The UK Feed-in Tariff Review: If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It

Saturday, 3.19.2011 - 3:35 (Renewable Energy World)

You could almost hear the screech of brakes throughout the UK's solar sector as the UK secretary of state for energy and climate change, Chris Huhne, said on 7 February, 'I am today announcing the start of the first review of the feed-in tariffs (FiTs) scheme for small-scale low carbon electricity generation.' Read more

LDK Solar to expand wafer capacity to 4GW in 2011

Saturday, 3.19.2011 - 23:11 (PV-Tech)

In 2010, LDK Solar was one of the largest solar wafer producers, reaching nominal capacity of 3GW. Strong demand and stable pricing is supporting the company?s efforts to expand wafer capacity to 4GW by the end of 2011. Greater economies of scale, technology improvements to processes and debottlenecking were said by management to be key developments this year as it expects wafer processing costs to fall from US$0.31 per watt in the fourth quarter to US$0.25 per watt by year-end, on minimal capital expenditure. Overall cost reduction programs are targeting cost savings of between 15 -20% in 2011. Read more