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C&I: challenges and innovations

In the jargon-heavy world of solar-speak, C&I handily condenses Commercial and Industrial into a snackable sub-section of the PV industry. But as sub-sections go, the C&I space has perhaps the greatest scope for flexibility, offering a raft of possibilities from ground-mount through to ingenious use of rooftop space. For module manufacturers, C&I also means something else: Challenges and Innovations, writes Ian Clover, Manager Corporate Communications, Hanwha Q Cells.
A solar plant in the United Kingdom. | Image: RenEnergy

The upward trajectory of the global solar industry is far from linear. Around the world, various markets are at various stages of maturation: from Italy’s and Germany’s high levels of grid penetration and balance between ground-mount and rooftop, to China’s vast solar fields and fledgling residential segment, sub-Saharan Africa’s microgrid-driven foundations, and the supportive pillars …

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