The return of BIPV

Since the beginning of 2019, many people within China’s PV industry have started to get the same feeling. Not about grid parity, or about mono replacing multi, but about something more unexpected. More and more people are speaking up at conferences and meetings about building-integrated PV (BIPV), which has been little more than a niche curiosity for years. Now BIPV, it seems, is making a big comeback in China.

Issue 09-2019

Hanergy has agreed to supply more than 1 MW of CIGS modules to integrate into the aluminum roof of the Rafael Gallery, a mixed commercial and residential development in Shanghai’s Pudong district. The project, which links several skyscrapers via a “sky bridge,” is now under construction.

Image: Hanergy

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