Going into 2019 the availability of higher performance, lower cost PV modules will significantly complicate the question of module choice for utility-scale solar projects. Finlay Colville, head of solar intelligence, Solar Media, explores what this will mean for EPCs and developers
Temperature coefficient has a well-known bearing on the performance of PV modules. Based on analysis of field data gathered from operational modules in India, Satish Pandey, Rajesh Dhuriya, Gaurav Mishra and Rakshita Mhatre reveal how in actual operating conditions the temperature coefficient of modules is deviating from values provided in manufacturer datasheets, potentially impacting on project financial modelling.
In the sixteenth edition PV Tech Power we examine the ever complex module technology market and the best routes to ensuring module quality for your project from manufacture to in the field performance. We also examine the bifacial plus tracker options available, review India’s latest policy challenges (and opportunities) as well as virtual power plants, flow batteries, solar contract standardisation and much more.
The Internet of Energy is set to provide flexible, sustainable and affordable power for all. But we must not get complacent. Gianluca Mauro, Co-founder and CEO at AI Academy, argues that for this future to be realised, energy leaders need to develop a digital mindset.
First developed by NASA, flow batteries are a potential answer to storing solar – and wind – for eight to 10 hours, far beyond what is commonly achieved today with lithium-ion. In the first of a two-part special report, Andy Colthorpe learns what the flow battery industry faces in the fight for commercialisation.
Tom Kenning and Ben Willis look at the latest developments in some of the most promising emerging PV markets worldwide. This issue features Pakistan, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.
Subsidy-free solar is changing the fortunes of the Spanish solar market, which had experienced the deepest of slumps. All the signs suggest the rest of Europe will be next, regardless of how the trade row plays out, writes John Parnell.
The global decarbonisation agenda and still-tumbling costs are sending oil and gas giants and traditional energy majors into the PV market, and in a big way. Liam Stoker investigates what that means for the international solar market.
The worldwide market for trackers is developing rapidly and so too are the technologies they use. Mark Osborne reports on some of the latest design innovatoins that are helping drive trackers into new markets and applications.
The EU-funded PVSITES project is working on a number of initiatives aimed at accelerating the roll-out of building-integrated PV across the continent. Members involved in the initiative outline some of the efforts being made to unleash BIPV’s as-yet untapped potential.
