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