Long Reads

Last year has marked a turning point for Chinese energy and power enterprises' investments in PV power plants in China.

PV Talk: SolarEdge general manager of Europe Christian Carraro on the "niche applications" of which European solar can take advantage.

Brian Grenko of VDE Americas assesses the route to market for perovskite PV products as an alternative to silicon-based technologies.

“As the market develops, there’s more sophisticated views of the market,” said Aldevinas Burokas at Solar Finance & Investment Europe 2025.

PV Tech Premium spoke with Alexia Ruvoletto, former head of the Solar Stewardship Initiative, about its supply traceability standard.

Will Norman asks if mass-scale deployment of perovskite technology is now imminent and whether it could unseat crystalline silicon as the dominant solar technology.

The valuable materials and equipment found on a solar project site make them prime target for criminal activity. Kelly Barnes, senior intelligence analyst at DeterTech, explores some of the latest thinking on keeping the thieves away.

Off-grid solar is helping provide power to those most in need, but new ideas are needed to plug the sector’s multi-billion funding gap.

Mini-grids have been a feature of the global electricity system for years, a starting point for larger distribution and transmission networks.