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UVID chamber testing solar panels

Inside the race to PV cell quality and compliance

Features, Guest Blog
September 22, 2025
By Don Cowan, Mayhar Mohammadnezhad at Kiwa PI Berlin
Kiwa PI Berlin examines the importance of doing cell-level diligence to manage quality of n-type modules such as TOPCon and HJT.
A Sonnedix solar plant.
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Strategies for managing ageing solar assets

Features, Guest Blog, Long Reads
September 19, 2025
By Marco Zaniboni and Juanma Fernandez, Sonnedix
Marco Zaniboni and Juanma Fernandez of Sonnedix examine the key considerations in deciding whether to revamp, repower or retrofit.

Fixing the renewable energy data mess

Features, Guest Blog
September 15, 2025
By Andrew Foster
Advances in edge-based artificial intelligence are helping make solar and storage interoperable by tackling the data challenge, writes Andrew Foster.
A map from Solargis.

One high-quality dataset is enough: Rethinking common data practices in PV projects

Features, Guest Blog
August 27, 2025
By Marcel Suri, CEO, Solargis
Solargis' Marcel Suri reports on the mixing of datasets in solar project planning to artificially enhance financial attractiveness.
A solar project in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Dominance of PV and the shift to bifacial back contact c-Si technology in the next solar decade

Features, Guest Blog, Long Reads
August 22, 2025
By Dr. Radovan Kopecek and Dr. Joris Libal
Radovan Kopecek and Joris Libal examine the technological and economic factors driving PV’s ascendancy, with emphasis on bifacial BC modules.
UVID chamber testing solar panels

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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