Magazine Archive 2019

At Intersolar EU /The smarter E 2019, pv magazine is taking a new approach to its successful Roundtable series for the European market. Tackling an overarching theme of subsidy-free PV, the Future PV and Quality Roundtables will delve into enabling technologies and key considerations for suppliers, developers, EPCs, and investors as solar emerges from the subsidized age. With expanded networking opportunities, including the popular poster sessions, the events represent a new format to discuss solar’s new dawn.

As one of the world’s great metropolis, and one that has been the capital of past empires, all solar business enthusiasts will be welcomed in Istanbul with Turkish hospitality for the Solarex event next month.

In 2019, EuPD Research, DCTI and The smarter E Europe are launching the third iteration of their utility awards. Officially named Energiewende Awards der Energieversorger, the prize recognizes utilities that have been doing an outstanding job in creating new business models catering to customers that are embracing the energy transition in the D-A-CH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland).

Discourse surrounding Europe’s solar industry has intensified in the last year, with several leading voices asking the European Union to implement policy to drive a revival the bloc’s PV manufacturing sector. pv magazine explores the requirements for such a development.

There is a sense in the PV cell and module market at the mid stage of 2019 that the push towards high-efficiency cell architectures is accelerating. This makes the case for half-cut cells in a module more compelling, and the quality of the cut edge vital – argue laser process suppliers.

Where we’ve been: SNEC 2019 The 2019 SNEC show lacked some of the surging crowds of previous years, with the Chinese market cooling somewhat, but it still remains the top global event for cutting edge solar cell and PV module technology. There is some debate as to whether the aluminum oxide p-type or the emerging […]

Ahead of pv magazine’s Quality Rountable at Intersolar South America, Kaushik Roy Choudhury, senior scientist for DuPont Photovoltaic and Advanced Materials, offered insight into some of the quality issues that are affecting the growth of PV in Latin America, and other matters that will be up for discussion in São Paolo.

Policies, non-government initiatives and market forces have started driving the adoption of more rigorous quality-assurance practices in Indian PV project and module manufacturing this year.

Big lessons from small islands

Geoffrey Song, vice president of Pylon Technologies