israel
12 Israel introduces feed-in tariff

16 EPIA and Eurobat • Rolf Disch builds PV neighborhood

18 Bauhaus.Solar: a new PV architecture convention

19 PV system on the Torre de Cristal • 80 MW system in Germany

21 Xantrex sets up shop in Germany • EPIA‘s viewpoint

austria
22 How a private equity firm is using its other investments to
start thin-film company Intico

bulgaria
24 Solar investors discover an enticing new market

czech republic
28 The Czech PV market is evolving

france
32 Interview with Photowatt’s head Eric Laborde

germany
34 Interview with SolarWorld CEO Frank Asbeck

germany
38 Intersolar Munich review

germany
50 Oerlikon sues thin-film manufacturer Sunfilm – to hurt
Applied Materials

germany
58 Interview with Rainer Gegenwart, head of a company that has
just ordered three Applied lines

germany
60 Navigational buoys on the German Elbe River are being
retrofitted with PV

spain
70 Spain’s government publishes a new draft feed-in law –
with a 300 MW cap

spain
74 Comments on the new Spanish feed-in draft from six PV companies

spain
78 Progressive feed-in tariff: a proposition to save Spain’s PV market

spain
80 Isofoton has lost two executives and one investor in the past
three months

switzerland
82 Feed-in tariffs for the lucky few

spain
135 EU PVSEC special

84 GreenVolts breaks ground • Oregon seeks solar tenant for
large semi fab

86 SunPower wins utility contract in Florida

87 Evergreen sees profitability in 2009

89 Hoku closes in on first deliveries

90 San Francisco starts solar program

california
92 Semicon West partners with Intersolar

california
98 New ideas for kerf-less silicon wafer production

southwest usa
104 First Solar taps US utility market

southwest usa
106 Over 70 GW of solar thermal and PV plans await environmental study

110 Hyundai plans 330 MW of cell capacity

112 Canadian Solar’s preliminary Q2 results

japan
114 PV revival in Japan?

japan
124 Interview with the manager of Japan’s PV association

japan
126 After years of micromorph promise, is Japan’s Kaneka about
to take flight?

japan
132 Japan’s Showa Shell prepares for a 1 GW-plus CIS plunge – maybe

economy
176 Rogol’s monthly market commentary

economy
186 GT Solar’s public launch marred

economy
188 Chinese polysilicon and wafer start-up targets $862 million in IPO

economy
190 PHOTON Consulting’s monthly silicon update

technology
194 Testing Fronius’ IG Plus 50 inverter

market survey
204 Diffusion furnaces

market survey
222 Laminators

market survey
258 Laser scribers

© PHOTON International August 2008