Long Reads

Despite having a healthy solar target, Ireland’s most recent renewable energy capacity auction saw a disappointing result for PV. Lena Dias Martins looks at the obstacles causing delays and barriers to the rollout of solar on the Emerald Isle.

PV Cycle talks about module recycling, reuse aspects of retiring a solar project, and misconceptions about the value of end-of-life materials.

The selection of a module's technology should be more dependent on effective dollar per watt rather than the cost of the product.

A major multinational glass company has verified that the crushed glass produced from used solar modules by Solarcycle can be used to make high-quality PV glass sheets, which has never been proven before, the PV recycling firm’s CEO has revealed exclusively to PV Tech Premium.

Booming solar deployment in has led to fears that a bottleneck in the availability of contractors could squeeze project completion rates.

At present, there are limited studies on the processes of decommissioning solar projects and cost estimates vary wildly.

Peru's untapped solar PV potential could help accelerate the growth of the technology by powering green ammonia projects.

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at some of the latest developments underpinning trackers’ growing status as an indispensable ingredient in solar’s continued growth.

Appetite to invest in US community solar projects has seen increased interest since last year, boosted by the Inflation Reduction Act.