Dutch Elections and PV
Author: Rolf Heynen Many expected to see a domino-effect whereby public sentiment moved politics to the right after Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. With upcoming elections in several European countries, the Netherlands was perceived as a bellwether for European sentiment. But observer’s fears did not eventuate. Although many expected the Geert Wilders-led Party […]
Growing renewables globally
pv magazine: On the BayWa AG level, one of the highlights in the 2016 financial results was the performance of the renewable energy business. To what do you attribute that success? Matthias Taft: The renewable energy business has become very important for us in recent years. I am happy to say that the energy division overall […]
The future of European energy
The winter package proposed by the European Commission is exactly what EU supporters have always asked of Brussels: a clear and comprehensive vision that conceives of the European Union as a whole, and not a patchwork of quarrelsome states with diverging interests. How much solar and wind will be installed in the next decade, however, […]
Building a solar civilization
Interview: Jeremy Leggett, British social entrepreneur, writer, campaigner and founder of Solarcentury and SolarAid, tells pv magazine how a solar civilazation can be an effective buck-stop against the populist forces that seek to undermine and discredit the transformative power of renewable technologies It is solar, in all its forms, that is bringing the fight against malign forces, he says.
The return of PURPA
U.S. energy policy: A wonky electric sector law from the 1970s has emerged as the main driver for utility-scale solar in the United States this year. But while PURPA is responsible for booms in many new markets, the future of the policy is far from certain.
SNEC 2017 show review
A market proving robust in the face of a range of uncertainties, a push to high efficiency, and intense competition right across technology segments, the 2017 SNEC show did not disappoint. Sprawling across the entire week from April 17 – 21, what is now the world’s largest PV conference and trade show again reflected the […]
The listlessness of lists
Author: Paula Mints The annual top 10 list of manufacturers is an annual rite of spring in the solar PV industry, and so it is worth asking what this list tells us and whether or not it is still useful. On the one hand, the annual top 10 list observed over time offers a view […]
