Features

Features, Guest Blog
June 22, 2015
By Laura E. Stern
As the political horse-trading over the future of the US solar investment tax credit gathers momentum, Laura Stern gives three good reasons why Congress should extend it.
Features, Guest Blog
June 8, 2015
By Chris Berry
PV manufacturers are under increasing pressure to remove so-called conflict materials from their supply chains. But as Chris Berry explains, it's not quite as simple as that.
Editors' Blog, Features
June 8, 2015
By Tom Kenning
On the eve of an expected announcement by the Indian government detailing how it will reach its 100GW solar target, Tom Kenning looks behind the figures and asks if it can all be for real.
Editors' Blog, Features
June 4, 2015
By Mark Osborne
Recent history has not been kind to PV manufacturers that climb the rankings chart to become the global leader. Since 2007 when the industry really started to breakout of being a cottage industry and scale production, Sharp began a slow fall from the top, Suntech and First Solar both had short stays at the top and more recently, Yingli Green. After two years as the leading PV manufacturer, measured by module shipments, the company lost the top spot to Trina Solar in 2014.
Features, Interviews
May 25, 2015
By Tom Kenning
John Grimes, chief executive of the Australian Solar Council, explains to PV Tech what impact the recent political compromise on the country's Renewable Energy Target will have on its solar industry.
Features, Guest Blog
May 21, 2015
By Frank Haugwitz
Frank Haugwitz explores the opportunities for China's solar industry at home abroad as the country's new five-year solar development plan is finalised and manufacturers look to expand their global footprint.
Features, Interviews
May 21, 2015
By Tom Kenning
Some of the smaller players in Latin America’s solar market appear to be taking off this year, leaving some of the bigger names in their wake, according to the latest GTM Research forecasts. PV Tech spoke to GTM's Adam James about the countries to watch in 2015.
Features, Product Reviews
May 12, 2015
By Mark Osborne
Array Technologies (ATI), has announced the introduction of its latest single-axis tracking system, the ‘DuraTrack’ HZ v3 for utility-scale PV power plants. After nearly 2 years of development and testing, Array recently commissioned the first 1.2MW DuraTrack HZ v3 site in northern New Mexico.
Features, Guest Blog
May 12, 2015
By Matthias Grossmann
With the spectre of trade disputes showing no signs of going away, Asian PV manufacturers need to develop effective strategies to cope with future anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations, says Matthias Grossman.
Editors' Blog, Features
May 6, 2015
By John Parnell
The solar trade rows have so far largely played out in the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy arena but a particular set of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules applied to China are set to expire, casting doubt on future punitive tariffs.

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