http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/homeMarch 8, 2006
Cambridge, Massachusetts Preliminary estimates for 2005 show global photovoltaic (PV) cell production increased more than 40% from nearly 1200 MW in 2004 to 1727 MW in 2005. European production growth outpaced Japan, U.S. production was relatively lackluster, but the real highlight was in the aggregate of small, global producers outside of the major markets that more than doubled cell production.
The monthly PV industry publication will now be guided by its new Editor-in-Chief, Travis Bradford, of the Prometheus Institute. The current issue's top PV news item is the 2005 PV cell production data which breaks down PV manufacturing by company, by MW, by year. These summaries, courtesy of PV News, highlight some key trends in the solar PV industry.
These are some of the key findings from the latest monthly edition of "PV News," which has now formally shifted hands from its founder and longtime editor/publisher Paul Maycock to the Massachusetts-based Prometheus Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of solar energy and other socially beneficial sustainable technologies.
Maycock explained in a contribution to the publication that the market's continued record growth came despite many projects being delayed or terminated due to a shortage of cells and modules. The major factors in the delay were the frantic race to expand capacity, a shortage of silicon, and increased prices, which led to long delays in the delivery of modules (as much as six months for veteran installers and virtually no modules for newcomers to the market).
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