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PV Tech Power Editors JP Casey and John Lubbock and Reporter George Heynes caught up with several experts to talk about the skills shortage in the solar industry in the UK and abroad and how this growing industry is approaching the issue.

As Europe is increasing its solar PV capacity to reach its goal in the REPowerEU plan, countries in the bloc are accelerating solar PV installation. But some EU countries also look at the solar potential in North Africa, as the region boasts better solar irradiance and longer sunshine hours. PV Tech Power Editor Simon Yuen examines a project that is envisaged to transfer power from Egypt to Greece, and experts’ views on the challenges and benefits of a Mediterranean interconnector.

Ampt CEO Levent Gun speaks about the importance of optimising operations and the challenges and opportunities of working in the US.

PV Tech Power Editor JP Casey looks at the balancing act legislators in Texas face when considering grid reliability and the ratio of the different methods to generate power in the US state.

With C&I financing more complicated than residential, tax incentives in the IRA have boosted interest from businesses to install solar.

In this paper we discuss recent advances in the field, with a focus on potential device designs and manufacturing processes.

Tristan Erion-Lorico, VP of Sales and Marketing at PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), on the Inflation Reduction Act and its implications for the selection of materials going into producing solar modules.

One year after the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, growth of community solar is expected to accelerate in the coming years thanks to federal help but also at state-level with states passing or improving new legislation. PV Tech Power Reporter Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at three different cases: California, Ohio and Minnesota, and investigates the challenges community solar still faces.

PV Tech Power Reporter Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at how the Inflation Reduction Act could help in redeveloping closed-down US coal assets to host solar PV projects.

Adequate training and employing people with different skills are some areas US solar companies are working on, as these are crucial to driving the solar industry to succeed.