Interviews

In Jan. 2018, when the strongest cold front in 48 years hit Japan, a 4.4 MW PV power plant on Mount Akagi of Gunma Prefecture kept on operating normally, amid snow 20 centimeters thick. In Yamagata Prefecture, where the snow had a...  more

With the center of the global PV industry and market having shifted to Asia in recent years, the share of Germany, which used to be a PV industry bastion, has plunged to less than 2% in terms of PV installations in 2017. Ho...  more

2017 has been an eventful year for the PV industry, as the yearly demand will top 100 GW, notably robust demands in emerging markets; half-cut cell and bifacial modules will commercialize soon, and black-silicon cells are posing ...  more

The goal of the Tsai Ing-wen administration in Taiwan to raise the share of renewable capacity to 40%, generation to 20% by 2025, as part of the nuclear-free homeland vision, poses as a major challenge for both the government and ...  more

While researchers are the ones with most understanding of industrial technologies, first-line engineers are the ones knowing which products are best for use. In determining development direction, financial managers and decision ma...  more

The PV industry is in turbulence, featuring continuing enhancement of mainstream specifications, tug-of-war between mono-si and multi-si technologies, gradual transformation of the global energy structure, growing acceptanc...  more

A fundamental part of making economic decisions is finding out the true value of a product. However, this involves analyzing additional indicators that are not used in determining the product’s market price. Currently, the value o...  more

Solar PV industry is both technologically and capitally intensive, so manufacturers must have a keen market sense of smell and accurate strategic approach to survive. During the technology transformation period, having the two cap...  more