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Features, Guest Blog
January 16, 2020
By Lior Handelsman, VP of marketing and product strategy and founder at SolarEdge
Lior Handelsman, VP of marketing and product strategy and founder at SolarEdge, discusses how important a role PV system design tools are now playing in energy management.
Features, Guest Blog
October 1, 2019
By Dr Radovan Kopecek
Since the 15th century we know that the earth is round and since the 16th century we have accept that the earth is orbiting around the sun. However, the heliocentric system was not easy to accept by many disbelievers.
Features, Guest Blog
September 20, 2019
By Louis Huber, Dr Alessandra Alberti, Dr Ioannis Deretzis.
SPONSORED: Louis Huber, independent consultant at GreenSquare SPRL coordinator of EPKI - European Perovskite Initiative; Dr. Alessandra Alberti and Dr. Ioannis Deretzis from CNR-IMM Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems Catania Italy and Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nazeeruddin, of EPFL Sion, and founder of Valais Perovskite Solar S, explore the history and future of perovskite cells.
Features, Guest Blog
August 5, 2019
By Ali Imran Naqvi
Ali Imran Naqvi, Vice President of India-based advisory and engineering firm, Gensol Group, takes 8minuteenergy's sub-2 cents solar PPA in the US through a whirlwind of cost and technology analysis.
Features, Guest Blog
July 2, 2019
By SolarEdge's Lior Handelsman argues the case for MLPE.
SPONSORED: In the last decade, the PV market has gone through some incredible transformations. SolarEdge's Lior Handelsman argues that one new shift could be the use of module-level power electronics for utility-scale solar plants.
Features, Guest Blog
February 25, 2019
By Dr. Radovan Kopecek and Dr. Joris Libal
PV is increasingly becoming the cheapest energy source and therefore has become the energy source with the highest yearly capacity additions! Even in 2018, after some scepticism right after SNEC 2018, due to the announcement of the Chinese Government to stop supporting PV as intensively as in 2017, more than 100GW (109GW) have been installed worldwide (we actually bet a crate of beer on that!) and 125GW has been forecasted to be installed in 2019.
Features, Guest Blog
December 18, 2018
By Lior Handelsman
SPONSORED: As inverters become smarter and more diverse in their function, so too must inverter manufacturers. Lior Handelsman, SolarEdge founder and the firm's vice president of marketing and product strategy, explains why.
Features, Guest Blog
December 12, 2018
By Lior Handelsman
SPONSORED: New, independant research has found module-level monitoring to be the most valuable technique for detecting panel faults and underperformance. Lior Handelsman of SolarEdge explains what the implications are for O&M contractors.
Features, Guest Blog
November 21, 2018
By JA Solar
SPONSORED: Chinese manufacturers are forced to expand their market share overseas as a result of the domestic cap on PV deployment. JA Solar reveals how it found success in Japan and how that provides a springboard for further gains in international markets.
Features, Guest Blog
November 19, 2018
By Dr Radovan Kopecek
When we visit conferences and industrial players, we are very often surprised at how many responsible scientists for PERC production have never heard about the severe degradation effects that PERC devices can show – in particular when talking about LeTID (Light and elevated Temperature Induced Degradation) alias Carrier Induced Degradation (CID).

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