Features

Procuring power purchase agreement tools will be an option for industry players amid an energy pricing crisis and volatility.

Building on the successes of floating PV projects installed on lakes and dams globally, offshore installations are an emerging opportunity for developers, potentially when co-located with wind farms. George Heynes explores how the industry can move beyond pilot projects to large-scale, commercially viable installations, detailing the challenges and opportunities ahead.

As the PV industry reckons with its social and environmental impact and the byproducts of its processes, beyond the near-term questions over provenance and manufacturing ethics, concerns at the horizon of a module’s lifespan are coming more and more into focus.  

Solitek targets the agriPV and industrial markets in Italy to set itself aside from Chinese manufacturers with its bifacial glass-to-glass modules.

Presenting findings on the exposure of PV panels to the harsh environment of the Arabian Desert, a team from the Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute details the multiple mitigation approaches to solar soiling.

Allegations of fraud at Indian conglomerate Adani Group, which have knocked around US$125 billion off its market value since January, are unlikely to cause any perceptible damage to India’s long-term solar growth, according to two prominent members of the industry.

Masdar regional head lays out company’s long-held ambitions in the region highlighting transmission as key to clean energy proliferation.

In general, solar panels mounted over vegetation demonstrate surface temperature drops compared to arrays mounted over bare ground due to evapotranspiration from vegetation.

PV Tech spoke with Peter Dickson, partner at Glennmont Partners, one of Europe’s largest renewable energy investment managers, about PPAs, legislation and price capping.