Featured in A Teutonic shift – 02-2018

Tracking disruptive technologies

China road trip, pt III: 2017 was a big year for China’s PV industry, with the 50 GW+ installation figure exceeding expectations. Against such a backdrop of growth, excitement for pv magazine’s third China road trip grew as we finalized details to visit key suppliers and see firsthand what developments might be in store for this year. Taking in n-type cells and modules, bifacial double glass modules and trackers developed specifically for such technology, this was Eckhart K. Gouras’ journey.

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Eckhart Gouras

14 Feb 2018

EGing’s glass-glass bifacial modules cover this carport at EGing’s headquarters in Changzhou, China

Curiously, the road trip began in Mumbai, India. pv magazine was one of the media partners and exhibitors of Solar Promotion’s Intersolar India exhibition in early December. Alongside China and Japan, India is a leading Asian solar market, with Chinese cell and module manufacturers supplying the majority of the market. The sheer scale and expertise of …

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