The keys to mono growth
Mono-Si: The sluggish growth of the mono-Si market this year is notable given the fact that many cell manufacturers had switched from multi-Si to mono-Si production in H2 2014. Statistical research conducted by EnergyTrend for the 2015 PV market finds that even though global demand has reached 53 GW, total mono-Si cell shipments worldwide may be lower than 10 GW. Cost is the deciding factor as is whether or not the mono-Si market can achieve higher growth in the future.
The right side of the cycle
Its possible to own a piece of clothing or accessory for so long that it goes out of fashion, stays there some years, and then comes back into fashion: From faux pas to fashionista with the passing of time. I can personally, and rather depressingly, attest to this as fashions from my student days in […]
The shuffle continues
Ranking inverter suppliers: Germanys SMA looks to have put the troubles of 2014 behind it this year, benefiting from Advanced Energys exit from the inverter market to increase its share of global revenue, while SolarEdge is the big riser so far in 2015.
Yieldco meltdown
NYSE Bloomberg Solar Energy Index: Sentiment sours on yieldcos, pulling down index performance. Chinese constituents offset performance from Western peers.
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Invisible solar Cloaking technology refracts light around metallization fingers Decreasing the width of PV metallization and interconnection fingers and busbars has long been exploited as an incremental pathway to higher cell and module efficiency. And German researchers now believe that light can be guided around the contacting structures, boosting efficiency. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute […]
We guarantee the percentage of LID reduction
PERC LID: While it brought one of the first regeneration tools on to the market, Germanys centrotherm has observed a lag before market adoption, until now. Wolfgang Jooss (pictured), centrotherms Director R&D and Technology photovoltaics, and Thomas Pernau, Product Manager Firing and Regeneration Furnaces, spoke to pv magazine .
We guarantee the percentage of LID reduction
PERC LID: While it brought one of the first regeneration tools on to the market, Germanys centrotherm has observed a lag before market adoption, until now. Wolfgang Jooss (pictured), centrotherms Director R&D and Technology photovoltaics, and Thomas Pernau, Product Manager Firing and Regeneration Furnaces, spoke to pv magazine .
A giant awakens
300 MW Cestas project: As 2015 comes to an end, a European giant awakens. Over the past six months pv magazine has tracked the progress of Europes largest PV project, the Cestas project in Bourdeux, France, from the ground screws up. This final installment in a six article series brings the contribution of a French construction giant to light.
A giant awakens
300 MW Cestas project: As 2015 comes to an end, a European giant awakens. Over the past six months pv magazine has tracked the progress of Europes largest PV project, the Cestas project in Bourdeux, France, from the ground screws up. This final installment in a six article series brings the contribution of a French construction giant to light.
A shade better?
Maximum Power Point Trackers: The success that module-level power electronics suppliers have enjoyed in some of the worlds strongest solar markets has caught some of the more traditional inverter suppliers by surprise. Can a shift to dual or multi- MPPT string inverters help these companies claw back some of the market share lost to these module-level upstarts?
