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Press Releases

International PV experts gather in San Jose Nov 30 –Dec 1 to discuss how to drive down LCOE and boost MW output through improved

What is the future for utility scale solar? According to recent reports and commitment from utilities in the Southwest and East coast USA, the future is optimistic. SEIA recently announced that utilities’ solar megawatts added to the grid grew from 169 MW in 2008 to 279 in 2009, a growth of 66 percent in a year when electricity demand as a whole declined as the result of an economic downturn.

03 Sep 2010

Five minute catch up with Dr. Frank Siebke from Good Energies on CPV´s potential

About Dr. Frank Siebke

Dr.Frank is a member of Good Energies Venture Capital team which is focused on cleantech investments

03 Aug 2010

CPV experts to gather in Seville on November 18-19 to discuss how to prove CPV´s commercial viability

With more than 20 MW installed to date, CPV’s commercialisation is firmly underway. It has been predicted that the CPV market will soar in value to over a quarter of a billion dollars by 2014 leading to exponential growth of 6GW by 2020.

01 Jul 2010

More than 70 MW of new project announcements set for 2010

According to a new report by CPV Today, more than 70 MW of new project announcements scheduled for 2010 signal Concentrated Photovoltaics’ return to form.

 

22 Jun 2010

SolarVision Expands to Meet Growing Demand for Renewable Energy Services and Expertise

Energy consultancy papers to compare technological advances and market demands of PV, CPV and CSP

25 May 2010

CPV installations in the USA set to grow at a CAGR of 75% in the next five years

According to the Concentrated Photovoltaics Industry Report 2010, CPV installations in the USA will grow from 1.5 MW to 75MW in the next five years. If installation patterns in the PV industry are anything to go by, this will represent just 8% of total CPV installations by 2015.

11 May 2010

Saudi Arabia solar announcement


Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, plans to become an expert in another, cleaner field of energy by investing in solar power, the country's oil minister said in an interview ;
 

21 Apr 2010

North Africa & Middle East Solar Conferences booming in 2010

The abundant sun resource in MENA is now being commercialised as governments and international enterprises speedily begin to enter the multi billion dollar solar market in the region.

10 Mar 2010

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