Articles written by Cornelia Lichner

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The cells of the future Li-ion storage: battery manufacturers have a major task ahead of them, they have to meet runaway global demand, improve the performance, safety and longevity of storage devices, and of course bring down price. Instead of hoping for a big breakthrough, they are pursuing an approach involving many small steps.
Cornelia Lichner
Jun 18, 2018
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Jinko’s approach to PID-resistant PV modules Talking to pv magazine, Andrea Viaro, head of technical service Europe for JinkoSolar, explains how the Chinese manufacturer is dealing with PID degradation.
Cornelia Lichner
Jun 01, 2018
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Battery Inverter Webinar with Kaco: Your questions answered Kaco developed its Blueplanet gridsave 50.0 TL3-S battery inverter based on experience gained from storage projects in Europe. In pv magazine’s recent webinar in partnership with Kaco, a number of questions were raised about the device, which the experts now answer.
Cornelia Lichner
May 15, 2018
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pv magazine Storage Highlights’ ranking 1 to 24 Overall, 24 exhibitors from the upcoming Energy Storage Europe event in Germany’s Düsseldorf submitted proposals to the pv magazine Storage Highlights’ jury. They were ranked in the following categories: Relevance to industry; USP; Market impact; Contribution to the energy transition; and Innovation. Read on to discover how they fared.
Cornelia Lichner
Mar 09, 2018
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Jolywood, TÜV Nord and CPVT joint forces for testing of bifacial modules It is difficult to compare the performance of bifacial modules with that of conventional solar panels, if the usual tests are applied. As a result, China-based Jolywood, Germany’s TÜV Nord and Chinese company CPVT have decided to develop a joint testing process.
Cornelia Lichner
Jun 29, 2017
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Quality Roundtable: Rain in the box Quality issues: A solar power plant investor finds out that neither the warranty of the EPC, nor the warranty of the module manufacturer, was adequate. It would be good to clarify in advance what should happen in the event of a serial defect, and how the term “serial defect” should be defined at all.
Cornelia Lichner
May 26, 2017