Global information company IHS has confirmed fears of a solar wafer supply shortage in 2016. The global solar industry has been awaiting confirmation of fears that there would be a shortage in solar wafers for several months now, and new evidence discovered by IHS this early in the year have … [continued]
First Solar, the world’s cheapest solar panel maker, is reporting that they cannot meet this years demand for solar panels, and three more major manufacturers; Suntech, Yingli and Trina are also signaling that they are sold out, according to Reuters. This is a huge turnabout. It is only a year … [continued]
Like the rest of Europe, the UK has a Kyoto-level ambitious renewable energy plan to reduce its CO2 emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2020. As part of achieving this, the island nation plans to build an astonishing 32 Gigawatts of off-shore wind by 2020, enough to supply a quarter … [continued]
