Photovoltaic news and pv jobs

Somewhat stiffer opposition

Subdued spring fever

A wave of lawsuits

Financially exposed

Small is better

By:  Ucilia Wang

Microinverters: Microinverters are new to the market and they are here to stay. From Enphase Energy to Enecsys, the developers have raised huge funds and sharpened their marketing pitches to take on the central inverter players.

Growth predicted

China’s construction boom: a big opportunity for BIPV?

In search of a balanced market

First steps

All you need is light

Unshaken

Price pressure remains high

Inventory still high

Spot market for PV panels: Tight market

ID, please

Take control

The knowledge factory

Completely rounded

It’s a control thing

Optimum optics

Portraying development from a product point of view

Reinventing stringers

By:  Markus Steinkötter,

Stringers: Conventionally, soldering (stringing) surely forms part of the first stage of module production. This article suggests that making stringing the last stage in cell production could open up new fields of learning, ones...

Perspectives and challenges

Glass with extra potential

PV glass potential

Power homes

Learning from the test

By:  Michael Fuhs

PV+Test: Module tests help you choose modules. On the one hand, manufacturers like that. On the other hand, they fear it. Andreas Cox, test engineer at TÜV Rheinland, reports on the reactions.

Remote sunshine

Tracker vendors go deeper and wider

By:  Valerie Thompson

Tracking systems: In face of changes in demand in their traditional markets, tracking systems vendors are wasting no time in developing new opportunities, whether at home or abroad.

Intersolar preview

The art and science of high-efficiency solar cells

360 degrees capture

Women, wind, stones and solar

No more flying blind

Quality panes