africa & middle east
8 Multi-megawatt systems in Africa and the Middle East

usa
10 White House offers $1.15 billion in tax relief

americas

16 SEIA column: For 2010, it’s jobs, jobs, jobs

americas
18 SEPA column: Overcoming financing barriers

americas news
20 • Schwarzenegger backing bill to nix net-metering cap
21 • Massachusetts doubles PV market and swaps incentives
22 • Air Force selects Fotowatio to develop up to 500 MW
23 • Multi-megawatt systems in North America

india
24 Despite the launch of India’s National Solar Mission, a major
change in one number could be cause for concern

asia-pacific news
27 • Report on Japanese PV feed-in tariff expected in March
• Taiwan’s new PV FITs await application procedures
28 • Multi-megawatt systems in Asia-Pacific

france
30 French feed-in tariff reduction leads to wild speculation

germany
32 PV feed-in tariff levels are set to decrease as the government
obviously accepts stronger growth

germany
36 Supply contracts for systems scheduled for installation in
Germany after revision of feed-in law are up for review

italy
40 It seems that Italy’s PV sector grew constantly in 2009 –
but without a »boom«

europe news
42 Multi-megawatt systems in Europe

europe
49 EPIA column: The green side of the Spanish EU presidency

worldwide
50 Germany installs more PV in 2009 than the rest of the top 10
national markets combined

another perspective
208 E.V.R. Sastry: PV’s ups and downs in India

62 In 2009, Italian solar companies produced fewer cells and modules
than initially planned. Only an inverter company has demonstrated
strong growth

66 A new Portuguese company plans to build the country’s first fully
integrated gigawatt-scale factory. But, so far, the country
contributes very little to global PV production

70 Daqo New Energy seeks $60 million in an IPO to expand silicon
production capacity in China

72 Jinko Solar plans US IPO to raise cash for cell and module
manufacturing expansion

74 The French module manufacturer comments on its modules’
hotspot problem and improves warrantee conditions for
its products

news
78 • New PV factories

module price index
80 Little change was seen on the German module spot market
through December, with prices remaining stable

ppvx
86 A December to remember

analysts forecasts
88 Sell-side analysts predict falling module prices even as they forecast
the gulf between production capacity and demand will widen

silicon space
92 PHOTON Consulting’s monthly silicon update

news
94 • Edwards develops upgraded gas abatement system for
PV production
95 • New generation of wafer grippers from Schmalz

test
96 Testing Mastervolt’s Sunmaster XS6500 inverter

test
102 Testing Power-One’s Aurora PVI 2000-OUTD-DE inverter

automation
108 The degree of automation in material handling increases down
the value chain. We outline the status of automation at two
important stages – ingot and wafer manufacturing

survey
118 Market survey on washers for glass and foils

survey
136 Market survey on solar modules 2010

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8 letters to the editor

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48 conference CD & DVD

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182 industry registry

197 contacts page

201 corrections

202 job opportunities

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