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Event - Solar Power International: Who is Attending

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This event will take place on October 20 - 23, 2014, at the Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada. Some of the biggest names in the solar industry will be in attendence at Solar Power International. This includes:

G&W provides medium voltage switches to the renewable energy market. All G&W switches are maintenance-free, weatherproof, and can be used in submersible applications, as they are impervious to the environmental elements typically found in offshore wind applications. Ratings through 38 kV, 630 amps continuous, as well as fault interrupting up to 25 kA (-40° F to 122° F). Booth #2060

UL offers a suite of PV plant services that helps owner-operators, developers, financiers, EPCs, insurers and manufacturers manage risks associated with building and operating a PV plant. We help manage risk by providing technical information and data for energy yield assessments, technical due diligence, and measurements and inspection. Booth # 2912

Canadian Solar is North America’s largest solar manufacturer, they offers world-class products for the residential, utility, and commercial markets. Among our current product offerings include Quartech PV modules, String Inverters, off-grid Maples solar systems and many more. Visit booth #300 at the SPI show to check out our innovative products! Booth # 300

UNIRAC, a Hilti Group company, is the leading manufacturer of PV mounting systems in North America. Have confidence with our proven track record of performance with more than 2.8 GW of experience since 1998. Altogether we bring nearly 500,000 installations’ worth of knowledge to your project. Booth # 306

Mersen’s innovative HelioProtection® Program offers dedicated solutions for safer and more reliable solar installations. Designed specifically to provide optimum protection for photovoltaic applications, Mersen’s HelioProtection product line encompasses fuses and fuseholders, surge protection devices, disconnect switches, cooling devices, bus bars, wire management solutions, and electronic systems for energy management. Booth #2709

RenewableEnergyWorld.com was started in 1998 by a group of Renewable Energy professionals who wanted their work to relate to their passion for renewable energy. With this passion and the desire to create a long term sustainable business, we have created perhaps the single most recognized and trusted source for Renewable Energy News and Information on the Internet. Booth #5316

Solar Central is the networking hot spot on the SPI show floor. Featuring live interviews and breaking news, panel discussions on hot topics, and a chance to speak with session presenters on cutting-edge content, Solar Central is the epicenter of show and industry related news. Booth #4920

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Event - Solar Power International

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This event will be held October 20-23, 2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Solar Power International, the solar industry’s most powerful, comprehensive educational conference and product exhibition.

Whether as an exhibitor, sponsor, or attendee, explore ways to participate and engage with more than 15,000 professionals in solar energy and related fields for four days of action-packed show floor hours, educational sessions and workshops, general sessions and special events. This is the best chance of the year to connect with colleagues and industry leaders.

In Las Vegas, SPI ’14 show participants will gain exposure to a new market for solar, new products, service providers and professionals. Attending Solar Power International is the best business decision you’ll make all year.

Who attends: Savvy solar industry professionals who want to learn, grown, connect, and compete. If you need to stay in step with the solar energy industry, you should plan to be at Solar Power International 2014.

Architects
Builders and project developers
Distributors
Engineering firms
Entrepreneurs
Government representatives and policymakers
Installers and contractors
Investors and financiers
Legal/Services
Manufacturers
Military
Utilities

For more information or to register click here.

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Course - Solar Photovoltaic

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This two-day course on solar photovoltaics (Basic + Advanced) will take place on the 26th - 27th September 2014, at Edinburgh Napier University. It is also available online. The course is designed for technicians and individuals intending to learn how to install, maintain and repair Solar Photovoltaic equipment.

Participants of this course learn how Solar Panels work and gain a thorough understanding of solar PV systems, this allows them to apply for registration with an Microgeneration Certification Scheme.

Become a Solar Energy Expert Consultant - Participants on this course can also take Electrics for Renewables and Renewable Energy Management and Finance courses to achieve the new Solar Energy Consultant Expert Certificate.

Course Content

Composition of the light.
Photovoltaic effect.
Photovoltaic cells.
Materials.
Daily/ annual energy.
Positioning of the modules.
Photovoltaic Energy.
Photovoltaic Illumination.
Planning and designing a photovoltaic installation.
The electric load.
Costs and evaluation of the economical solutions.
Maintenance and reliability.
Practical solutions.
Typologies and modality of installation.
Integration of the photovoltaic modules in the building structure.
Payback time.
Economical perspectives.

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Photovaltaic Panel Shortages - The Downside of the Solar Boom

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The solar industry is booming but a looming shortage of photovoltaic panels reveals that there is a downside to the industry's prodigious growth. A glut of photovoltaic panels drove prices down sharply. The oversupply that drove the price decline forced some companies into bankruptcy and slowed capital investment. Now the industry is expecting the first supply shortfall since 2006.

