As the solar market continues to grow and become cost-competitive with fossil fuels in markets across the world, the industry’s focus has become one of ensuring the best possible levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for each project.
This equation, however, takes into account far more than just the cost or power of the modules and other components, and now the solar industry must learn to incorporate factors such as product reliability, mechanical load and overall system value to truly optimise LCOE and deliver a project that can stand up to the elements.
In this webinar, Trina Solar and Fraunhofer ISE experts discussed the need to incorporate these values into project economics.
Register to hear PV-Tech’s head of market research and Chair of PV CellTech, Dr. Finlay Colville, discuss and explain the latest developments by the PV industry to move technology from p-type to n-type:
- Hear about the latest developments in ramping new production lines for n-type cell variants
- Discover which of the n-type options are being promoted the most
- What are the challenges today in moving n-type to the multi-GW scale?
- Are leading p-type mono PERC producers reacting to the threat from n-type investments?
Additionally, Finlay will reveal the latest PV ModuleTech Bankability Ratings for leading PV module suppliers:
- Is the industry still dominated by a few PV module suppliers, occupying Ratings of A, AA, and AAA?
- Are there any n-type producers among the most bankable suppliers?
- Is consolidation a reality? Why are there so many new companies now entering the PV sector in China?
- Will the U.S. trade threats result in any major changes in global module supply?
The presentation will conclude by looking at key metrics through to the end of the year, including module price/costs, and polysilicon production/supply.
In this PV Tech TechTalk webinar, JA Solar discussed both Europe’s surging solar forecasts and how its product portfolio is designed to support that growth, utilising the latest technologies to improve your PV projects and ensure maximum reliability and performance.
The utility-scale PV market is poised for exponential growth and yet the industry still has many fundamental opportunities to improve on standards and best practice. Tracker shade loss is one of those topics that deserve more attention, but it has been typically handled by derate factors rather than trying to accurately forecast the loss over the life of the system. This has led to a majority of projects in the industry underperforming against plant yield expectations and yet the low hanging fruit of more accurate financial modeling of plants is not being explored.
The industry needs to take a closer look at shade modeling, as project portfolios are primed to grow in number and investors and owners need scalable ways to reduce risk and be able to rely on the forecast return on investment.
Nextracker collaborated with PV Tech and DNV to host a webinar on shade modeling for utility-scale solar PV projects, discussing tracker shade loss and its potential remedies.
LONGi has launched its Hi-MO N module, the company's first bifacial module with N-type TOPCon cells, designed to deliver ultra-high value and lower LCOE to utility-scale PV power plants. This PV Tech TechTalk Product Series Webinar provided an overview of the module’s technology and how the introduction of n-type technologies will provide efficiency and performance gains for solar project developers.
3 days, 24 hours: The smarter E Industry Days offer exciting exhibitor events, top-class keynotes, the AWARD ceremony and much more from the new energy world. Would you like to take a virtual live tour of Fraunhofer ISE's multi-megawatt laboratory? Would you like to learn where the growth markets oft he industry are with the launch of the "Global Market Outlook for Solar Power 2021-2025"? Or learn from the European smart energy association smartEn how prosumers can use their flexibility to keep power grids stable and potentially earn money in the process
Don’t miss out – register for free today for this digital, interactive event. More highlights can be found in our online program.
This year’s EV World Congress will hold a special role, not only as the first live EverythingEV event in over a year – a chance to renew your connections and re-engage with the EV sector face to face – but also as a chance to share insight and inspiration as world starts to look towards move on post COVID towards hitting ambitious decarbonisation goals in 2030 and beyond.
As ever, we will be bringing world leading organisations, cities, and technology providers to the UK to inspire EV innovators, and delve into the challenges facing the sector as the UK looks to revolutionise road transport.
PV Tech speaks exclusively to Guoguang Chen, president of Huawei Smart PV and COO of Huawei Digital Power, about the company’s vision for the power sector of the future.
EUREC’s public workshop “Europe’s PV Value Chain Working Together,” which was co-organised by Radovan Kopecek (ISC Konstanz) and supported by Simon Philipps (FhG-ISE) and Ingrid Weiss (WIP Renewable Energies), will be held on 9 June from 13:30 to 16:30 CET. The online workshop will focus on the possibility for new players in European PV cell manufacturing to work together to achieve cost-efficiency. The agenda also features presentations from research centres on cell technologies at different stages of maturity.
The momentum driving the renewable energy economy has never been stronger. Under a new administration that is committed to confronting the climate crisis, corporate sustainability efforts are surging as companies scale up investment in a clean energy future. The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) invites you to join us for the ACORE Finance Forum where we will examine how the renewable energy transaction landscape will evolve to meet this growing demand. We will bring together experts from across the renewable energy marketplace to provide you with insights on the next stage of renewable energy finance and investment.
