Features

Features, Product Reviews
October 9, 2018
By Mark Osborne
India-based PV module and materials specialist RenewSys has has become the first Indian company to receive UL approval and commercialize its Polyolefin Elastomeric (POE) encapsulant. ‘CONSERV E 360 (POE)’, has been specially developed to combine the advantages of TPO as well to provide an effective solution to Potential Induced Degradation (PID).
Editors' Blog, Features
October 9, 2018
By Mark Osborne
We have tracked the annual R&D spending of 12 key publicly listed PV module manufacturers over the last 10 years. We present our new methodology with a broader scope which reveals record levels of investment in solar innovation.
Editors' Blog, Features
October 8, 2018
By Edgar A. Gunther
New Jersey has announced details of its community solar pilot scheme but, as the consultation continues, advocate groups continue to hold some concerns.
Editors' Blog, Features
October 3, 2018
By John Parnell
After a challenging year, the mood at SPI 2018 was undeniably buoyant. The industry's resilience, flexibility and ingenuity is nothing short of heroic.
Features, Product Reviews
October 3, 2018
By Mark Osborne
JinkoSolar has launched its 72-cell Cheetah (P-type mono-PERC) module with peak power outputs of 410W, which is claimed to be highest-performing commercially mass-produced monofacial module on the market.
Features, Guest Blog
September 28, 2018
By Ali Imran Naqvi, Vice President, Gensol Group
Ali Imran Naqvi, Vice President of India-based advisory and engineering firm, Gensol Group, discusses the tight-rope walk that Indian solar developers are risking with their most recent low bids in the state of Gujarat.
Editors' Blog, Features
September 24, 2018
By John Parnell
The MIP is no longer with us but some European manufacturers did manage to outlive it. Happily, a culture of innovation and a political will to support the sector could breathe new life into it.
Editors' Blog, Features
September 24, 2018
By Finlay Colville
Finlay Colville summarises the updated analysis by our in-house research team at PV-Tech, where we have adjusted our models and forecasts for the 20 companies active in Taiwan today producing ingots, wafers, cells and modules.
Features, Interviews
September 24, 2018
By Tom Kenning
PV Tech caught up with Ramesh Nair, CEO of Indian PV manufacturer and developer Adani Solar, at the REI Expo in Greater Noida last week, to discuss the future landscape of solar manufacturing in India and trends in module technology choices.
Editors' Blog, Features
September 21, 2018
By Finlay Colville
With the multi to mono transition largely a fait accompli in the PV industry, the buzzword for 2019 will certainly be on bifaciality. This has been brewing for some years, but the sheer weight of capacity and production will finally impact on large-scale utility solar in ways most appear to be grossly unprepared for.

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