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Solar Panel Manufacturing in China Industry Research Report – Now Available from IBISWorld
The Solar Panel Manufacturing industry in China has been developing quickly. In the five years through 2013, industry revenue has been growing at an annualized rate of 40.9% to total $86.79 billion. During the same period, Chinese solar cell output has been increasing 56.2% per year, with an estimated output of 16.5 giga-watts (GW) in 2013. In 2011 and 2012, the industry faced the double-problem ...
By IBISWorld
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Solar Panel Manufacturing in China Industry Research Report – Now Available from IBISWorld
In the five years through 2012, revenue for the Solar Panel Manufacturing industry in China has been growing at an annualized rate of 56.7% to total $71.6 billion, calculates IBISWorld. During this period, Chinese solar cell output has been increasing 65.4% per year, with an estimated output of 14.8 giga-watts (GW) in 2012. Since 2011, the industry has faced the double-problem of excess ...
By IBISWorld
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SunPower Announces New Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced plans to own and operate a solar panel manufacturing facility in Mexicali, Mexico to meet the demand of a growing North American solar market. SunPower plans to lease an existing building, which has up to 320,000 square feet of capacity. Today's announcement is ...
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Total and SunPower Commission a New Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant in France
Total and its affiliate SunPower(1) (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced the commissioning of a new photovoltaic solar panel manufacturing and assembly plant in the De Vernejoul industrial park in Porcelette, Eastern France. The 3,300-square-meter plant is equipped with a 44 MWp(2) production line and ...
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Nordwest Industrie Group Got Mounting Systems
Nordwest Industrie Group Got Mounting Systems Nordwest Industrie Group acquired Mounting Systems, one of Conergy’s mounting division, the agreement have been reach and contract have been signed between Conergy and Nordwest Industrie Group. Previously, Kawa Capital has acquired sales division of Conergy, and Astronergy acquired Conergy’s solar panel manufacturing base. The successful ...
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Dim Outlook: Solar Panel Manufacturing in the US Industry Market Research Report from IBISWorld has Been Updated
The Solar Panel Manufacturing industry has experienced a rapid rise and fall in the five years to 2013. “Government incentives for downstream customers fueled strong growth early in the period,” according to IBISWorld industry analyst David Yang. “Tax credits lowered the cost of solar panels for customers, making them more affordable for consumers and businesses.” But as ...
By IBISWorld
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Evolar releases new video with insights into its disruptive PV Power Booster technology
Continuing the thread from the previously released teaser, Evolar has now revealed a new video exploring different aspects of its disruptive technology, PV Power Booster. Supported by tailor-made animations and illustrations, the origin and use of perovskite, a key component of its technology, is explained together with the tandem cell concept. Lars Stolt, Evolar's CSO and co-founder, together ...
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Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Brings Decades of Pollution Abatement Expertise to Solar Panel Manufacturing Industry
Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. (S&SE), a pioneer in clean air technologies, has entered the solar energy market with pollution abatement solutions for solar panel manufacturers. Undoubtedly, solar technology is one of the most promising solutions to empower the world with clean and zero-emission energy. By transitioning away from fossil fuels and towards sustainable energy sources such ...
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Turnkey PV panel manufacturing lines
Teknisolar is offering Turnkey lines in collaboration with partners that supply equipment MADE IN EUROPE. Quality of equipment is often sacrificed for a lower initial price. Solar panel manufacturers, however, must evaluate the high long-term operating costs (OPEX) and the losses to profit that may result when low-quality equipment is used in production lines. Teknisolar is committed to supply of ...
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Natcore Technology Tapped as Project Manager For 200 MW Solar Park in Vietnam
Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a European developer of international renewable energy projects and a Vietnamese consortium under which the organizations would form a separate company to develop a 200 MW solar energy project in Vietnam. The projected cost of the project is approximately US$300 million, which includes all the costs ...
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China’s low-cost solar panels dominant, but U.S. technology shines brightly
The recent high-profile implosion of Solyndra, the solar manufacturer based in Fremont, Calif., can be traced to sprawling cities in China, where low-cost manufacturers have come to dominate the global industry by pushing down the price of solar panels to a point where most U.S. companies can’t compete. China now claims three-fifths of the world’s solar-panel production capacity. ...
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Suntech Reduces Production at Arizona Factory
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of solar panels, will stop two of three production shifts and reduce its workforce at its Goodyear, Arizona, solar panel manufacturing facility. The slowdown in production is due to global oversupply and higher production costs related to recent import tariffs imposed by the U.S. government. The Goodyearfacility's annual ...
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Suntech to Close Arizona Factory
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world's largest producers of solar panels, will stop production at its Goodyear, Arizona, solar panel manufacturing facility on April 3, 2013, with forty-three employees affected. Higher production costs exacerbated by import tariffs on solar cells and aluminum frames imposed by the U.S. government, as well as global solar module ...
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New partnership signed between Solbian and ILOOXS: solar energy meets aesthetics
A new partnership between Solbian Energie Alternative and ILOOXS Technologies has been signed in the past weeks. In the photovoltaic sector since 2007, Solbian developed a keen eye for design from the very beginning, a particular attention to aestethics in order to reduce the visive impact and allow for a better integration of the modules with their surroundings. The partnership with ILOOXS ...
By Solbian
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Natcore Technology to Serve as Technical Advisor For 1,000 MW Solar Facility in Middle East
Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Malta-based developer of international renewable energy projects under which Natcore would serve as the science and technology advisor for a large vertically-integrated project in the Middle East. The 1,000 MW project would comprise: A solar array consisting of 100 individual solar power plants, ...
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Lightway Solar America Executes 16.6 MW Supply Agreement with Premier Power
Lightway Solar America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Lightway Green New Energy Co., Ltd., has announced the execution of a 16.6 megawatt Supply Agreement with Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. Lightway is scheduled to begin delivery of solar panels from Q4 2012 throughout 2013 for projects developed by Premier Power in both the U.S. and European markets. Lightway Solar America has made ...
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BioSolar Reports Sales Progress with Large Solar Manufacturers
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that it has made considerable sales progress with large solar manufacturers. One of the company’s customers is preparing a batch of solar panels with integrated ...
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BioSolar Backed Solar Panels Debut at GovGreen Conference
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that the company will present BioBacksheet integrated PV panels at the GovGreen Conference held in Washington DC later this week. The panels were produced by four ...
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Robots Saving Labor Costs At Solar Energy Plants
A team of robots in California is hard at work installing and cleaning 45-pound solar panels. The robot named Spot moves along rows of panels cleaning off the entire months’ worth of dirt and grime, and then dries them off with a squeegee. Cleaning and installing solar panels is monotonous work, and it is rather hot out there all day in the sun. Not to these workers, they are not too hot ...
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Victor Lee is Appointed CEO of Ascent Solar Technologies
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of flexible CIGS solar panels, announced today that Victor Lee, Executive Director of TFG Radiant Group Ltd. and its affiliates (“TFG Radiant”), Ascent’s largest shareholder, has been appointed President and CEO of the Thornton, Colo., based solar panel manufacturer. TFG Radiant ...
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