Editors’ Blog

Special funding for certain states could complicate other incentive schemes, while a ten million household rooftop PV scheme faces challenges.

LONGi Solar said that wafer prices had continued to fall below the cost since the second quarter of the year.

Several Chinese provinces have suspended the approval of new distributed PV projects amid concerns over available grid capacity.

Laser-assisted firing is a major breakthrough in solar technology, according to a scientist from Australia’s University of New South Wales.

Against the backdrop of uncertain economics in the PV sector as a whole, the price of high-purity quartz sand has also fallen.

George Heynes charts the key market developments in the EU countries of Northern Europe, as well as non-EU members, Norway and the UK.

Polysilicon prices in China have continued to stabilise, with no significant fluctuations over the past month.

JP Casey reports on recent developments in Western Europe, where past and future elections are creating waves.

Interest in co-locating solar PV with energy storage is increasing in Southern Europe, as grid curtailments and negative or near zero prices for solar PV become more frequent.