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Weekly Intelligence Brief

Indian Ministry makes new grid connected solar projects guidline report public
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The much awaited guidelines from the Indian New and Renewable Energy Ministry for new grid connected solar projects under Phase 1 of the JNNSM have been made public. Please find a summary, but please request a formal guideline report from the Indian authorities.

26 Jul 2010

Intelligence Brief 14 July - 26 July
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Vector and Hubbard construct New Zealand's largest solar installation

Companies and organisations included in this round-up include: Vector, Hubbard, Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, Solexant and Applied Materials

26 Jul 2010

Intelligence Brief 29 June – 13 July
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Obama commits $2bn to US thin film firms

Money has been pumped into solar in the US over the past week, yet there are also signs of more start-up closures and industry consolidation. This sector never has a sleepy moment. Companies and organizations included in this news round-up include: Abengoa Solar, Abound Solar Manufacturing, Chrysler, Astronenergy, SPG Solar, ITN Energy Systems, Ascent Solar, Solasta Inc., Kleiner Perkins, Caufield and Byers, MIT Enterprise Forum’s Ignite Clean Energy Business Competition, SV Solar, Optisolar and Senergen, GBI Research, First Solar, Kaneka, Mitsubishi, United Solar, Sharp, ErSol, Q-Cells, Würth Solar, Kaneka and Shell.

13 Jul 2010

Intelligence Brief 15 June - 29 June

Companies and organisations mentioned in this news round-up include: Trina Solar, Ingenero, University of Queensland, Energy Farm Inc., Xiris Automation, Stion, TSMC, Desertec, Hyundai Heavy Industries, KAM, and Samsung Electronics

29 Jun 2010

Intelligence Brief 2 June - 15 June

Companies and organizations included in this news round-up include: NASA,IKAROS, Tanegashima Space Center, BudaSolar, Solar Thin Films, Inc., Millennium Technology Prize, NREL, MiaSole, Apollo Solar Energy, ENN Solar Energy Co, Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP).

15 Jun 2010

Weekly Intelligence Brief: May 25 - June 01

This week’s Thin Film Today news brief includes: BrightView & T-Solar; Solyndra; Applied Materials & CECEP; China Solar; AQT, Solar Enertech & HelioPower; Solar Thin Films & Atlantis; Apollo & CECS; and EU RoHS Directive.

01 Jun 2010

Intelligence Brief 4 May – 18 May

Companies and organizations mentioned in this round-up include: NREL, 3M, Solar World AG, First Solar, APCO Worldwide Inc, GE, American Chamber of Commerce in China, Pew Charitable Trusts, Vestas, Eurasia Group, World Trade Organization, Ascent Solar Technologies,  ProLogis, GS-Solar, MiaSole, Solyndra, Suniva, United Solar Ovonic, Xunlight, HatiCon Solar, Colorado Moisture Control, Inc., Howard Electric, Inc., S.A. Miro, Inc. and SMA America, DuPont,Cleantech America, PG&E

18 May 2010

Intelligence Brief 20 April – 4 May

Companies and organisations mentioned in this round-up include: Oregon State University, Yeungman University of Korea, The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa), Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW), United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Würth Solar, FTL Solar, Sun Well Solar, First Solar, Solar Cells Inc.

04 May 2010

Intelligence Brief 6 April – 20 April

Companies included in this round-up include: Derbigum, Lidl, Signet Solar, US Department of Energy, MCP Group, Atlumin, NexPower, United Microelectronics Corporation, Ascent Solar Technologies, Cambrios Technologies Corporation

20 Apr 2010

Intelligence Brief 23 March - 6 April

Intelligence Brief 23 March -  6 April

Companies included in this round-up include: Chevron, Abound Solar, MiaSolé, Schüco, Solar Frontier, Sharp, Solibro, Ascent Solar, SunFilm, AES Solar, First Solar, Riverside Holdings, Applied Materials, Kirloskar Integrated Technologies Ltd,

06 Apr 2010

Weekly Intelligence Brief 2 March - 16 March

Companies included in this edition's round-up include: PV Technologies India,Moser Baer India Limited (MBIL),  First Solar,  Southern Company,Turner Renewable Energy, Cimarron I Solar Project, Vermejo Park Ranch, Desert Sunlight project, Southern California Edison, California Public Utilities Commission,St. Petersburg University, Hind High Vacuum (HHV), Solar Source Corporation (SSC), EPV Solar Inc., Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association, Advanced Green Technologies,  Portland General Electric (PGE), and US Bank

16 Mar 2010

Weekly Intelligence Brief 16 February - 1 March

Weekly Intelligence Brief 16 February - 1 March

Companies mentioned in this fortnightly round-up include: Global Solar Energy, NREL, Adam Capital, LDK Solar, Best Solar,EPV, First Solar, ACORE, Showa Shell

02 Mar 2010

Weekly Intelligence Brief 2 February - 16 February

Weekly Intelligence Brief 2 February - 16 February

Companies and organisations mentioned in the latest Weekly Intelligence Brief include: IBM, Frost & Sullivan, Solar Semiconductor, Tata-BP, Moser Baer PV,Nanosolar FirstSolar, Day4Energy, Solera sunpower, Global EcoPower,            T-Solar, Allianz Climate Solutions, Suniva, GS Battery, Gartner, Evolution Solar Corp, United Solar Ovonic/ Energy Conversion Devices, SunEdison, Duke Energy, PNM, FirstSolar

16 Feb 2010

Conferences and Exhibitions