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Features, Editors' Blog, Long Reads
June 20, 2025
By JP Casey
Panellists discuss some of the challenges in European solar's financial landscape at an event organised at Intersolar Europe 2025 by PV Tech.
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June 17, 2025
By Will Norman
PV Tech spoke with Joerg Althaus of CEA about the under-explored issues with solar racking, trackers and other technical concerns.
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June 17, 2025
By Sergio Suárez Sánchez, Mario Martínez González, José Manuel Rivas Rodríguez, Sofía Rodríguez and Daniel Villoslada Fontán
Traditional PV inspection methods using direct current polarisation have proved unreliable in detecting certain issues. Researchers from Enertis Applus+ detail a new approach to defect detection aimed at improving the efficiency of PV system maintenance and performance analysis.
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June 13, 2025
By Carrie Xiao
SNEC 2025 takeaways: TOPCon modules set benchmark power at 650W, a wave of BC modules and perovskite tandem cells gains momentum.
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June 12, 2025
By Avery Black, Leo Kim and Don Nista of Raptor Maps
Equipment-driven underperformance in PV power plants has tripled over the past five years, according to Raptor Maps.
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June 12, 2025
By Shreeyashi Ojha
PV Talk: Vinay Rustagi, director of Indian solar manufacturer Premier Energies, discusses the company’s upstream manufacturing plans and why he believes India can become a counterweight to Chinese PV hegemony.
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June 10, 2025
By Will Norman
PV Tech Premium spoke with Geoffrey Lehv of kWh Analytics about cybersecurity, AI and solar project underperformance.
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June 6, 2025
By JP Casey
Europe must secure the 'strategic segments' of the solar supply chain, according to experts at a PV Tech panel at this year's Intersolar event.
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June 4, 2025
By Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
PV Talk: Kiwa PVEL's Tristan Erion-Lorico discusses the latest Module Reliability Scorecard and what it reveals about standards in PV manufacturing.
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June 3, 2025
By George Heynes
In May 2025, utility-scale and rooftop solar PV dipped by 579GWh month-on-month in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) to 2,861GWh.

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