A slew of emerging markets for PV have been identified in a weighty new report from market research firm IHS, which has identified 20GW of PV projects across Asia Pacific, Latin America, middle-East, Africa and "emerging Europe". However, the IHS Solar Emerging Markets ......[More]

The solar industry shakeout continues as rock-bottom solar panel prices have forced a difficult decision at yet another high-tech California solar firm. SolFocus, a San Jose-based manufacturer of concentrating photovoltaic modules, has announced it""s looking for a comp......[More]

THEY account for less than 4 per cent of our electricity generation now, but solar and wind could be cheaper than coal by 2030, according to the Climate Commission. Chief commissioner Professor Tim Flannery said rooftop solar panels may already be cheaper than conventio......[More]

Megalim Solar Power, a company established by BrightSource Energy and Alstom, has won the bid to build a 121MW solar thermal power plant in Israel. The construction contract was awarded by Israel’s inter-ministerial Tender Committee. The 121MW BrightSource-Alstom Megali......[More]

German development bank KfW has signed off a €100 million loan to Morocco’s solar energy agency MASEN to build a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in the south-central area of the country. The 160MW solar thermal plant will be constructed in Ouarzazate, with further ......[More]

Expectations of market conditions improving in 2013 are likely to result in polysilicon prices within the solar industry rebounding slightly, according to the latest analysis from market research firm IHS. However, prices for 9N solar polysilicon fell by over 9% in Octo......[More]