Articles written by Eckhart Gouras

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China’s trailblazing ‘Silicon Valley’ From integrating solar and batteries to leading the charge on digitalization, businesses operating on the technological frontier can be found in Shenzhen, China. The southern city is becoming more pivotal to the PV industry, as pv magazine publisher Eckhart K. Gouras discovered on his most recent visit to China.
Eckhart Gouras
Nov 09, 2023
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Applications & Installations
Growatt highlights C & I hybrid inverter at SNEC At this year’s SNEC exhibition in Shanghai pv magazine caught up with Lisa Zhang, Vice President of Marketing at Growatt. At their SNEC booth, Growatt showcased its new 100 kW hybrid inverter WIT 50-100K-HU/AU, developed for commercial and industrial applications.
Eckhart Gouras
Jun 08, 2023
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Markets & Policy
Unprecedented numbers, size, market growth for China’s SNEC show The world’s largest solar event has expanded to accommodate the remarkable growth of China’s PV industry, which remains unfazed by future oversupply and international competition. Analysts and market players say Chinese PV demand could reach 130 GW.
Eckhart Gouras, Vincent Shaw
May 26, 2023
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Confidence boost for European solar Solar trade shows are now back in force, with Switzerland, France, and Italy hosting events in March. While Italy and Switzerland see solar as a centerpiece of their future energy systems, France continues to bet on nuclear, as pv magazine Publisher Eckhart K. Gouras discovered.
Eckhart Gouras
May 03, 2023
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Markets & Policy
Tongwei adds solar modules to its PV powerhouse Chinese PV manufacturer TW Solar (Tongwei Co., Ltd.) TW Solar spoke to pv magazine at the recent World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi about its strategy for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and other global markets.
Eckhart Gouras
Feb 09, 2023
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Markets & Policy
From 300 GW to 3,000 GW per year – a utopia? The photovoltaic industry is expected to achieve annual global expansion of 300 GW as early as this year. That sounds like a lot, but is it enough? In view of climate change and rising energy demand, it is time for a new vision.
Eckhart K. Gouras
Jan 12, 2023
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From 300 GW to 3,000 GW per year – a utopia? The photovoltaic industry is expected to achieve annual global expansion of 300 GW as early as this year. That sounds like a lot, but is it enough? In view of climate change and rising energy demand, it is time for a new vision, as pv magazine publisher Eckhart K. Gouras reports.
Eckhart Gouras
Jan 10, 2023
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Growatt: Inverter and smart energy solutions trailblazer Growatt is one of my favorite companies in the global PV industry. I entered the industry in 2010 and my first job was to represent pv magazine in Greater China. My home base was Shanghai and I watched the Chinese PV industry grow at breakneck speed. That same year, Growatt started its photovoltaic journey in Shenzhen, southern China – another hotbed of Chinese innovation and entrepreneurship
Eckhart Gouras
Nov 25, 2022
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At home on the sea: Marine PV and boats In 2018, Lyall Burgess and wife Katie started a business called Sun Powered Yachts. The original idea came to them in Tahiti, where the couple had chartered a yacht to explore the French Polynesian island. As Lyall Burgess tells the story, “We were on a charter boat in Tahiti and we were having to run the engine four hours a day to keep up with the fans and the refrigeration. And you’re in this beautiful anchorage, sunshine all day, and have to listen to this engine because the yacht didn’t have any solar panels. So, it kind of all happened at the same time. We found out about these panels, the opportunity was there, we just went for it and created Sun Powered Yachts … and it’s grown ever since.”
Eckhart Gouras
Aug 09, 2022