IHS Predicts Record Solar PV Module Production & Shipment Through First Half Of 2016
Originally published on Solar Love Analytics company IHS has predicted solar PV production and shipments to skyrocket through the first … [continued]
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China Top-And-Tailing Crystalline Silicon Solar PV Chain
The solar industry has been subjected to an intense period of growth and maturation over the past 24 months, as … [continued]
China, Inc. Locked In on World Solar, Wind Manufacturing Domination
China’s new 12th Five-Year Plan clearly shows that rather than striving to comply with internationally agreed-upon trade rules, the Chinese government is intent on dominating solar PV and wind energy manufacturing globally. China’s new plan will direct some $1.5 trillion into solar PV manufacturing export, with polysilicon, thin-film CIGS solar PV producers and equipment manufacturers now squarely in its sights.
Local Leaders Join First Solar in Dedicating 250MW Thin-film PV Factory in Mesa, Az.
Government officials, community and business leaders joined in a dedication ceremony for First Solar’s thin-film solar PV module manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona last week. Investing $300 million to build the four-line factory, it will employ some 600 full-time associates and is designed with the capacity to produce 250 megawatts (MW) worth of thin-film PV modules per year. Mesa Mayor Scott Smith highlighted the plant’s potential to serve as anchor for the local economy, one based on the emerging clean energy economy.
