Award window 3: SPI & REI

The third window of the 2019 pv magazine Award reveals competition heating up on the module front, as we head to Solar Power International and the Renewable Energy India Expo. Several different technologies are in the running, with transparent backsheets bringing a new dimension to bifacial PV, wafer sizes creeping upward and cast mono technology also making an appearance. The latest innovations in balance of systems, meanwhile, promise to push solar into new locations and bring down installation and labor costs. And the latest crop of inverters continues to earn their moniker as the “brains” of PV systems.