July 2009
Jobs More Important Than Price per Watt to Key Policy Makers Bettina Weiss Senior Director, Photovoltaics A critical component in public policy advocacy efforts in support of solar power and PV manufacturing worldwide is the impact on employment. PV power has been demonstrated to have the most beneficial impact on job creation than energy source and this fact is a critical asset in lobbying efforts in support of effective solar policies. As legislators around the world become increasingly involved in solar policy, PV power's impact on employment may become more important than grid parity or sophisticated energy demand/supply models. During this era of rising global unemployment, politicians love to tout their impact on jobs. More... Mathias Meier of Fraunhofer Talks About the Importance of PV2 In an effort to improve manufacturing efficiencies in the photovoltaics industry, SEMI, working in conjunction with the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, have come out with the PV2 Standard, which provides guidelines for the various pieces of equipment in the PV factory to talk to one another, and exchange and pass data. View the podcast interview with Matthias Meier, one of the engineers of Fraunhofer's Manufacturing Engineering and Automation group, who had a leading role in developing the PV2 Standard. Also view video interview at Solid State Technology.
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	•	PV Market Update— What Can We Learn from the Slowdown?

	•	PV Manufacturing Topics Covered at EHS Symposium

Events Calendar

Sept 30

SEMI New England Committee Presents: PV Manufacturing Market Outlook

Oct 7-9

PV Taiwan 2009

Nov 9-11

SOLARCON India 2009

Feb 3-5

SOLARCON Korea 2010

Mar 16-18

SOLARCON China 2010

May 19-21

SOLARCON Singapore 2010

Jun 9-11

Intersolar Europe 2010

Jun 30-Jul 2

PVJapan 2010

Jul 13-15

Intersolar North America 2010

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