Although there will be huge demand from small scale solar, particularly home based, suppliers may sell most of their supply to big customers. If utility-scale solar farms get priority this will be a serious limiting factor inhibiting the growth of rooftop systems.

The news is not all bad. The fact that production capacity is not keeping up with demand is causing some companies to expand. Companies that are already expanding or planning to expand in the near term include Canadian Solar Inc SunPower Corp. The gap between supply and demand is expected to narrow by the end of 2014 and this is expected to lead to increased investments in advanced equipment.

The shortage will cause suppliers to prioritize countries like the US and Japan where there is less price competition and more stable pricing. While parts of the developing world like Latin America will be impacted more by the shortages.

In 2006 the solar industry installed 1.5 gigawatts of capacity. To address this demand Chinese manufacturers raised $1.8 billion to finance new production capacity in 2007 and a total of $5 billion shares between 2005 to 2010. In the process China emerged as the market leaders in solar energy. However, the Chinese produced glut of capacity drove down prices and forced dozens of companies into bankruptcy.

Every industry goes through cycles of boom and bust and the solar industry is no different. What makes the solar industry unique is the fact that shortages are unlikely to increase prices. There are a wide range of energy options, so if the price of solar goes up too much, buyers will turn to cheaper alternatives.

© 2014, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Solar's Prodigious Growth in the US

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Home based solar, commercial scale solar and on-site solar for businesses are growing in the U.S. and around the world. US solar energy capacity grew 418 percent from 2010 to mid 2014 (2,326 megawatts to 12,057 megawatts).

Solar is one of the fastest-growing power sectors in the US and around the world. Over the last several years we have seen a 20 percent annual growth rate in the US solar industry. US solar power expanded by 100 percent in 2013.

In the US 143,000 people were employed in the solar industry in 2013, representing a growth rate of 50 percent since 2010. These people are employed at 5,600 companies across the country. The rate of utility solar installations more than doubled since 2012 and the US added more than 4,000 megawatts of photovoltaic power in 2013.

Globally the solar industry now provides more than 2.3 million jobs. This meteoric growth is being driven in large part by price declines. Solar panels now sell for 76 cents a watt compared with $2.01 at the end of 2010. The cost for installing this technology has also diminished by an astounding 60 percent since 2011.

Installations are expected to increase by as much as 29 percent in 2014. The industry may install 52 gigawatts in 2014 followed by 61 gigawatts in 2015. This represents a considerable increase over the 40 gigawatts installed in 2013. It is more than seven times the numbers we saw five years ago.

The growth of small-scale solar systems is expected to be a major force going forward. One of the areas expected to see the most rapid growth is home based solar. In California the number of rooftop solar panels doubled in 2013. The Interior Department plans to issue permits for solar projects for 6 million homes by 2020.

This growth will be further accelerated by expectations that electricity from residential solar panels will be cost-competitive with that delivered by local electric utilities in 2015.

Leading solar energy states are California, Arizona, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Nevada. The top five states with the most solar growth in 2013 were California, Arizona, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. The top five states by total number of solar jobs are California, Arizona, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New York.

Some of the notable projects are located in Lancaster California, Gainesville (feed-in tariff), North Carolina and Nevada (Apple's solar farms and data centers). Noteworthy campaigns that are helping to fuel this growth include Put Solar On It, a shared solar systems project known as Solar Gardens (which includes the Boulder Cowdery Meadows Solar Array in Colorado), the NYC Solar Map tool, and Solarize which buys solar panels in large quantities to make them affordable to home owners.

© 2014, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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The Obama Administration's Support for Solar

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Earlier this year at what was billed as a "solar summit" the Obama administration announced a $15 million program to help state, local and tribal governments build solar panels and other infrastructure to fight climate change. The initiative is designed to push governments and private and nonprofit businesses to increase their use of solar power.

This program encourage federal agencies, military installations, and publicly-subsidized buildings in the Washington area to install more solar panels on roofs, covered parking garages and open land.

Also earlier this year the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced their own pro-solar initiatives. DoE indicated that it would guarantee at least $2.5 billion in loans for “innovative” solar projects. Over the next decade the EPA pledged to double the use of renewable energy at its network of 1,500 partners organizations which includes schools, public buildings, and businesses.

The solar industry combats climate change by providing clean energy that reduces the need for power derived from environmentally destructive fossil fuels. It also grows the economy and provides jobs. There are currently nearly 143,000 Americans employed by the solar sector representing growth of 50 percent since 2010.

© 2014, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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