Posted by on November 13th, 2009
In this edition of ‘Analysts’, we get to hear from Ishita Manjrekar, working, solar industry analyst for Primary Global Research. She’s on Bloomberg, talking about about First Solar (FSLR), Suntech and the Chinese solar market.
The discussion begins with what I consider to be a misunderstanding, when Ishita is asked what are the two types of technologies used to generate electricity from the sun. The answer should be Photovoltaic (P.V.) and concentrating thermo-solar. Instead, she discuses the two most popular P.V. panel types (silicon based and thin film based), completely ignoring the concentrating thermo solar industry. Oh, well.
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Posted by on November 8th, 2009
The solar industry is all about one thing: converting energy generated by the sun to a form of energy people would actually pay for. The most targeted form of energy is obviously electricity, although producing thermal energy is very useful for several application (did you shower today?). We will divide the entire solar energy market to the 3 most widely used technologies: P.V. solar panels, concentrating thermo-solar and solar water heating.
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Posted by on November 7th, 2009

Company Name Canadian Solar
Website http://www.canadian-solar.com/
Description Canadian Solar Inc. is a vertically-integrated manufacturer of ingots, wafers, cells, solar modules (panels) and custom-designed solar power applications.
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Posted by on November 5th, 2009
The global energy market is huge. It’s a trillion dollars market, some would say. And by now, late into the first decade of the 3rd millennium, it’s clear that solar energy is the only viable long term solution to earth’s ever increasing energy needs. Not only is solar a clean energy source, it’s supply is endless.
Realizing the huge potential of solar, billions of dollars go each year into the industry – funding research, building large scale projects and subsidizing end consumers.
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