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GCL PV installation
Technology & Products
GCL-Poly unveils $542 million wafer supply deal A unit of Chinese energy group GCL-Poly Energy has agreed to supply wafers to PV module manufacturer GCL System Integration and one of its subsidiaries in a deal worth up to CNY 3.59 billion ($542.3 million).
Brian Publicover
Nov 22, 2017
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Markets & Policy
Daqo posts $24.1 million net profit in Q3 Daqo New Energy recorded a net profit of $24.1 million in the third quarter of 2017, as the polysilicon and solar wafer producer’s revenue rose nearly 18% from the preceding three-month period to $89.4 million.
Brian Publicover
Nov 15, 2017
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Leafs on wet module
Applications & Installations
What happens when… insulation fails? Series troubleshooting: Individual insulation failures are often difficult to detect in monitoring. And when such problems are suspected, it is an additional challenge to pinpoint them precisely. In this series of realistic cases, pv magazine aims to make the estimation of troubleshooting efforts more concrete and to stimulate a discussion on today’s troubleshooting efficiency.
Mirco Sieg
Nov 14, 2017
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Applications & Installations
Toshiba posts $439.5 million H1 loss as solar ops struggle Toshiba has posted a group net loss of JPY 49.8 billion ($439.5 million) for the first half of the current Japanese fiscal year, but the bleak outlook for its solar operations is the least of its concerns, as it struggles to cover losses from its bankrupt U.S. nuclear business and avoid being delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
Brian Publicover
Nov 10, 2017
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Applications & Installations
What happens when… bypass diodes fail? Series troubleshooting: Bypass diodes fail regularly, either because they do not have a high enough power rating or because they are overloaded due to nearby lightning strikes. With the following hypothetical, but realistic case pv magazine starts a series which aims to make the estimation of troubleshooting efforts more concrete and to stimulate a discussion on todays troubleshooting efficiency.
Mirco Sieg
Nov 08, 2017
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Technology & Products
Singulus to post loss Singulus Technologies has revealed that more than half of its capital stock has been used up, as it expects to record a loss for the financial year in progress of €16.7 million ($19.9 million). 
pv magazine
Sep 22, 2017
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Research & Development
Future PV: The feasibility of solar-powered hydrogen production There is a solid business case to combine PV plants with electrolyzers, as generation costs are low enough to competitively produce hydrogen as a fuel, says Bjørn Simonsen of NEL Hydrogen. He will speak at pv magazine’s Future PV event at SPI in Las Vegas.
Michael Fuhs
Aug 30, 2017
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Markets & Policy
India launches AD probe against Chinese, Taiwanese and Malaysian solar cells Country’s Directorate General of Anti-Dumping states that it has identified a causal link between dumping and injury of Indian firms, enough to warrant the initiation of the investigation.
Ian Clover
Jul 25, 2017
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Applications & Installations
Interview: Soltec CEO Raúl Morales discusses the energy yield advantages of trackers The CEO of Soltec talks to pv magazine about the firm’s solar trackers, its innovation process and the ability of tracker technology to improve plant owners’ returns on investment.
pv magazine
Jul 07, 2017