From eBay to pvBay getting used to used PV
Secondhand solar: Could the advent of online bazaars for secondhand PV components mean that PV, after decades of trying to grow its installed capacity, has finally come of age?
Fog of uncertainty lifts
Japan: Late last month a key piece of solar legislation passed the upper house of Japans Parliament, opening the potential for a disruptive period of uncertainty for project developers. Izumi Kaizuka, the Managing Director of RTS Corporation, provides her insight into the development and offers an overview of Japanese market trends.
Europes solar forecast: partly shaded
European markets: In a continent seeking ever closer union but ever stronger opposition, solars ability to stand on its own two feet free from subsidy will prove crucial in the coming years, as seen in the disparate approaches many European nations are taking towards PV.
Energys solar-shaped future
BNEFs Future of Energy Summit: The theme of Bloomberg New Energy Finances (BNEFs) annual summit in New York City is the Future of Energy, where one thing was clear: The future will be solar, wind, energy storage and electric vehicles, with some short- to mid-term participation from natural gas.
Emerging from the shadows
Solar and former Soviet states: The PV world is growing bigger, with new markets blooming every year. Yet corners of the globe remain untouched by solars pre-eminence elsewhere. With almost no information available on the international level, a number of former Soviet states look like Terra Nova for PV. A closer look, however, reveals ambitious solar plans, and even tentative first steps being made.
C&I solar edges towards parity
Grid Parity Monitor: PV energy is improving cost competitiveness in the commercial segment in Europe and LatAm, finds the latest Grid Parity Monitor from CREARA.
Both sides of the PV energy revolution
Policy and investment: While low bid prices grab headlines and herald a new dawn for PV deployment and global energy structures, public policy continues to remain key to the future of solar, writes Gaëtan Masson, the Director of the Becquerel Institute.
A rogue wave
Potential-induced degradation: The PID wave is still rolling in, says Wolfgang Nasse from service provider Suncycle. Here, Nasse answers 13 key questions concerning the PID phenomenon. Unlucky for some.
A case of scale
Nowhere does scale quite like China. Aboard a bus, last month, heading towards one of Huaweis inverter manufacturing plants in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the startling growth the city has undergone is everywhere to see. Sleek new toll roads connect the residential and industrial districts, and apartment blocks under construction rise from all […]
The older the PV system, the harder it is to supply spares
CEO interview: A maturing solar industry needs a thriving marketplace within which system owners, whether new or old, can find competitively priced spare parts for their plants. SecondSol has been a frontrunner in this sector, has now launched its service as Solarodo in the U.S., and CEO Frank Fiedler speaks to pv magazine .
