operations and maintenance

Rising pollution in India, is impacting the annual revenue of Indian solar power plants, industry analysts tell PV Tech Premium.

Wiki-Solar's latest figures show that the world’s top 34 EPC contractors are now responsible for a combined portfolio of more than 100GWac.

The dollar-per-watt metric has traditionally formed the basis of PV module purchasing, but this formula can lead to costly mistakes.

In the first of PV Tech Premium’s big interviews, we speak to PVcase founder and CEO David Trainavicius about data risk in solar management.

Solargis' latest figures for solar irradiance in India show that increased pollution has contributed to falling solar power output.

Digitalisation offers PV plant operators the opportunity to shift from preventive to predictive maintenance practices. Eduardo Sarquis reports on research aimed at shedding further light on the system performance benefits of moving to a predictive O&M strategy.

BayWa r.e. has launched Ampero, a “new fintech company” that aims to use artificial intelligence to aid in the management of renewable assets.

With SunPower shifting its focus to the US residential sector, there are genuine questions to be asked about the company’s prospects.

US solar analyst Raptor Maps has found that asset underperformance and equipment issues cost the global solar sector US$4.6 billion in 2023.

The renewable industry is facing a perfect storm of factors leading to tighter business interruption and equipment breakdown insurance terms.