All Roundtable news

View article
Markets & Policy
Video: Quality Roundtable at PV Taiwan – “Finding the right partners for quality” The 8th Quality Roundtable brought into sharp focus the challenges that Taiwan’s fast-growing solar market faces as it attempts to ramp up towards its 20 GW by 2025 PV goal. Typhoons, humidity and sea spray are just the beginning.
Jonathan Gifford
Dec 14, 2017
View article
Applications & Installations
Video: Quality Roundtable at REI: “Cost is secondary, quality is paramount” Held in September, the seventh pv magazine Quality Roundtable made its debut in India at the Renewable Energy India Expo. The discussion raised a series of pertinent points relevant to India’s soaring solar market, particularly concerning the need to place quality ahead of cost.
Ian Clover
Nov 22, 2017
View article
Technology & Products
pv magazine hosts eighth Quality Roundtable at PV Taiwan In solar PV, while the world seems focused on quantity – how many megawatts installed, at what price – solar power manufacturers, installers, and operators know that quality is crucial to the successful delivery of clean and profitable power.
pv magazine
Nov 01, 2017
View article
Applications & Installations
PID, soiling and module degradation in hot climates PID in India: In the cost-conscious Indian solar sector, ensuring reliable power output should be the number one priority. However, an example of one solar farm suffering from the ill-effects of under-performing modules, installation malpractice and unsatisfactory maintenance shows how corner cutting from the outset is more damaging in the long run.
Ian Clover
Sep 12, 2017
2
View article
Applications & Installations
Quality Roundtable: Rain in the box Quality issues: A solar power plant investor finds out that neither the warranty of the EPC, nor the warranty of the module manufacturer, was adequate. It would be good to clarify in advance what should happen in the event of a serial defect, and how the term “serial defect” should be defined at all.
Cornelia Lichner
May 26, 2017