On September 7th, 2010 Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Fort Collins, Colorado, US) announced that it has achieved the highest market share for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters of any company in North America, citing recent report by IMS Research Ltd. (Wellingborough, England) which estimates that Advanced Energy holds 24% of the continent's PV inverter market. The company, which manufactures inverters in multiple scales from small residential to utility-scale, says that this is a more than two-fold increase in market share over the last two years. Read more...

The segment of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is finally beginning to emerge in the marketplace after more than 20 years of R&D and fancy showcase projects, due to the vision of leading solar technology and material developers such as Dyesol, Schott Solar, Scheuten Solar, SunPower, and Suntech. In cooperation with the market research company Greentech Media Research (GTM Research) Solar Server's solar report in August 2010 highlights new developments in technology, political framework and international markets. Read more...

700 000 Thin-layer modules and 38 inverter stations: The solar power plant between the towns of Lieberose and Turnow-Preilack in the regional district Spree-Neiße has an annual output of approximately 53 million kWh of clean power, which corresponds to about 15 000 households, i.e. to the electricity consumption of a small town Read more...

Al Velosa: Several solar firms have highlighted to me their work on business development efforts outside of Germany, including setting up distribution, EPC, finance and sales capabilities or partners. Read more...