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Same sun. More power.TM
n recent years, the solar industry has focused particularly on manufacturing capacity. However, if we want to meet the fast-growing future demand for renewable energy, just stepping up the volume will no longer be enough. This is why multinational Royal DSM N.V. focuses on adding value to the industry through innovations that make solar panels… Read more »
DER certification
Words: Bernd Hinzer, Principal Engineer and Head of Section Grid Code Compliance and Tobias Gehlhaar Principal Engineer, DNV GL Utility grid interconnection requirements for distributed generation, including solar, have been evolving to support higher levels of penetration. The new requirement that Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) have to meet according to IEEE 1547 requires verification that… Read more »
Backing a winner
Iain Garner, Business Development Director and Ismael Bena, Director UK & Ireland, DMEGC Solar, called in to PES to tell us how they went against the trend and backed mono-Si cells, we hear why that was the way to go. The company is rated by the Altman Z Score of financial stability, something to be… Read more »
From the West to the East
Currently there are two conferences for you to choose from one in the US and the other in India. Both are important markets in our industry. Solar power in the US is booming and India is set to follow suit. It’s a good time to be in solar, with new opportunities on the horizon. There’s… Read more »
High quality encapsulation film
Quality is ever important in our industry and now Breyer have come up with a high quality, high speed extrusion process which has already been tested by TÜV Rheinland Germany…. BREYER’s extrusion system “CellProtect” allows the production of low shrinkage EVA encapsulation film at high production speed. Most importantly, there is no interlayer film and… Read more »
Many shades of grey
Energy and electricity are usually associated with the colour green. Not anymore. Today, grey is the colour of the European energy market according to Professor Leonardo Meeus from Vlerick Business School, Belgium, who provides PES with an insight in to the new market model choices being made across the EU and things that need to… Read more »
Lifetime efficiency
EmaZys Technologies founder, Anders Rand Andersen, founded the company because he was inspired and interested in PV lifetime and efficiency. Today he and Arne Pedersen, CEO, talk to PES about our industry and the importance of collaboration. They also introduce us to the Z100 PV Analyzer. Read on to find out more… PES: Welcome to… Read more »
Ecolux Inexpensive Ecological PV Recycling
What to do with all the waste during processing and at the end of life? This is a question we often ask ourselves in the industry. Loser Chemie is developing high quality recycling technologies especially for the photovoltaic industry. Dr. Wolfram Palitzsch tells us more…. The Loser Chemie GmbH (LC) was a chemical industry whose… Read more »
PV Where Does It Go From Here
PV continues to grow and this entails investment in new systems. But which is the right technology from the medium-term perspective? Which technology offers the greatest potential? Or would it be better to adopt a technology whose potential is already largely exhausted? This article endeavours to shed some light on the subject and clarify the… Read more »
Green economy
Are there cheaper renewable energies out there? Does saving the planet mean we, the consumer has to pay more? The EU has set targets and the UK is offering incentives to companies who meet these targets. Find out what savings you can make whilst doing your bit to save the planet… Saving Money Whilst Saving… Read more »
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