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Applications & Installations
Value of local manufacturing demonstrated, utilization up but still a long way to go Indian module manufacturers are gearing up for an end-of-year surge in solar project procurement and hoping their investments in incorporating global manufacturing benchmarks will translate into enhanced sales.
Jonathan Gifford
Sep 12, 2019
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Applications & Installations
Have your say on NSEFI best practice guidelines for utility scale PV The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) is continuing to step up its efforts to ensure the quality of large scale solar projects. The body is now looking for stakeholder input into its new best practice guidelines for PV power plant projects, as a part of its ongoing Quality Taskforce initiative.
Jonathan Gifford
Sep 10, 2019
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Markets & Policy
Video: Quality Roundtable tackles glass-glass issue and underground cabling At The smarter E Europe trade show, held in Munich in May, pv magazine was invited for another iteration of its Quality Roundtable events. Experts from manufacturing, project planning, finance and testing took the stage to inform the crowd on quality issues with modules, cables and inverters.
Mark Hutchins
Jun 04, 2019
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Applications & Installations
How cold solder joints turn solar modules into warranty cases In the run-up to pv magazine’s quality roundtable at Intersolar Europe, we look at a case where a production error resulted in cold solder joints in 5% of the solar modules across a 50 MW project portfolio. We consider how to come to an agreement with a manufacturer to replace modules in such a situation and how such a solution compares with a production audit before installation.
Michael Fuhs
May 14, 2019
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Technology & Products
Pre-webinar interview: Bifacial PV – glass-glass or glass-backsheet? In preparation for the next pv magazine webinar “New approach for bifacial modules and yield expectations” on Monday 29 April, 2pm – 3pm (CEST), Andrea Viaro, head of technical service Europe, JinkoSolar and Lucie Garreau-iles, technical manager, EMEA, DuPont, in the following answer the questions by pv magazine on why create an alternative to the bifacial glass-glass-modules
Michael Fuhs
Apr 25, 2019
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Applications & Installations
Webinar Q & A: How can investors mitigate the risk of LID and LeTID? What is your recommendation for investors when buying PERC modules? Can LeTID loss be completely recovered in the field? Can one be sure that there is no LID and LeTID in n-type cells? Presenters, Andrea Viaro, head of technical service Europe, JinkoSolar, Stefan Roest , CTO, Eternal Sun & Spire Solar and Paul Grunow, technology consultant, board of the PI Photovoltaic Institute Berlin AG answer these and other questions from a recent pv magazine webinar.
Michael Fuhs
Apr 24, 2019
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Applications & Installations
Inverter maker offered customer €50 for replacement product which would have carried ‘thousands of euros’ of associated costs Often, it is not inverter faults that frustrate customers – such things happen – it is poor customer service. Here we look at the first of a series of cases that will be discussed at the pv magazine quality roundtable planned for Intersolar Europe, in Munich, which indicates what the industry must avoid in future.
Michael Fuhs
Apr 10, 2019
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Video: Future PV Roundtable REI 2018 Reporting from the first Future PV Roundtable in India, pv magazine learned about the technological innovation that will drive tomorrow’s PV arrays.
Marian Willuhn
Oct 29, 2018
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Video: Quality Roundtable REI 2018 pv magazine’s Quality Roundtable at this year’s Renewable Energy Expo India (REI), attracted analysts and experts from across the industry, who gathered in Greater Noida to discuss the challenges and opportunities present in the massive Indian solar market.
Marian Willuhn
Oct 26, 2018