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Photovoltaics (PV) News for August 2012
Construction on the Rothenburg IV solar park in Saxony is underway.
30 August, 2012
A new podcast service on renewables has been launched.
28 August, 2012
The price of PV modules fell again in July by more than 2% over June’s average prices and tumbling 44% year-on-year, according to the latest IMS Research monthly module price report.
28 August, 2012
Southwest Solar Technologies (SST) says it has made “significant advances” in concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology that will lead to “major competitive advantages” in the market.
28 August, 2012
First Solar has established a Thai subsidiary, opening an office in Bangkok.
22 August, 2012
Imports of Chinese solar PV panels into the US fell for three consecutive months to the end of June.
22 August, 2012
Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) could be the answer to the various challenges faced by the global PV industry in the years to come, according to a new report from Pike Research.
21 August, 2012
US President Barack Obama has given his support to seven “nationally and regionally significant solar and wind energy projects” – including a 3GW wind farm proposal - as part of his We Can’t Wait initiative, proclaiming they will be “expedited”.
07 August, 2012
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has signed into law the 2012 Energy Act, which among other provisions, raises the cap on its net metering solar programme.
07 August, 2012
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has welcomed news that two Spanish firms are expanding their UK solar power activities.
07 August, 2012
China’s photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing base saw a major setback in the first and second quarters of 2012, with a severe slump in exports sparking the government to step in and further raise its PV installation target to 50GW according to the latest quarterly report on China’s PV market from IMS Research.
06 August, 2012