Analysis

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 contin...  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 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 machine...  more

By D.A. Barber The abundant supply of sunshine throughout the Hawaiian Islands as well as new regulations and economic incentives that support solar power projects has positioned the American state to offset a substantial portion ...  more

Beginning on March 9, a new subsidy policy will take effect in Germany. Key changes include progressive adjustment of subsidies, exclusion of ground-mounted solar systems over 10 megawatts from receiving support, and a partial buy...  more

by D.A. Barber Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) technology is proving to be less costly than current flat panel and thin film PVs due to their high efficiency design. In fact, in April 2011 San Jose, California-based Solar Junctio...  more

By D.A. Barber Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, has historically been ahead of many countries in adopting residential solar. In 2009, residential was 90 percent of the total PV market in Japan, which at the time was the ...  more

By Dr Dino R Ponnampalam There has been a considerable push to restructure the energy mix to favor non-finite energy resources due to traditional energy resources being finite.  Examples of non-finite energy resources include sola...  more

By D. A. Barber In his “State-of-the-Union” address presented to Congress on January 24, 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama called for an "all-of-the-above" energy policy stressing the need to develop both traditional (natural gas...  more