Thin Film Today speaks to Sourabh Sen, co-founder of South Asia´s renewable energy company, Astonfield Renewable Resources, on the heels of its tie up with Belectric to build a 5MW solar power plant in Osiyan, Rajasthan--the first utility-scale solar power plant commissioned by Belectric under India’s National Solar Mission. Elizabeth Block asks his take on how thin film will fit within India´s renewable energy plans amongst a wall of challenges.
29 Jun 2010
Thin Film Today speaks to Michael Bartholomeusz, CEO of CIGS developer, Applied Quantum Technology (AQT), about why partners are pivotal to gaining market leverage.
10 Jun 2010
Thin Film Today talks to Dr Andrew Skumanich, founder and CEO of SolarVision Co (SVC), a Silicon Valley based renewable energy consultancy, about the burgeoning demand for solar technologies consulting services and SolarVision’s master plan to benchmark the solar sectors.
27 May 2010
Until 2007, Sharp held the number one spot for PV production and sales. Then the likes of First Solar and others started to attract the limelight, especially among the analysts. But Sharp is back in full force with a new thin film plant in Sakai, a new joint venture in Southern Europe and record high sales. Is it a matter of Sharp´s development coming full circle? Or is it something deeper within this company´s mindset, proprietary technology or ability to remain flexible despite industry demands?
18 May 2010
Research and analyst group, Gartner, reported in its Cool Vendors in Solar Energy, 2010 report, that innovation will be the carrot luring future venture funding in the coming months. Gartner´s report highlights some of the solar energy start-ups making a major impact on the solar industry and named Applied Quantum Technology, BrightView Systems, Confluence Solar, Innovalight and Solexant as just some of the companies to watch.
04 May 2010
Thin Film Today speaks to Israeli thin film process control systems developer, BrightView Systems. Hai Benron, Director of Global Business and Ariel Ben-Porath, VP and Business Development, discuss the markets they believe are the most attractive for thin film panel manufacturing; obstacles manufacturers are likely to face and potential solutions; and the company’s upcoming targets.
19 Apr 2010
Todd Alhart, spokesman for GE Global Research, speaks to us about the global utility group’s ambitious plans into thin film and why they see the solar technology as a good investment.
06 Apr 2010
Following the news that it is the first thin film module developer to reach record efficiency on flexible substrate (confirmed 13.2 percent aperture area efficiency), we have a quick chat with the Jeffrey Britt, CEO of CIGS manufacturer Global Solar Energy, on how his company is reducing costs and improving efficiencies.
16 Mar 2010
Katherine Steiner-Dicks speaks to Finlay Colville, Director of Marketing, Solar, at the world’s largest laser manufacturer, Coherent Inc.
02 Mar 2010
Only just 18 months ago, upstream solar looked good. But the dried up debt markets have put a massive strain on many upstream solar energy companies, which has had a knock-on effect across the entire supply chain, stopping many companies from meeting their growth targets. We speak to Franco Hauri of Climate Change Capital to see how he and his team are assessing the situation.
03 Feb 2010
December, 2010 - - days TBC
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