Featured in Track and Yield – 07-2017

Tracking PV’s success?

E-mobility in China: China’s track record in the PV industry is impressive: In a short period of time it has built up the world’s dominant production base for key solar PV components, including PV modules and inverters. Not only that, but many of these manufacturers are at the leading edge technologically, resulting in products that are not only very cost competitive, but also technologically advanced.

By

Eckhart Gouras

07 Jul 2017

China’s prominence as the world’s production base for PV components is due in no small part to its domestic installation market, which in 2016 ranked far above other PV markets with approximately 35 GW. As energy storage becomes more important for renewable power generation like solar PV, and the transition to electric mobility starts to …

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