PV (photovoltaic) polysilicon prices are forecat to dro 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 significantly reduce...... [More]

Innovation in photovoltaic metallization has the potential to lower costs by up to 50% and improve process yields for the three major technology categories - crystalline silicon (x-Si), copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) and cadmium telluride (CdTe).Tomorrows PV winners...... [More]

In a bit of good news for the battered solar industry, price declines for photovoltaic modules are expected to moderate slightly in the second half of 2012 on the strength of renewed demand, according to the latest IHSiSuppli Photovoltaics Cell Module Production Market Tracke...... [More]

A new 294 kilowatt photovoltaic solar power plant has been supplying power to hospitals and schools on six islands since last week.As solar radiation here is about 70 percent higher than in Germany, photovoltaics is the central component of the energy turnaround on the Maldive...... [More]

Shares of First Solar Inc rose 8 percent after the company installed an additional 100 megawatts in less than 12 weeks at an Arizona solar plant.The plant, which is expected to be completed in 2014, reached a 100 MW milestone in April.First Solar declined to say if the plant wo...... [More]

BELMONT, Calif., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic MaterialsWFR +0.92% , today provided additional details on the solar project closings announced last week. The company clo...... [More]