Magazine Archive 2016

Module prices: New installations not on the cards? Then at least tune up the existing systems! Retrofitting storage systems to arrays is a lucrative business.

DC optimizers: Module level power electronics are squeezing more energy out of the solar array with every new iteration, with DC optimization a preferred choice for a great many regions and markets. pv magazine examines the latest trends and products shaping this space.

Brazil: Brazil’s current energy glut and political and economic difficulties have forced it to cancel one of its 2016 solar power auctions. Nevertheless, the industry hopes that in the October tender up to 2 GW of solar will be awarded. Meanwhile, of the 3 GW awarded previously, and which ought to go into operation between 2017 and 2018, only 700 MW are currently under construction.

Crystalline silicon module ranking: As every year, pv magazine, via the analysis provided by IHS Research, has listed the top ten crystalline silicon module manufacturers of 2015. Some have left the ranks, others have joined – and one has taken a dive.

On the road with pv magazine Where we’ve been: Intersolar North America, San Francisco Conflict? In the U.S. solar industry? An industry that has nurtured innovation, expansion and vast profits for the past few years? So it came to pass at the Intersolar North America exhibition, which opened to a rallying cry by the California […]

India’s National Solar Mission: As the midway point of India’s National Solar Mission approaches, the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute examines its progress so far, the positive impact it has had, and looks ahead to future challenges and solutions.

Utility-scale PV: Is large-scale solar ready to take off in Argentina? As a new pro-renewables government makes its mark, can this fall’s inaugural renewable energy auction begin the process of bringing PV to this vast, energy-hungry nation?

Testing and finance: Business-oriented testing reduces exposure to technology risks, therefore lowering barriers to solar PV plant financing, writes Frédéric Dross, Head of Module Business at DNV GL.