Magazine Archive 2015

CEO interview: Trina Solar, a leading vertically integrated PV manufacturer and developer of downstream businesses, strives to be one of the key global drivers of smart energy. Gao Jifan, Trina’s Founder, Chairman and CEO, spoke with pv magazine about the company’s growth strategy.

CEO Interview: U.S. microinverter specialist Enphase foresees a future where solar is driven less by technology and more by demand for an energy proposition that works for the consumer. Company CEO Paul Nahi tells pv magazine how microinverters will assume a leading role in this transition.

Global solar forecast: The actual installation numbers for 2014 are starting to trickle in. Raj Prabhu, CEO and cofounder of Mercom Capital Group, predicts a solid year for the global solar industry.

Global solar forecast: The actual installation numbers for 2014 are starting to trickle in. Raj Prabhu, CEO and cofounder of Mercom Capital Group, predicts a solid year for the global solar industry.

Flashing bifacial devices: Solar modules employing bifacial cells feature enhanced efficiency and power output, but currently there seems to be a lot of confusion in the industry as to how to measure their efficiency and output. A working group to develop standards for bifacial measurement for both cells and modules in production was formed after the bifiPV 2014 workshop in Chambery, France.

Flashing bifacial devices: Solar modules employing bifacial cells feature enhanced efficiency and power output, but currently there seems to be a lot of confusion in the industry as to how to measure their efficiency and output. A working group to develop standards for bifacial measurement for both cells and modules in production was formed after the bifiPV 2014 workshop in Chambery, France.

Turkey: Geopolitics, a burgeoning economy, lots of sunshine, and cheap technology are driving Turkey’s solar PV sector, which is set to expand in the near future. But 2015 doesn’t seem to be part of this future yet, with the Turkish PV sector having to fight several battles, bureaucracy being the main one.

Turkey: Geopolitics, a burgeoning economy, lots of sunshine, and cheap technology are driving Turkey’s solar PV sector, which is set to expand in the near future. But 2015 doesn’t seem to be part of this future yet, with the Turkish PV sector having to fight several battles, bureaucracy being the main one.

Off-grid solutions: Along the ShuGang highway from HuangDao to JiaoNan, 122 remote monitoring systems powered by Phocos PL series charge controllers send video data to three control centers that supervise and evaluate the traffic. Susanne Kircher of Phocos visited the traffic control center of Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co. Ltd. in HuangDao and spoke with the department manager and staff about their experiences with the system.