What to do when things heat up
Quality: The statistics say that Germany is home to numerous defective PV systems. In the Black Sheep series, pv magazine takes a closer look at individual cases. In one example, the parties involved came to an almost amenable agreement, but another case ended in a conflict with the manufacturer.
Britains solar future in doubt
United Kingdom: After a few years of astonishing success, the U.K.s PV sector is in turmoil and is fighting for survival. This years Solar Energy UK, held in Birmingham last month, reflected on the latest policy changes and laid bare a crucial question: what is the immediate and long term future for solar PV in the U.K.?
We guarantee the percentage of LID reduction
PERC LID: While it brought one of the first regeneration tools on to the market, Germanys centrotherm has observed a lag before market adoption, until now. Wolfgang Jooss (pictured), centrotherms Director R&D and Technology photovoltaics, and Thomas Pernau, Product Manager Firing and Regeneration Furnaces, spoke to pv magazine .
A giant awakens
300 MW Cestas project: As 2015 comes to an end, a European giant awakens. Over the past six months pv magazine has tracked the progress of Europes largest PV project, the Cestas project in Bourdeux, France, from the ground screws up. This final installment in a six article series brings the contribution of a French construction giant to light.
A giant awakens
300 MW Cestas project: As 2015 comes to an end, a European giant awakens. Over the past six months pv magazine has tracked the progress of Europes largest PV project, the Cestas project in Bourdeux, France, from the ground screws up. This final installment in a six article series brings the contribution of a French construction giant to light.
A shade better?
Maximum Power Point Trackers: The success that module-level power electronics suppliers have enjoyed in some of the worlds strongest solar markets has caught some of the more traditional inverter suppliers by surprise. Can a shift to dual or multi- MPPT string inverters help these companies claw back some of the market share lost to these module-level upstarts?
A shade better?
Maximum Power Point Trackers: The success that module-level power electronics suppliers have enjoyed in some of the worlds strongest solar markets has caught some of the more traditional inverter suppliers by surprise. Can a shift to dual or multi- MPPT string inverters help these companies claw back some of the market share lost to these module-level upstarts?
Australias battery pilot on a grand scale
Battery storage: Batteries are flavor of the month Down Under. A quick wander around the All Energy trade show floor in Melbourne in October made that instantly apparent with a big number of suppliers, both domestic and foreign, displaying battery solutions for residential and commercial customers. There is no doubt that Australia will follow hot on Germanys heels as one of the early solar+storage markets. Whether it will play out favorably to ratepayers and solar consumers alike is less clear.
Australias battery pilot on a grand scale
Battery storage: Batteries are flavor of the month Down Under. A quick wander around the All Energy trade show floor in Melbourne in October made that instantly apparent with a big number of suppliers, both domestic and foreign, displaying battery solutions for residential and commercial customers. There is no doubt that Australia will follow hot on Germanys heels as one of the early solar+storage markets. Whether it will play out favorably to ratepayers and solar consumers alike is less clear.
Beyond Europes big three
European markets: While the U.K., Germany and France are firmly ensconced at the top of the Europes table in terms of annual installed PV capacity, significant contributions continue to be made further south. pv magazine brings the Austrian, Swiss, Portuguese and Spanish markets into focus.
