The Beginning of Something Big

Dan Martin,
Executive VP, Photovoltaics

Think back to Germany in 2003, before the amendment of the Renewable Energy Sources Act, and you will see parallels with many of the activities and transitions now occurring in India. On November 14, the government of India is due to unveil its (drafted) National Solar Mission, named the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission after India's first Prime Minister. The solar policy will lay down the roadmap to expand the current 150 megawatts (MW) to a reported 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 and 200 GW by 2050, the most aggressive program on paper in the world. Total solar PV deployed in the world this year will be only 5-6 GW.

In 2003, prior to the increased feed-in rates, the total German market for PV was also around 150 MWp, with a total accumulated installed based of around 600 MW. The European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) and other industry trade shows were still comprised of less than 300 exhibitors. More...

PV Group News In Brief

• Webinar: Global Industry Collaboration: Key Findings and Next Steps
  
• EHS Workshop for Photovoltaic (PV) Manufacturers
  

Events Calendar

	Oct 20		US Solar Market Outlook: Is Your Company Ready for 2010? (AltaTerra partner event)
	Nov 9-11		SOLARCON India 2009
	Nov 12-13		2nd Solar Energy Investment and Finance Summit (NewSolarToday partner event)
	Nov 18		PV Group Global Industry Collaboration Webinar
	Nov 19		Semiconductor to Solar Symposium (MEPTEC partner event)
	Feb 3-5		SOLARCON Korea 2010
	Mar 7-9		PV Fab Managers Forum
	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

SOLARCON India
The schedule for the two day conference held in conjunction with SOLARCON India is available. Register today!

Webinar: PV Group Global Industry Collaboration -Key Findings and Next Steps
Following the first PV Group PV Technology Roadmap Workshop in July 2009, co-hosted by the US Department of Energy (DOE), PV Group conducted a global industry collaboration survey. We asked stakeholders from all parts of the PV manufacturing supply chain to weigh in - and they did. Virtually every top 10 company in each segment voiced their opinion. Register...

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