Customized solar solutions
Interview: Gener Miao, the VP of global sales for Chinese Tier-1 solar company JinkoSolar discusses the firm’s growth in the evolving Japanese solar PV sector, explaining how customization of product and approach can reap benefits in this high cost, high quality market.
Still big in Japan
PV Expo Japan: This year’s flagship solar exhibition for the Japanese market held few surprises. Indeed, the event continued a reassuring trend of sensible solar policy and sober industry response, marked by Japan’s gradual shift towards decentralized energy and self-consumption, and a healthy dose of large-scale realism.
Much still to do
Indian solar market: Another year of record-breaking solar PV installations is in store for India, but this year’s projected 10 GW growth is still short of the pace required to meet its 2022 goal, writes Raj Prabhu, CEO and co-founder of Mercom Capital Group.
Going beyond 100 GW
Interview: Rajneesh Khattar is UBM’s India Group Director and organizer of the Renewable Energy India Expo. With India’s solar market poised to become the world’s third-largest in 2017, he discussed with pv magazine the unique combination of government policy and public support that is driving this growth.
A record breaking year for solar
At one point, it looked as though 2016 would be an abysmal year for solar Down Under, but in many respects, it was a total record breaker. These charts, provided to pv magazine by Australian solar consultants Sunwiz will demonstrate a few of the highlights.
Policy Gridlock
Kenya’s PV market: Hopes for greater utility-scale solar development in Kenya have risen steadily over the past two years. But build-out remains negligible, with the International Renewable Energy Agency estimating the country’s cumulative installed capacity at a paltry 24 MW by the end of 2015.
Solar Premium at Hannover Messe to exhibit optimal solutions
The gathering place at the Messe will be the exhibition stand dubbed Solar Premium. Its mission will be to address the needs and concerns of all current and potential users of the solar system solutions across the residential, commercial and utility-scale sectors of the industry.
Solar power from the exclusion zone
Chernobyl mega project: Stuck in a conflict with Russia and highly dependent on fossil fuels as well as nuclear power, Ukraine strives for energy self-sufficiency. More than three decades after the catastrophic Chernobyl meltdown, the nuclear wasteland is now set to pave the way for a solar future that could still hold risks.
The high peaks of PV plants
Solar in high regions: Installing solar PV in increasingly remote regions brings certain technical challenges, particularly at high altitude. However, the benefits outweigh the risks and drawbacks if undertaken correctly, write Daniel Budisky and Gianguido Piani of renewable energy consultants Deea Solutions.
Solar as a Service in Rural Africa
Pay-as-you-go solar: home system companies are seeking to provide an on-grid experience in off-the-grid settings. To fight off competition from lower cost, lower quality systems, PAYG companies need to deliver a premium experience at a competitive price.
