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The right industry, the future of PV Thin film: The latest wave of crystalline silicon price reductions will undoubtedly create major challenges for the remaining thin film producers to navigate. Nonetheless, Avancis’ technology may be heading towards GW of capacity in China, through its new owners CNBM. With the building materials giant in the background, Franz Karg believes the BIPV market is about to be cracked.
Jonathan Gifford
Feb 06, 2017
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Finland’s solar spring Solar potential: While it is little known for its solar power potential, PV deployment has increased in the Scandinavian country over the last two years. Community projects, a drop in prices for solar panels and a retail company have been the main drivers of this development.
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Mar 15, 2017
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They will come … if you build it Indian infrastructure: India’s thriving solar segment grew 76% in 2016, beginning this year with almost 12 GW of capacity installed as the nation hurtles towards a 100 GW solar target by 2022. However, by doubling its solar park capacity goal to 40 GW earlier this year, has the government’s bold ambition for ground-mounted solar overlooked the difficult realities on the ground?
Ian Clover
Jun 07, 2017
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Thinning out the herd hin film manufacturers ranking: Once again, pv magazine teams up with solar analysts at IHS Markit to present a rundown of the top manufacturers of thin film solar modules based on 2016 production figures, and a look at the state of the market for thin film technologies.
Mark Hutchins
Sep 05, 2017
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The science of soil Soiling and solar: No two solar plants are ever the same, and the conditions that can impact energy yield can literally change with the wind. Soiled solar modules had long been considered a minor nuisance for the sector, but as understanding of how soiling affects output improves, so have techniques and technologies to tackle the persistent problem of dirty modules.
Ian Clover
Jan 16, 2018
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Six trends that will shape the inverter landscape in 2018 Inverter overview: As 2017 drew to a close following a record-breaking year for solar, pv magazine sat down to discuss the global inverter landscape with Cormac Gilligan, Senior Solar Analyst at IHS Markit. With China dominant, India’s soaring solar market still very much up for grabs, and technical innovation a perennial route to market leadership, these are the six trends that we believe will shape the solar inverter landscape this year.
Ian Clover
Jan 16, 2018
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Starter for 10 Under the hood of PV’s biggest manufacturers: The top 10 PV manufacturers in 2017 are a familiar bunch, and it is important to understand why, amid the shifting trends and divergent fortunes of leading players, the current crop of companies are where they are – a top 10 list, given context, is a window into the machinations of the solar industry.
pv magazine
May 17, 2018
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The European job Energyra promises to be a lot of things: the first module maker to bring production back to the Netherlands; a manufacturer relying entirely on Made in Europe equipment and Dutch back contact solar cell technology; and a startup betting on quality, innovation, automation, as well as high performance modules. pv magazine visited the company’s factory in Zaanstad, to get more detail on this ambitious project.
Emiliano Bellini
Jun 19, 2018
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CIGS is back, back again Stability and reliability, partial transparency, monolithic deposition onto flexible substrates, aesthetically pleasing appearance, applicability in roll-to-roll production, superior temperature coefficient, potential in tandem applications, and suitability for BIPV: The list of advantages that CIGS technology offers is well established and lengthy.
Jonathan Gifford
Jul 25, 2018
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Outdoor endurance Testing standards: Solar PV systems need to be able to withstand at least 25 years of outdoor operation, and investors require proof that components can live up to these expectations before a PV project can get underway. Huawei’s Global Compliance and Testing Center has developed a rigorous set of standards to prove the endurance of its inverters and components.
pv magazine
Aug 02, 2018
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