Articles written by Tristan Rayner

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Applications & Installations
Weekend Read: Artificial opportunities Artificial intelligence (AI) is hot right now and is finding central applications in homes and businesses as they move from simple grid connections to self-generation, energy storage, electric vehicle (EV) charging, and load-shifting revenue streams. With AI everywhere, what’s the difference between advanced control, via simple algorithms, and true intelligence?
Tristan Rayner
Jan 27, 2024
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Artificial opportunities Artificial intelligence (AI) is hot right now and is finding central applications in homes and businesses as they move from simple grid connections to self-generation, energy storage, electric vehicle (EV) charging, and load-shifting revenue streams. With AI everywhere, what’s the difference between advanced control via simple algorithms, and true intelligence?
Tristan Rayner
Dec 05, 2023
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UP: Embodying change Solar technology varies and solar manufacturing occurs in various parts of the world but the predominant technology relies on silicon solar cells, with a significant portion of manufacturing taking place in China. This leads to higher embodied carbon due to the production of silicon solar cells and the location of manufacturing, which often relies on an energy mix with more coal than renewables-based generation. At the scale of PV production in mid-2023, and beyond, the industry’s carbon footprint is significant, despite the generation of green energy by panels after their production.
Tristan Rayner
Oct 11, 2023
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The revolution will be sanitized A clean energy revolution is at hand, with analyst BloombergNEF expecting more than 500 GW of new renewables generation capacity per year as early as 2025. But how clean is the transition? Tristan Rayner previews our fourth-quarter UP Initiative coverage.
Tristan Rayner
Sep 07, 2023
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Research & Development
ClearVue releases results from first long-term study of clear solar glass Perth-based ClearVue is making significant strides as its transparent solar windows demonstrate tangible outcomes following a two-year study and published paper.
Tristan Rayner
Aug 18, 2023
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In Conversation: 100% solar offgrid, 100% on wheels Jason and Kara are Canadian overlanders from the “Everlanders” channel on YouTube. Overlanding is self-reliant travel on the road, driving to remote places across international borders. pv magazine caught up with Jason between legs of their latest road trip.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 25, 2023
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Markets & Policy
GoodWe predicts up to 40% solar growth, despite ‘hiccups’ Ron Shen, vice president of GoodWe, recently spoke with pv magazine about the company’s transition from a product supplier to an end-to-end solution supplier.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 24, 2023
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Thomas Haering from GoodWe stands for a portrait photo
Technology & Products
GoodWe’s Thomas Haering discusses European journey, expansion Thomas Haering, president of GoodWe EMEA, spoke with pv magazine about the company’s European market growth and milestones, next expansion targets, all-in-solutions, and more.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 13, 2023
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Applications & Installations
Retail data-sharing offers consumption monitoring without meters Solar Analytics, an Australian solar energy analytics company, is now offering a new service that allows solar owners to retrieve consumption data directly from retail meters, eliminating the need for additional consumption metering.
Tristan Rayner
Jul 10, 2023