Editors’ Blog

Editors' Blog, Features
July 17, 2014
By Lucy Woods
A major shake-up in the UK government earlier this week saw the country's booming solar industry lose arguably its most important political champion. The question now is who will fill his shoes, writes Lucy Woods.
Editors' Blog, Features
June 25, 2014
By Mark Osborne
With India embroiled in a fierce debate over whether or not to impose trade duties on foreign PV imports, a recent report laid bare the sorry state of the country's domestic PV industry. Mark Osborne takes a look at the findings.
Editors' Blog, Features
June 18, 2014
By Mark Osborne
The acquisition of US-based PV manufacturer, Silevo, by the largest US PV installer, SolarCity, has caused a storm and turned recent business trends within the industry on their head. Mark Osborne analyses the deal and its implications for the industry.
Editors' Blog, Features
May 7, 2014
By John Parnell
A decision to block the 500MW Palen project in California from using CSP tower technology could send solar thermal power generation back to the trough despite a range of inventive solutions to deter migratory birds.
Editors' Blog, Features
April 24, 2014
By Mark Osborne
After two years of living hand to mouth, PV manufacturers are once again looking at building new production capacity as demand booms. Mark Osborne charts the expansion plans of the industry's leading suppliers.
Editors' Blog, Features
March 12, 2014
By Lucy Woods
As Russia strengthens its grip on Crimea, the fate of PV power plants in the region and in wider Ukraine is in limbo. Lucy Woods reports.
Editors' Blog, Features
January 31, 2014
By Lucy Woods
Former US president Bill Clinton led a rally of high profile calls for a rethinking of renewable energy investment at a clean-tech conference in Germany last week. Lucy Woods heard what he had to say.
Editors' Blog, Features
January 7, 2014
By Felicity Carus
In her final blog for PV Tech, Felicity Carus reflects on the changes she has seen in her time as an observer of the US solar market. Although huge challenges remain, the industry is in great health, she writes.
Editors' Blog, Features
January 3, 2014
By Mark Osborne
Despite a lack of spending on new product development 2013 still turned out some interesting new entrants from new tools for factories to new modules and inverters. We run through the top ten products by page views that caught the eye of PV Tech readers in 2013.
Editors' Blog, Features
January 2, 2014
By Mark Osborne
Looking back over 2013, it’s clear the year was a transitional one. A key takeaway has been the recovery in end-market demand that has restored manufacturing utilisation rates to almost 100% for tier one PV module manufacturers and the opportunity for many but not all PV module manufacturers to return to operating profits in the second half of the year.

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