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Bright ideas and future

The words of outgoing CEO of SolarPower Europe, James Watson (pp. 26-27) should provide a skip to any solar professional’s step as another year commences in the fast-paced PV business. Solar is, in Watson’s words, “full of optimists, and it is full of innovative and very bright people.” And who am I to disagree? However, each new year brings familiar cycles of challenges, hope, disappointments, and sometimes even regrets.

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Jonathan Gifford

15 Jan 2019

October 3, 2018, Melbourne, Australia – All Engergy trade fair.

As 2019 commences, the World Future Energy Summit, a part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week proceedings, marks the first calendar entry of many participants in the global solar marketplace. The MENA region more widely and GCC countries in particular have delivered their fair share of all of the above ingredients. Market fundamentals are …

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