-tech 'veteran' of the Netherlands, having been involved in the industry since 1980. Currently Sinke is Manager Program Development at ECN Solar Energy, Director of TKI Solar, Professor at the University of Amsterdam, Researcher at AMOLF and Chairman of the European Photovoltaic Technology Platform.
Multinationals increasingly switch to solar energy
01 May 13 - 12:34 CEST
An increasing number of large internationally operating companies in the Netherlands are switching to solar energy. The Wieckse Witte-Brewery, owned by Heineken, in Den Bosch; a Lidl branch in Weert; the new IKEA store in Zwolle and the Tons Mosterd factory in Zierikzee – all of these enterprises already have, or will soon have, solar panels on their ...
Solar Energy Growth Explodes Through Local Initiatives
23 Apr 13 - 11:34 CEST
The growth of solar energy in the Netherlands is unstoppable. Thanks to hundreds of local initiatives striving for both sustainability as well as independence, the market is growing from the grassroots level, increasing as much as 250 percent in 2012. According to experts, it is expected that the number of solar panels and solar energy will more than ...
Solar energy is a disruptive development
22 Apr 13 - 12:00 CEST
In 2012, the Dutch market for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems grew by over 200 percent. Right now, there are more than 100,000 PV systems in the Netherlands, generating electricity from sunlight.
China’s Yingli Tops PV Module Supplier Rankings in 2012; Suntech Slips to Fifth
11 Apr 13 - 11:11 CEST
Yingli from China became the largest global supplier of photovoltaic (PV) modules in 2012 based on annual merchant shipments, while previous leader and besieged fellow Chinese producer Suntech Power dropped to fifth place, according to the latest analysis from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS).
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