By Dr Dino Ponnampalam The solar industry has grown steadily since the 1960s, and quite rapidly in the last two decades, reaching a point that has made the use of solar technology considerably valuable when it comes to the drive t...  more

By D.A. Barber Over the past two years, China’s frenzied pace at which it has been expanding its domestic installation and construction of solar power projects reflects its acknowledgement for a need to reduce its reliance o...  more

by D.A. Barber When installing a PV system becomes as simple as plugging an appliance into an outlet, the residential PV market will grow at a faster rate, both due to the simplicity of installation and the associated reducti...  more

By D.A. Barber Private collaborations with R&D at the many national energy labs in the United States aren’t new, but they have been stepped up. That’s because the labs are not purely governmental, industrial, or ac...  more

By D.A. Barber The increase in installed PV capacity, mainly in countries such as Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, France, the U.S. and Japan, has made recycling the usable waste generated by end-of-life PV modules a new priority. ...  more

Despite the worldwide financial downturn and the unstable financial system, solar system’s installed capacity still saw continuous growth in 2011. Aided by the sharp price drop in the solar supply chain, the growth momentum ...  more

By D.A. Barber There could be a struggle to meet the solar energy targets many countries have set because the current global supply of rare metals needed to produce PVs is unlikely to meet demand, according to a November 2011 stud...  more

By D.A. Barber Despite the sluggish global economy and the European debt crisis, there have been questions as to whether Europe will remain dedicated to renewable energy. But recent re-enforcement to policy changes in the region p...  more

By Dr Dino R Ponnampalam The advancement of our civilization has been marked by numerous seminal moments; one such event was the Industrial Revolution.  This point in history allowed for the development and introduction of ma...  more