Comments on: Suntech Announces New Quick-Install Solar PV Modules

By: NRG4All

NRG4All — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:17:00 +0000

We have Enphase inverters tied to each solar panel. I wonder why with the American standard of 120V/240V 60Hz some company has not integrated the inverter into the panel. This would really speed up the installation. I would think that the American market is large enough to justify it.

By: Ivor O'Connor

Ivor O'Connor — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:31:00 +0000

I’m in Southern California. If they offer free training here on a weekend I’ll gladly attend.

By: shecky vegas

shecky vegas — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:33:00 +0000

Here ya go — http://www.marketwatch.com/story/zep-solar-announces-pv-install-trainings-at-clean-energy-week-2013-07-21

By: Ivor O'Connor

Ivor O'Connor — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:51:00 +0000

I’d love to see an article showing how these zep products actually work and why they are so highly regarded.

By: JamesWimberley

JamesWimberley — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:04:00 +0000

Suntech also managed to announce an efficiency record in March for a particular type of cell. For large solar firms in China, bankruptcy is like that of US airlines: a restructuring at the expense of shareholders and bondholders, but you keep flying in hopes of better times.
BTW, I think this is a defensible public policy in a high-growth but also very cyclical industry. China is also pursuing consolidation – the rescue is not universal, and is designed to produce a smaller number of bigger and more resilient firms. If Germany chose not to rescue its PV manufacturers, that’s its choice (possibly imposed by doctrinaire Brussels law, but they didn’t fight it).