
Intersolar India is to take place for the first time from November 9-11, 2009 in Hyderabad, India, as a part of the collaboration of PFORZHEIM, Germany and FREIBURG, Germany along with India's SOLARCON. This is the first photovoltaics conference to take place in the country. Current trends and new markets in the international PV industry are to be presented by 50 renowned experts over the span of 12 sessions. Panel discussions and workshops will allow for additional information to be exchanged. The main focus of the event will be the development of the PV solar market in India.
India is a country that gets a lot of sunshine, and the solar market is seeing enormous expansion. India's Ministry for New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has put together the "National Solar Mission," which is to be published this month. The Indian government has great ambitions to expand the now 2.1 megawatt power resource to 20 gigawatts by 2020. Both photovoltaic installations and solar thermal power plants will be developed to support this goal.
Over the next 30 years a total of $20 billion are expected to be spent on this solar mission, with gasoline and diesel fuels receiving additional taxation to fund the endeavor…

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