A technology that would enable low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy""s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of C......[More]

The Financial Times have reported that Solar World filed an anti-dumping complaint accusing Chinese manufactures of selling photovoltaic cells below cost, the EU commission will have 45 days from the date of filing to decide whether to start an investigation. According ......[More]

Following the lead of several US solar panel makers, European solar makers are set to launch a complaint with the European Commission accusing China’s solar panel makers of selling solar PV cells below cost in the European Union. Germany’s SolarWorld, which rode point o......[More]

BOLINGBROOK, Ill., Jul 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On July 12-14, 2012, experts from across the solar photovoltaics and infrared (IR) photovoltaics disciplines met in downtown Chicago to review and discuss recent progress and future trends in the rapidly advancing field......[More]

The solar industry made some impressive gains recently, with what’s now the world’s largest operational photovoltaic array coming online in California. Meanwhile the SolarStrong project moved forward with it efforts to solarize military housing across the country and Ca......[More]

PV (photovoltaic) polysilicon prices are forecast to drop 48% and wafer prices 56% year-over-year in 2012. With such severe price declines, only 12 Chinese PV polysilicon manufacturers are still producing, and more than half of these companies are running at significant......[More]