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A “toxic inventory” of modules has been building up in Europe because market growth has been slower than expected, according to S&P Global.

Extremely high population density and the necessity to use land for agriculture are the reasons for building FPV in Southeast Asian countries.

PV Tech spoke to Isabel Rodriguez, managing director at Glennmont Partners, about the challenges for the European solar supply chain.

Thin-film manufacturer First Solar is well placed to weather any downturn in PV manufacturing going into 2024.

PV Tech Power contributor John Lubbock examines the challenges of reforming the UK’s electricity market in the face of the increased rollout of renewables in the country.

Sonnedix's Daniel Garrido speaks about the company's acquisition of a 416MW Chilean solar portfolio, and its plans in the country.

Developing, sourcing, building and maintaining solar PV projects routinely runs into the millions of dollars of long-term investment, and the impacts of serious theft on a solar asset owner can result in lost revenues, lost energy generation and sometimes lost insurance and ability to operate.

Everything seems to be pointing to the solar PV manufacturing sector going into a downturn in 2024, with loss-making potentially rife across much of the upstream sector.

Yezin Taha, Founder and CEO of Nevados Engineering, on how solar tracking technology can help eradicate the still common practice of levelling sites prior to installing solar panels – and thus avoid the problems, environmental impact and cost associated with site grading. This is an executive summary of a recent white paper by Nevados.