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Intersolar North America day 1: Solar goes to war

Conflict with entrenched interests was a major theme of the 2016 Intersolar North America opening sessionWoven through the opening session of this year’s Intersolar North America trade show was a theme...

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pv magazine launches its U.S. website

At the Intersolar North America trade show we have launched a new site specifically for the American solar industry, with a focus on downstream markets and, of course, policy.In the last few years the...

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Intersolar North America: Four key takeaways

Battery storage, net metering, trackers and the integration of solar as part of the smart energy concept were big themes at this years' Intersolar North America trade show.The 9th Intersolar North...

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InterSolar North America Wraps with Volume Growth

The famed InterSolar North America solar trade show here in San Francisco wrapped up late last week with an increase in several indicator categories, most important among which was the 10 percent rise...

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Poor quality planning: Shifting the blame, passing the buck

An installation company in the Midwest reports how blame was laid at their door for defective PV panels. The actual cause of the defects probably lie elsewhere.When Christopher Barton * heard the...

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Melting backsheets, broken cells, and hotspots

Quality roundtable preparation: A case of compromised quality. An operator claims nearly 17% of the modules in his array displayed significant damage after three years. The EPC company concealed the...

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Quality: Minor differences in yield percentage make the difference between...

Changing technology, pressure to cut costs, dizzying price slumps and a number of other issues make solar module quality control as relevant as ever. The danger that modules could fail outright remains...

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Burnt out, incompatible connectors

Quality control campaign: PV panel manufacturers selling plug connectors as MC4 compatible is nothing unusual. Two operators who have installed such modules are now struggling with lost insurance...

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Working together: the pv magazine USA weekly news digest

This week saw collaborations between nations and companies, some numbers on the U.S. energy storage market and progress in the carving up of SunEdison, as the solar industry prepares for the Solar...

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IdeemaTec Wins Tracker Projects in U.S. Southeast

IdeemaTec, the Wallerfing, Germany-based tracker manufacturer, announced at SPI that it has won new projects in Georgia and Tennessee following the opening of its first U.S. office in Charlotte, in...

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New Product Advances Bloom at SPI 2016

A host of new products and new generations of solar solutions are being introduced at Solar Power International 2016, being held this week in Las Vegas. While the list is very long, here are a few of...

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Projects, Supplier Deals, Strategic Ties Flourish at SPI

The well-attended Solar Power International 2016 show in Las Vegas this week has been the venue for a variety of new supply agreements, new projects and market endeavors. as well as strategic...

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Enphase Surveys U.S. Distributors for Q1 2017 AC Battery Deliveries

Enphase Energy announced at SPI 2016 that it has begun canvassing its U.S. distributor network to gauge interest for mass orders of its AC Batteries, which were launched in Australia last month,...

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SPI 2016 Solar Rack & Track Product Update

The numbers are still being tallied for the massed attendance of SPI 2016 in Las Vegas, but an informal consensus confirms that the show was a huge success for exhibitors, including a few more racking...

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Solar Power International 2016: Five key takeaways

This year’s SPI trade show comes at a time of dynamic growth for the solar industry and an increasing integration of solar into energy management. But not all the news is good.With the federal...

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First Presidential Debate: Candidates spar over solar energy

pv magazine USA presents a news analysis of the role solar energy played in the first presidential debate.Editor’s Note: This story is based on a detailed examination of The Washington Post’s...

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Bank of America may be interested in bailing out SunEdison

Court documents reveal potential “enthusiastic interest” from the Charlotte, N.C. banking giant to provide money to the cratering solar installer.A shareholder in the SunEdison bankruptcy case has...

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pv magazine LIVE video coverage of Solar Power International 2016

Our new videos from America’s largest solar trade show feature interviews with the CEOs of First Solar and SolarWorld Americas.With over 18,000 attendees this year, Solar Power International (SPI) is...

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New video interviews with GTM Research, EnergySage and SunShot Director Dr....

pv magazine LIVE brings you more videos interviews from the 2016 Solar Power International trade showSometimes the best way to learn about what is going on in solar is to sit down with the experts....

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Obama touts success of solar at SXSL event

The president also spoke about the need for energy storage at the event, which was inspired by the South-by-Southwest conference.It is no secret that Barack Obama, the first U.S. president to take...

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