Guest Blog

Renewable energy is now a competitive alternative to fossil fuels, and more than 800 coal plants in smaller economies could be replaced by PV.

Terrain-following solar trackers are helping address cost and environmental concerns in challenging landscapes, write Nick Price and Dalton Ruddell.

PV systems combining bifacial and tracker technologies deliver the lowest-cost PV-generated electricity in most parts of the world.

Cold soldering has become the highest frequency problem found during pre-shipment electroluminescence inspection of PV modules, write CEA's Paul Wormser and Jake Edie.

FERC has introduced major transmission reforms to ease bottlenecks. Lawyers from Mintz explore details of the reforms.

PV modelling relies on the assumption of 99% availability for forecasting, but the adoption of a more realistic metric would improve finances.

Reducing volatility impacts, managing cannibalisation and investing in grids will help solar energy cement its role in global energy systems.

Teams from Enertis Applus+ and the University of the Basque Country report on a new methodology to improve bifacial performance assessments.

Lori Bird and Joe Hack of the World Resources Institute examine legislative and regulatory efforts to break the US transmission bottleneck.