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Navigating US module procurement in uncertain times

Features, Editors' Blog
June 13, 2025
By Ben Willis
As our annual PV ModuleTech USA event kicks off in Napa, California next week, “uncertainty” is the watchword for the US solar industry.
Image: Carrie Xiao for PV Tech.
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​​SNEC 2025 takeaways: 800W+ modules, N-type diversification, perovskite tandem gains momentum​

Features, Editors' Blog, Long Reads
June 13, 2025
By Carrie Xiao
SNEC 2025 takeaways: TOPCon modules set benchmark power at 650W, a wave of BC modules and perovskite tandem cells gains momentum.
The PV Tech panel at the 2025 Intersolar Europe event.
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Securing the supply chain: in conversation with European solar experts at Intersolar Europe 2025

Features, Editors' Blog, Long Reads
June 6, 2025
By JP Casey
Europe must secure the 'strategic segments' of the solar supply chain, according to experts at a PV Tech panel at this year's Intersolar event.
Renewables Procurement & Revenue Summit 2025
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Renewable PPAs have become a clean energy ‘cornerstone’, but need further refinement in Europe

Features, Editors' Blog, Long Reads
May 23, 2025
By JP Casey
The PPA is a 'cornerstone' of the European renewables space, according to speakers at Solar Media's Renewables Procurement & Revenue Summit.
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‘Unintended’ consequences could see US House bill devastate solar manufacturing

Features, Editors' Blog
May 21, 2025
By Will Norman
ANALYSIS: The language of the Ways & Means Committee tax bill leaves massive uncertainty for US solar manufacturing.
A module on display at Intersolar Europe 2025.
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Complex expertise, standardised processes and cybersecurity concerns: takeaways from Intersolar Europe 2025

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews, Long Reads
May 13, 2025
By JP Casey
Industry experts reflected on greater complexity, standardisation and cybersecurity concerns at this year's Intersolar Europe event.
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A ‘business as usual’ Intersolar 2025 for big PV manufacturers, as they predict industry consolidation

Features, Editors' Blog, Long Reads
May 9, 2025
By Will Norman
Talk of manufacturing consolidation, excitement over energy storage and other key takeaways from Intersolar Europe 2025.
A map of the GNR solar project.
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‘You said, we did’: How a UK solar developer acted on community feedback

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews, Long Reads
May 8, 2025
By Molly Green
Molly Green tracks the efforts made by Elements Green to respond to the concerns of local opponents to solar projects in the UK.
Sheep and solar panels.
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‘Local opposition wasn’t a thing we had to deal with as an industry for many years’

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews
May 7, 2025
By Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
Jonathan Touriño Jacobo profiles Silicon Ranch, a US IPP whose ‘Regenerative Energy’ concept takes a holistic approach to PV development.
An agriPV project.
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Do solar farms boost biodiversity?

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews
May 6, 2025
By Tom Kenning
The biodiversity benefits of a solar farm can help garner support. Tom Kenning looks at the scientific understanding of PV’s ecological impact.
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