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Assessing the risk of UV stress on high-efficiency solar technologies

Features, Guest Blog
July 29, 2025
By Archana Sinha and Tristan Erion-Lorico at Kiwa PVEL
Kiwa PVEL examines the ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID) results on n-type technology from its latest PV Module Reliability Scorecard.
A rooftop solar project in Slovakia.

From assumptions to accuracy: Why the PV industry needs physics-based solar data

Features, Guest Blog
July 28, 2025
By Marcel Suri, CEO, Solargis
Solargis' Marcel Suri asks if the solar industry is using the best available science to characterise real-world solar resource conditions?
A Solargis programme.
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The solar market needs new industry standards to support technological innovation

Features, Guest Blog, Long Reads
June 30, 2025
By Marcel Suri, CEO, Solargis
Solargis CEO Marcel Suri explores three areas where new standards could help underpin greater efficiency, accuracy and market resilience.
A floating PV project.
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Global floating PV potential in inland reservoirs: a comparison of different technologies

Features, Guest Blog, Long Reads
June 26, 2025
By Carlos Rodriguez, Oktoviano Gandhi and Sun Huixuan
Carlos Rodriguez, Oktoviano Gandhi and Sun Huixuan examine the energy yield performance of different FPV system configurations.
A Solarlytics project.
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Understanding and mitigating voltage collapse in solar power systems

Features, Guest Blog, Long Reads
June 23, 2025
By Thomas Mart and Jeetu Jangle, Solarlytics
As solar plants age, the possibility of voltage collapse increases. Thomas Mart and Jeetu Jangle of Solarlytics examine the problem.
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As solar module breakage soars, here’s a path to building a stronger industry

Features, Guest Blog
June 17, 2025
By Eric Hafter
As the solar industry pushes for ever-lower costs, collapsing module quality is forcing a rethink of how reliability and performance can be safeguarded, writes Eric Hafter.
A PV project.
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25 years to go: shifting the focus from solar growth towards successful operations

Features, Guest Blog, Long Reads
June 12, 2025
By Avery Black, Leo Kim and Don Nista of Raptor Maps
Equipment-driven underperformance in PV power plants has tripled over the past five years, according to Raptor Maps.
A solar project in operation.

​​Managing the risks of unreliable PV component data

Features, Guest Blog
June 10, 2025
By Marcel Suri, CEO, Solargis
The industry must adopt better approaches to component management, to make more accurate energy yield predictions and optimise PV performance.
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Harnessing AI and European space tech to transform energy grids

Features, Guest Blog
June 2, 2025
By Ben Moore, dissemination and communication manager of the RESPONDENT project
Ben Moore reports on RESPONDENT, a European-funded project that uses space technologies to help integrate renewable energy into the grid.
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Inverters and power modules are key players in energy management – but testing methods need improvement

Features, Guest Blog, Long Reads
May 27, 2025
By Sandy Klengel, group leader at the Fraunhofer IMWS
Inverters are critical to PV systems but are often over-specified due to inadequate data on which materials and designs optimise performance.

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