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With so many options open to them, EPCs and developers are faced with confusing choices to make over the right PV module technologies. Finlay Colville and Mark Osborne explore the importance of stringent third-party testing in avoiding asset underperformance

Developers and investors must be proactive to ensure the quality of modules they purchase is as high as possible. Vicente Parra and Ruperto Gomez detail some of the practices they can follow to mitigate module quality risks during the manufacturing process

The value of warranties attached to PV modules is coming under increasing scrutiny as plants age and more is understood about the degradation of modules in the field. Gustaf Schuler discusses the ins and outs of PV warranties and the best methods for mitigating risks

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

Singapore operates the world’s largest testbed for floating PV, comparatively testing and evaluating 10 different floating PV installations from around the world, and held the first floating solar conference globally in October 2017. Writing exclusively for PV Tech Power, Thomas Reindl of the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) reports on a form of solar power whose huge potential is starting to be realised

Cell and module technology | One of the defining trends to emerge so far in 2017 has been an explosion of interest in bifacial PV technology. In the first of three articles in our bifacial special report, Radovan Kopecek looks at some of the key technologies vying for position at the vanguard of fast-growing part of the market.

O&M | As the world’s global installed solar capacity ages, technology costs drop and sophistication grows, the benefits of a health check and potential plant upgrades also increase. As part of our repowering review, Mariano Melero, principal consultant, RINA Consulting discusses the benefits of looking after aging assets.