Articles written by Eckhart Gouras

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Applications & Installations
New GIZ guidelines to help drive Vietnam’s C&I rooftop market Last Friday, the German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) officially released its “RTS – Technical and Administrative Guidelines for Commercial and Industrial Projects” to further support the development of rooftop solar (RTS) in Vietnam. Earlier in the week in a JinkoSolar-organized webinar, Tuan A. Nguyen of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MOIT) Institute of Energy provided an update on Vietnam’s growing PV market and especially the RTS segment. Mr. Tuan also coauthored the RTS Guidelines for C&I Projects.
Eckhart Gouras
Oct 20, 2020
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Markets & Policy
pv magazine’s Roundtables go virtual and reach a global audience The COVID-19 pandemic featured prominently at this week’s inaugural pv magazine Virtual Roundtables Europe, which took place this past Tuesday and Wednesday. Not only did the pandemic lead to the virtualization of pv magazine’s established June Roundtables, but it was a big topic in the final session on Wednesday dealing with markets and specifically the further development of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in Europe.
Eckhart Gouras
Jun 12, 2020
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FoxESS and Tsingshan: A PV and battery powerhouse The tipping point is near, where the combination of solar PV and battery storage will revolutionize distributed energy generation, be it for the home or business. According to BloombergNEF and the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Energy, PV panel prices have dropped by 77% and lithium-ion battery prices by 87% in the past decade.
Eckhart Gouras
May 12, 2020
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From Shenzhen to Xi’an: China continues to scale It has become a tradition in recent years for pv magazine to take an annual road trip across China for some hands-on experience in the world’s largest PV market. Publisher Eckhart K. Gouras and China representative Calvin Chong hit the road in December 2019 to meet with leading PV manufacturers to review the year that was and to assess developments and prospects for the year ahead.
Eckhart Gouras
Mar 09, 2020
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MENA: More than just mega-projects While massive utility-scale PV projects throughout the Middle East and North Africa often have an outsized influence on regional installation rates, newly added solar capacity in MENA declined year on year in 2019. But steady, ongoing demand for rooftop arrays could be on the horizon, says Gulnara Abdullina, JinkoSolar’s general manager for the MENA region.
Eckhart Gouras
Mar 09, 2020
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Technology & Products
TBEA’s new 2 GW factory in India to produce string and central inverters pv magazine recently attended the opening ceremony of TBEA’s GW-class new energy equipment manufacturing base in Bangalore, India. Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka state in southern India and the city also hosted the recent Intersolar India exhibition and conference in the same week as TBEA’s inauguration ceremony.
Eckhart Gouras
Dec 17, 2019
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Fast track to global leadership Arctech Solar has ambitious plans. The Chinese manufacturer of tracking and racking systems is currently ranked fourth in worldwide tracker sales. In 2018 the company installed close to 1.7 GW of trackers. The racking and tracking supplier is not only growing and expanding with the global PV market, but is also taking an active leadership […]
Eckhart Gouras
Oct 31, 2019
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Applications & Installations
Sungrow makes further inroads in US market with bankability rating At the recent Solar Power International trade show in Salt Lake City, Utah, part of the larger North America Smart Energy Week, pv magazine met with Hank Wang, President of the Americas Region at the Chinese inverter manufacturer Sungrow. The company expects to ship 2 GW of products to North American markets this year with utility-scale products making up the bulk of these shipments.
Eckhart Gouras
Oct 24, 2019
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Beyond mastery of mono, Longi looks toward ‘solar for solar’ At this year’s SNEC 2019 show in Shanghai, pv magazine had the opportunity to interview Zhong Baoshen, the chairman of Longi Group. Along with Longi Group President Zhenguo Li, Zhong is spearheading the company’s expansion on various fronts.
Eckhart Gouras
Sep 16, 2019