Editors’ Blog

Editors' Blog, Features
June 6, 2019
By Andy Colthorpe
(VIDEO) Intersolar 2019: Going 100% renewable doesn’t have to be at odds with modern life as we know it. Q CELLS' Cyril Hinz talked us through the concept and equipment of the firm's new holistic energy solutions.
Editors' Blog, Features
June 5, 2019
By Andy Colthorpe
(VIDEO) Intersolar 2019: Firm puts forward augmented reality demo to showcase how clean energy can rule the world, from homes to factories, farming and transport.
Editors' Blog, Features
May 22, 2019
By Andy Colthorpe
Thanks to “innovative business models” and the combination of PV with batteries, Japan’s “solar boom” is far from over, market expert Izumi Kaizuka of RTS PV has said.
Editors' Blog, Features
May 20, 2019
By José Rojo Martín
PV Tech’s José Rojo on navigating the Munich crowds of an industry fast approaching a new golden era that will change the rules of the solar game.
Editors' Blog, Features
May 14, 2019
By Mark Osborne
BIPV has remained a niche market in Europe for more than 10 years. According to trade group SolarPower Europe, over 200 BIPV products are available in Europe and future growth could be pegged to further legislation in the EU, such as the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).
Editors' Blog, Features
April 9, 2019
By Finlay Colville
Ahead of PV Tech launching its new PV IndiaTech conference, on 24-25 April 2019, in Delhi, I review in this blog what the event is all about, and why the timing of the event has turned out to be perfect as India debates how to create a sustainable manufacturing segment that supplies quality modules to its downstream segments.
Editors' Blog, Features
April 8, 2019
By José Rojo Martín
US$1trn-plus financier has already shown appetite for solar manufacturers. Does the new aperture to unlisted infra herald a capital bonanza for downstream players?
Editors' Blog, Features
April 3, 2019
By Mark Osborne
PV inverter manufacturer, Sungrow Power Supply Co had the most incredible revenue generation in the fourth quarter of 2018 that surpasses anything any PV company has ever experienced. The problem of course is why?
Editors' Blog, Features
March 28, 2019
By Mark Osborne
US-headquartered high-efficiency solar panel manufacturer SunPower Corp recently held its ‘Capital Markets Day’ event that indicated a slow turnaround in its business fortunes would be a key development in 2019. A key challenge for a company that has undergone several major restructurings in recent years has been the lack of profitability.
Editors' Blog, Features
March 28, 2019
By Alice Grundy
As the UK's feed-in tariff scheme draws to a close, our sister site Solar Power Portal is running a series of articles looking at the impact it has had and the new opportunities emerging for the sector. Here Alice Grundy speaks to some of those there to witness the 'gold rush' created by the flawed subsidy programme.

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