| Content Category: Viewpoint |
| How Low Can You Go? |
| on 01 Jul 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| Launched in 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SunShot Initiative aims to make solar power cost-competitive with fossil fuels by 2020. Last month, the DOE unveiled an attention-grabbing new [read more] |
| A Different Trade Tactic |
| on 01 Jun 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| Since last October's Solar Power International conference, when SolarWorld announced its anti-dumping complaint and countervailing-duty petition against China, international trade issues have held the industry's collective attention - and inspired [read more] |
| A Safety Issue? |
| on 01 Jun 2012 by Paul Coleman |
| The following letter was submitted in response to "The 'Solar Time Bomb': Mass. PV Project Moving Ahead Despite Backlash," published May 3. To The Editor: While the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [read more] |
| The Cruelest Month |
| on 01 May 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| We can safely assume that writer T.S. Eliot was not thinking of photovoltaic module manufacturers when he penned the opening lines of his iconic 1922 epic poem "The Waste Land." [read more] |
| Stop The Liberal Propaganda |
| on 15 Apr 2012 by Larry Pergram |
| The following letter was submitted in response to an April 2012 Sun Dial column called "Solar: No Joking Matter."To The Editor: You do a great disservice to the solar industry [read more] |
| Solar: No Joking Matter |
| on 01 Apr 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| Copper Mountain, the 48 MW PV project on the cover of this magazine, recently hosted a high-profile visitor: President Barack Obama traveled to the project site in late March for [read more] |
| Home-Grown Thermal |
| on 01 Mar 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| The story of solar manufacturing in the U.S. often focuses on the PV supply chain. Since last October, the ongoing investigation into alleged PV product dumping by Chinese manufacturers has [read more] |
| Thin Film: Still Lurking |
| on 01 Feb 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| Crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV manufacturers and the rest of the c-Si value chain certainly have enough urgent challenges with which to contend this year. But in their spare time, they [read more] |
| The Year Of Questions |
| on 01 Jan 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| Given that January has historically featured the State of the Union address from the U.S. president, this month would also be ideal for a "state of the solar market" assessment. [read more] |
| Battle Lines Are Drawn |
| on 01 Dec 2011 by Jessica Lillian |
| The International Trade Commission (ITC) and U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) recently decided to launch what is expected to be a lengthy investigation into possible trade violations by Chinese solar [read more] |
