There is good evidence that the US photovoltaic market will be one of the key future markets for photovoltaics. However, up to now, the market has had to struggle with erratic political support for renewable energies, as well as highly complex promot....
Everybody is talking about PV thin film. Some sixty companies have announced to start thin film production by 2010, and EuPD Research estimates that by then, the production output will amount to 3.5 GW. But will the global demand for PV products grow....
Despite being among the top ten worldwide photovoltaic markets with a current annual market growth of more than 100 percent, little information has been available on the French photovoltaic market in the past. The new report by EuPD Research, which i....
In this third study about photovoltaics in Spain, EuPD Research examines the current state and the future development of the second biggest solar market worldwide. Thanks to ideal natural conditions and a high remuneration for electricity that is fed....

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With the latest version of the feed-in tariff Conto Energia in 2007, the annual installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Italy has increased rapidly: 9.4 MW in 2006, 70 MW in 2007 and expected 140 MW in 2008. This is why companies and investors from E....

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In its latest study EuPD Research deals for the fifth time since 2002 with segments of the PV industry along the value chain from the producer to the installer. Subject of the enquiry is an overview about the current and future developments in the Ge....

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The Internet has become an increasingly important channel of distribution. Turnover in e-commerce is growing faster than in other distribution channels. Although the growth in 2007 hasn’t turned out to be as positive as expected in 2006, the majority....

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Bad debt losses signify an existential problem for 45 percent of German small and medium-sized companies – a third complains of liquidity bottlenecks. Nevertheless, factoring is hardly or not known to more than the half of German businesses of a smal....
As has been revealed by the study, there are in practice many very different approaches and concepts regarding the generation of internal ideas. Within the scope of the “Ideas Management 2007/08” study, the specifics of these different approaches wil....
Only 258 of the 800 biggest German corporations take the health state of own employees seriously and have established a professional health management. Demographic changes and retirement at the age of 67 is simply missed by the remaining companies – ....

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During the elections for the Bundestag, experts considered the energy policy as one of the crucial topics. Here, parties had strongly differing strategies. This was particularly noticeable regarding the question how to shape the energy policy of the ....
In total, the local tax offices in Baden-Wurttemberg and Bavaria perform the best. With a little distance follow tax offices of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony. Inferior results are to be found in the North East.
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