8
Most new large photovoltaic systems located in Spain • Centrosolar forecasts over 100 percent earnings growth in 2008
10
60 MW PV power plant in Spain set to go on-grid in June • Phoenix boosts foreign sales nearly 400 percent
12
Foreign markets boost Aleo‘s results
13
BP Solar builds 300 MW module plant in Spain
14
SolarWorld offers higher dividend
15
Sunways earnings quadruple despite high silicon prices • Pevafersa begins construction of wafer factory
16
Ersol confirms record 2007
17
US venture capital company buys Gamesa Solar
18
austria & switzerland
PV used on some soccer stadiums of the European Championships
22
france
Possible changes to French PV feed-in tariff could mean surprises
24
germany
Several interesting pieces of news at Staffelstein symposium
28
germany
Discussions over German solar feed-in tariff revision are about expenditures
30
germany
Pepyn Dinandt‘s exit from Conergy raises questions
32
spain
Spain plans to remove 1,200 MW cap as part of feed-in revision
36
spain
Spain‘s PV industry looks for new markets at the Genera trade fair
40
Losses mount despite rising sales for California installer Akeena
41
ReneSola posts first results after New York IPO
42
MIT cell spin-off secures $12.4 million in first VC round • NanoGram finds VC for silicon thick-film PV
43
US solar R&D funding levels off • XsunX plans first 25 MW line in Oregon • SEIA‘s viewpoint
44
usa
First national feed-in tariff legislation to be introduced in US Congress
48
usa
Pennsylvania going solar
52
Trina Solar rounds off 2007 with good fourth quarter results
53
China Sunergy manager resigns as production guidance lowered
54
Canadian Solar reports record revenues
55
JA forecasts large capacity increase
56
china
Chinese silicon manufacturer accused of dumping hazardous waste
58
india
India tries to attract PV manufacturers
64
india
Moser Baer to promote both thin-film and crystalline solar
68
Concentrator systems from Zytech Solar
69
Siliken presents modules that glow at night • Manual unloading device for wafer carriers from ACI-ecoTec
70
Basler‘s inspection system spots internal wafer defects
71
Despatch introduces firing furnace
72
economy
Rogol‘s monthly market commentary: Have fundamentals collapsed?
78
economy
PHOTON Consulting‘s monthly silicon update: The price is right
84
technology
For thin-film manufacturers, corroded float glass could mean worthless modules
86
technology
PHOTON to assign grades as part of its inverter test
96
technology
Testing Diehl Ako‘s Platinum 4600S inverter
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market survey
On-grid inverters
132
technology
PHOTON grades for 13 inverters
176
another perspective
Charles Gay: Now is the time for scale
© PHOTON International, April 2008