Challenges beyond duties in India
SolarTech 2014: A solar summit in New Delhi last month brought together Indian PV manufacturers, distributors and developers to discuss some of the challenges standing in the way of the country meeting its vast solar potential. pv magazine reports on the hopes and frustrations.
Eastern promise
Romania project review: Romanias Giurgiu region in the countrys south is home to three utility-scale solar PV projects developed by Austrias Green Source and LSG Group. pv magazine caught up with the developer to learn more about the challenges, technical specifications and opportunities of the Romanian PV market.
Germany and the glass-glass module
Modules: One PV industry trend of 2013 was Germanys reboot of the glass-glass module configuration to provide the market with a premium product in terms of reliability as well as performance. So, just how has the technology fared one year on?
Global FIT overview
Feed-in tariffs: Plenty of changes across Eastern Europe. The Netherlands enters into stage 3 of their SDE+ scheme.
Global FIT overview
Feed-in tariffs: Plenty of changes across Eastern Europe. The Netherlands enters into stage 3 of their SDE+ scheme.
Great potential for improvement
Balance of system costs: BOS costs are being systematically reduced, as was demonstrated at Intersolar North America, mainly by eliminating metal, weight and volume, by streamlining and integrating physical connectivity, and by designing housings for universal component acceptance.
Innovation in the shadow of trade disputes
Intersolar North America: Well ensconced at its San Francisco location, Intersolar North America remains a major event in the region by embracing innovation. BOS reductions remain an almost constant focus while battery storage blooms.
Its time for results
It will surprise few in PV to hear that energy is a political issue. Given that it keeps hospitals functioning, schools open and traffic lights on, its apparent that electricity is a public good. But it feels too often that we in solar are waiting for a political decision to be handed down; for the […]
Modis solar dilemma: Will he? Wont he?
India: The PV world waits to see which way Indian Prime Minister Modi will jump on solar duties. His decision is expected by August 22. Can the newly-elected P.M. unlock this potential mega market?
No longer the introvert
Inverters: Although inverters play a key role in all PV systems, the technology rarely impacts the ebb and flow of global market forces like modules do. But as price pressures move along the solar value chain, are inverter suppliers primed to seize the opportunity to reshape the solar market in their own image?
