Editors’ Blog

Hurricane Sandy exposed the fragility of the US power grid. It also revealed a potentially vital new role for PV in future emergency events, says Felicity Carus.

Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) have been popular all over the world and have transformed some solar markets. But the US has remained stubbornly resistant to the power of transformational policy, with utilities treating them with the same hostility as net energy metering.

Bids for the first tranche of manufacturing equipment at CdTe thin-film leader, First Solar’s shuttered lines in Germany close today.

Yingli Green has surpassed Suntech to become the world's largest PV company. What is the secret of its success, asks Mark Osborne.

2012 can hardly be described as a banner year for solar. But is 2013 likely to be any better, asks Felicity Carus.

SolarCity's IPO earlier this year looks like a ray of light amid some pretty cloudy weather in 2012. The solar shakeout continues to gobble up companies like a collapsing sun. The peak in consolidation IHS researchers say will come from 2013 can't come soon enough for many in the industry.

With his victory in the presidential race, Barack Obama has temporarily silenced critics of his green energy policies. But attacks are now coming from new directions, says Felicity Carus.

A host of recent independent testing programmes are starting to make Silicon Valley start-up Silveo look like a player rather than a wannabe.

Two important reports - one released last month and the other to be released imminently - are really giving the US solar industry something to think about as 2013 approaches.