On January 25th, 2012 SolarEdge Technologies Ltd. (Hod Hasharon, Israel) announced the introduction of a new line of single-phase inverters with up to 98% weighted efficiency for the North American solar photovoltaic (PV) market. SolarEdge states that this efficiency makes it an industry leader. The company is now offering 3 kW, 3.8 kW, 5 kW, 6 kW and 7 kW single-phase inverters with grid support for 208, 240 and 277 VAC. Read more...

Solar Server: Overall, what are your impressions of Governor Christie's Energy Master Plan for New Jersey? Jamie Hahn: Overall, I feel as though the EMP provides a roadmap for how New Jersey can promote a diverse portfolio of new, clean, cost-effective in-state electric generation. I think it recognizes the role that solar power can play in meeting the state’s RPS objective as well as its role as an engine for economic growth. The jobs, the economic growth and all of these small businesses created by the solar industry are most important. The numbers speak for themselves when looking at the number of jobs created in this sector in one of the worst economic climates of our lifetime. Read more...

It is a foregone conclusion that the first half of 2011 was a particularly bad time for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry along the value chain. In fact these were the worst two quarters in recent memory. Years of increasing investments in ever-larger production capacities led to spiraling overproduction at a time of weakening markets, impacted by investor caution over uncertain changes to Germany' s and Italian feed-in tariffs and global financial troubles, leading to a perfect storm for the industry. Read more...

It’s almost one year since the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) and rumours are beginning to fly around the UK solar industry as to what the upcoming Comprehensive Consultation on the feed-in tariff (FiT) holds. I decided it was time to investigate what people are actually saying, and to find out how much of what is being said matches the facts around budgets, pricing and deployment. Read more...

From the roof of the convention center in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, one is surrounded by the irregular forms of the downtown buildings that comprise the city's center. On sunny days, long rows of solar thermal collectors on the St. Paul RiverCentre's roof supply water to those very buildings, in a system that encompasses the majority of the downtown area. Read more...

SAINT-GOBAIN SOLAR SOLUTIONS are intelligent, innovative and instant solutions for solar module manufacturing, offer cost-effectiveness, easy application and durability for perimeter sealing of the PV laminate to the aluminium frame and can be used as a process aid in securing and sealing all module components Read more...