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"Global market potential in the range of 400-600 GWp in 2020"
McKinsey&Company recently published a global PV market potential study. Solarplaza talks to Krister Aanesen, one of the authors of the market report. Krister Aanesen is a Junior Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Oslo office. He has been with McKinsey since 2004 and works in McKinsey’s Sustainability and Resource Productivity (SRP) practice, where he has a primary focus on solar power and renewable energy. As part of his work he serves solar manufacturing companies, utilities and industrial companies on strategic, organizational and operational topics.
US Antidumping Tariffs Could Suspend 45 Percent of Solar Module Shipments to North America
30 May 12 - 13:25 CEST
U.S. government antidumping penalties on imports of photovoltaic (PV) cells from China could suspend nearly half of solar module shipments to North America this year, impacting pricing, inventories and project timelines, according to an IHS iSuppli PV Perspectives report from information and analytics provider IHS.
Solar Power at the Crossroads: Photovoltaic markets saw record growth in 2011, but industry faces short-term challenges
09 May 12 - 16:05 CEST
Solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity continued its remarkable growth trend in 2011, even in the midst of a financial and economic crisis and even as the PV industry was enduring a period of consolidation. As they have for the past decade, PV markets again grew faster than anyone had expected both in Europe and around the world.
Top 10 World's Largest Solar PV Projects under Construction
02 May 12 - 17:35 CEST
Solarplaza presents its latest Top 10 of the world's largest solar PV projects under construction. Nine of the ten projects mentioned in this Top 10 are under construction in the USA and one is under construction in Italy. If you would like to receive the Top 20 of the Largest Solar PV projects under construction List and receive updates about our other ...
US solar market will explode within five years
23 Apr 12 - 11:08 CEST
NEW YORK – Within the next five years solar energy in a large portion of the US will be cheaper than power from the grid. Costs of solar panels and installation keep moving down, wile the transportation costs of electricity move up. When solar power reaches the ‘holy grail’ of grid parity the solar market in the US will boost, and a sleeping giant will ...
‘The market share of Chinese manufacturers will increase, but the high-quality inverters will remain in European hands'
19 Apr 12 - 15:46 CEST
Solarplaza recently published a Top 10 of the most efficient solar PV central inverters (100kW). We decided we wanted to learn more about the inverter industry and therefore talked to some key players: SMA and Ingeteam. We spoke about the global solar PV inverter industry, new inverter technologies and the biggest solar PV inverter markets.
"Bill Gates Never Ran an Energy Company"
16 Apr 12 - 10:07 CEST
Last year, Bill Gates noted in an interview with Alan Murray of the Wall Street Journal that technologies like solar photovoltaics and LED lights were "cute" but could never deal with the bigger issue of climate change and powering the developing world.
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- 17 Jan 12 Stock-Listed Solar PV Companies lost more than 30 billion dollars in 2011
- 13 Jan 12 India: “Solar power to exceed government target”
- 11 Jan 12 High-Tech Solar Inverter Industry in European Hands
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