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pv magazine editor-in-chief, Jonathan Gifford, is joined by Cybrid Technologies Americas Manager, Brent Brownell, to talk solar module backsheets and the introduction of the company’s KPF technology into the Americas market.

While the two yieldcos are making progress in their separation from SunEdison, they continue to be plagued by losses and report that CAFD will be substantially reduced from previous estimates.

After protracted wrangling over solar adoption in Honolulu, the state’s citizens are taking matters into their own hands — joining a self-supply program that could show the way to net metering 2.0

The Swedish retailer continues its march to energy independence using renewable sources, as it sets out plans to install its 46th solar array in the U.S., with a 1.21 MW PV system for the rooftop on its Columbus, Ohio, store that will be installed by REC Solar.

Around 150 experts headed to Cologne for the 13th TÜV-Module workshop. The focus of the event was on topics related to increasing the lifetime of solar modules and the avoidance and identification of failures in PV systems.

Car manufacturers, BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen, are joining forces to deploy an ultra-fast, high-power charging network for battery electric vehicles (BEV) across Europe’s major highways, to create the infrastructure necessary for mass-market BEV adoption.

The rooftop system is being built over three site areas of the Henan Wanbang International Agricultural Products Logistics Center , and will have a huge 60 MW capacity once it is completed.

Solar industry analyst Mercom Capital has reported encouraging annual solar installation forecasts of 76 GW across the globe for 2016, driven by record-breaking installation figures from China, while the anticipated slow-down in 2017 is now expected to be less dramatic than originally thought, with forecasts of 70 GW.

The West Australian town of Kalbarri is set to install a $10 million microgrid, which will integrate distributed solar, a 1.7MW wind farm, and 2MWh battery system, to increase the reliability of electricity supply to the holiday location.

The latest report by JPEA shows 6% year-over-year fall in domestic shipments, but the utility-scale sector was a bright point.