Solar Boom Coming; But First, “Widespread Company Failures”

Sullivan asserts that solar is essentially an energy and construction business - not a consumer-driven sector like semiconductors, despite similarities in technology. The result, he says, is that solar has an adoption cycle determined by the replacement cycles for residential and commercial roofs - 15-20 years - and for natural gas power plants - up to 30 years.

MEMC Building World's Largest Solar Plant?

The anonymous source told Reuters that the Italian power plant will become the biggest in the world, operating by the end of 2010 at a level exceeding the capacity of Spain's Almedilla de Alarcon plant.