Featured in In conversation – 08-2018

Notes from the Solar Underground

Concern about tariffs, trade wars, and the future of PV deployment following the changes in China’s policies hung over the annual Intersolar North America conference, held in San Francisco each July. Attendance was flat over the previous year, as was the number of exhibitors. Stretching the exhibit over three floors also gave the impression of lighter attendance from previous years.

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pv magazine

08 Aug 2018

The subjects of China’s 31/5 announcement and ongoing trade war issues in the U.S. colored almost every discussion at this year’s Intersolar North America. | Photo: Solar Promotion International GmbH

In a break from tradition, Intersolar North America 2018 took up space on all three floors of Moscone West, with the conference sessions on the third floor.Enthusiasm was expressed in the opening session as well as in the others, such as the Future of PV, which focused on the impact of increasing amounts of solar …

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