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WORLDNEWS
Europe announces near
Solar cell
zero energy building
research could
agreement
open up in India
HIndia’s biggest state - Rajasthan - has
This week at the Energy Council, the The new directive stipulates that “the the amount of land and radiation
Swedish Presidency was congratulated nearly zero or very low amount of energy volumes needed to play an important
for the agreement reached on the new required should to a very significant part in the country’s harnessing of solar
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive extent be covered by energy coming from energy, a report has said, which could
(EPBD). Any new European building will renewable sources, including renewable tie in with the increase of investment
have to be “nearly zero energy” by 2020, energy produced on-site or nearby”. EPIA demand for solar cell technology in
meaning that a very large share of energy recommends that when transposing the Asia.
consumption will be provided by directive in the national law, EU member
renewable energy. Solar photovoltaic states should focus on developing the Speaking to the Times of India, Naresh
technologies are amongst the best suited potential of “on-site” RES. Pal Gangwar, chairman and managing
to be integrated in buildings. However no director of Rajasthan Renewable Energy
target has been set for buildings which For existing buildings, using alternative Corporation, said the organisation has
represent about 99% of the stock. systems, such as RES is encouraged; received 90 proposals worth 3,000
EPIA believes this constitutes progress megawatts of capacity to set up solar
EPIA hopes that the new EPBD will but still not enough, as existing buildings power ventures.
ensure a strong boost for on-site currently represent 99% of the building
renewable energy sources (RES) like stock. Therefore Member States should
photovoltaics (PV), which as a be more ambitious and propose a
decentralized and sustainable energy concrete target for this major segment of
technology is easy and quick to install in the market when transposing the law.
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housing and has the ability to provide a
significant share of the household and “If well implemented by the 27 EU
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commercial energy demand. The countries, this legislation will help meet
.solar
threshold of 1000 m
2
present in the the target set by EPIA to reach 12% of
previous EPBD has now been removed, Europe’s electricity demand by 2020 with
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opening possibilities to improve the photovoltaic energy” commented Eleni
performance for all sizes of edifices. Despotou, EPIA Policy Director.
Solar cell
of solar cell demand, with a change in Projects already approved include those
Spain’s “generous” rewards policy being from Moser Baer photovoltaic, Par Solar
Issue VI 2009
manufacture ‘in
cited as one factor why the end-market and Jindal Power and this could bolster
shrunk in 2009. solar cell research and development to
meet India’s expectations of becoming a
excess for 2009’
“During 2009 there has been nearly 60 significant solar energy producer.
per cent over-supply in cell capacity,
which means that average fab utilisation “We have prepared a land bank for
Excess solar cell manufacturing capacity rates have only been around 40 per cent solar projects. The size of the areas
has pushed the average price of a industry-wide,” explained Charles Annis, starts from five megawatts onwards.
photovoltaic (PV) system down by more vice-president of manufacturing research This infrastructure is complemented by
than 25 per cent, which is expected to at DisplaySearch. an extensive evacuation system, which
drive high demand in 2010. is being used for wind energy,” Mr
He added that fortunes will change, Gangwar told the publication.
Combined with positive incentives in supported by the broad nature of the PV
multiple regions and diversification of the industry and the fact that many producers It was recently reported on
demand base, solar cell manufacturing are running factories at high-utilisation ECNAsiamag.com that Nader Tadros,
could need to step up next year, the levels, as well as planning to expand. commercial marketing and eCommerce
DisplaySearch Quarterly PV Cell Capacity director for Premier Farnell Asia Pacific,
Database and Trends Report said. A recent report by New Energy Finance stated semiconductor demand in the
claimed that thin-film technology is one region is pushed up by a number of
However, the figures for this year show reason why solar cell manufacturing sectors including solar cell
that incentives are still an important part costs have reduced. developments.
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