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06/2025 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
The hunt for high efficiency
As the world’s solar industry convenes in Shanghai for another edition of SNEC PV Power Expo, pv magazine turns its attention to the event’s host nation. China remains by far the world’s leading PV market, and home to the latest innovations in PV cell and module manufacturing.
China’s solar manufacturers in 2025 operate in a market defined by low prices and fierce competition. Despite prices for PV modules remaining below the cost of production for many, there is a wealth of innovation to report on. -
05/2025 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global deckt den globalen Photovoltaikmarkt ab und ist nur in englischer Sprache verfügbar.
Powering through
The global energy storage market continues to grow rapidly. Analysts at InfoLink Consulting expect the world’s installed energy storage capacity to exceed 220 GWh in 2025.
Europe is now leading the charge, looking to energy storage to balance its grids and rely on renewable power for longer periods. In this magazine, we focus on several of the region’s key markets, including battery build-out leaders Great Britain, Germany, and Italy, as well as relative newcomers Spain, Greece, and Romania.
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04/2025 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global deckt den globalen Photovoltaikmarkt ab und ist nur in englischer Sprache verfügbar.
Purchasing Power
Corporate renewable energy buyers have provided a welcome boost to the solar industry in recent years. PV accounted for roughly half of total energy capacities by corporates in 2024, as S&P Global Commodity Insights columnists Caroline Zhu and Bruno Brunetti write in this month’s edition, which explores power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Despite market dynamism, European PPA activity has slowed. Even Europe’s historic PPA leader Spain has been affected, as pv magazine Spain’s Pilar Sanchez Molina writes.
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03/2025 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Outlook obscured
It’s fair to say that many in the United States renewable energy industry are unsure what will happen next. The new administration has already pulled the country out of the Paris Climate Agreement and is threatening far more widespread use of tariffs on imports from many other countries – which may have wide reaching impacts on solar markets in the United States and beyond. Efforts to drastically reduce federal spending, along with other policy moves and market developments, may have implications for solar that, for now, are difficult to foresee.
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02/2025 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
2025 Unboxed
We are more than a month into 2025 already, which has given the pv magazine team plenty of time to investigate what the next few months could look like for the solar industry.
Several key markets are experiencing periods of transition, bringing new challenges into the mix. The US is awaiting the full impact of the new administration on the renewables sector, while in India, new domestic manufacturing efforts could be held back by regulations, at least in the short term. -
Winter Edition 12/2024 & 01/2025 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Best in class
It’s that time of year again, when pv magazine celebrates the standout performers of the solar and energy storage industries. There were so many exceptional entrants – more than 300 altogether – for the pv magazine Awards 2024 across all eight categories, and you can read all about them in this issue.
Acquaint yourself with the most innovative players in the industry. Our independent expert jurors deliberated at length before selecting winners, a big thank you to them, and to all who entered as well. -
11/2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Turning the corner
African countries are quietly laying the groundwork for a renewables revolution based around decentralized energy. Solar features heavily in these plans, which is unsurprising given much of the continent’s strong irradiance potential.
The development of minigrids will prove crucial to the long-term success of solar in many African communities. As Everoze’s Abdul Sotayo writes, homes and businesses that might otherwise have to rely on diesel generators to provide power can use more stable, green, and cost-effective methods such as rooftop solar connected to a local grid. -
10/2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Further upstream
Solar manufacturing is reaching a turning point in the United States and India, as both strive to strengthen domestic output and address supply chain gaps and planning mishaps.
India now hosts a well established module manufacturing capacity, and its push into the cell and wafer segment is gathering strength. And this domestic PV industry is increasingly supported by equally ambitious moves into the green hydrogen and energy storage supply chains as India’s energy transition continues to take shape. -
09/2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Moving in circles
As solar grows into a mainstream energy source for the whole world, there is an imperative for the industry to ensure sustainability is kept front and center. Managing the waste produced at every stage of PV manufacturing and deployment is central to this, and a focus topic for our September magazine.
Recycling presents an opportunity as well as a challenge, with companies specialized in site cleanups and decommissioning end-of-life systems an increasingly common sight, and big steps in retrieving value from those materials locked up in solar modules and batteries. -
Summer Edition 07 & 08 2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Treasure Islands
This month, pv magazine turns its focus to islands in the energy transition. Within larger markets, island regions are already showing the way: Hawaii is moving forward with some of the most ambitious solar targets in the United States, and community energy models are reshaping the power supply in Spain’s Balearic and Canary Islands.
Other island regions are struggling. There are a lot of obstacles to overcome, including natural disasters, poor access to finance, skills shortages and low demand. -
06/2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Down to the wires
Solar is booming across Europe, but ageing grid infrastructure now creates significant pressure on project pipelines. Much of the architecture underpinning European electricity networks was designed with coal-fired power in mind – it’s no longer fit for purpose.
In the June edition of pv magazine global, we examine grid congestion across Europe and beyond. Growing curtailment, frustrating connection queues, the role of storage and the need for grid investment are all under the microscope as we take an in-depth look at one of the most pressing issues facing renewables today. -
05/2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Lighting the way
Perovskites are a frontrunner for the future of solar cell technology, and in this edition we explore the material’s prospects, according to the latest research. While few deny the game changing potential of the material, some see a disconnect between ongoing lab research and possible industrial applications, and are working to bring the two closer together.
We also look at some of the challenges associated with perovskite tandem modules. A timely topic given their position at the front of the commercialization queue. -
04/2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
From the ground up
Community solar is already proving its worth in some markets by providing low-cost clean energy directly to consumers. In the April edition of pv magazine we look at promising community-solar marketplaces where deployment is being bolstered by supportive policies. In the United States, gigawatts of solar, developed and owned “by the people, for the people” is making a difference. We explore how supportive regulations, and a streamlined process can reshape the landscape for community solar, as consumers in Italy may soon discover.
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03/2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Material change:
Is sodium-ion worth its salt?
The breadth of applications, pipeline of innovations and the commercial implications of battery energy storage systems (BESS) mean it’s well worth dedicating an entire edition to all things storage. At the utility scale, the BESS segment will be critical to renewables growth as electricity grid operators adapt to the increasing number of intermittent generators in their energy mix. For households, distributed storage could reshape the economics of rooftop solar in markets where net metering schemes are falling out of favor. Storage also represents a technological frontier where the solutions of the future will be determined by the careful balance of cost, supply and demand.
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02/2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Embracing change
Following a landmark COP28 in Dubai, 130 national governments have committed to tripling the world’s installed renewable energy generation capacity. The February edition of pv magazine global takes a look at how solar will power the transition – and asks how steps taken at the UAE conference might affect the global PV industry.
We sit down with COP28 CEO Adnan Z. Amin, formerly the Director General of IRENA, to hear his thoughts on how achievable the summit’s key renewables pledge really is, where the roadblocks to progress are, and how critical price declines will be to hitting 2030 generation targets. -
Winter Edition 12/2023 & 01/2024 Single Digital Issue – pv magazine Global
9.50 €pv magazine Global covers the global PV industry and is published only in English.
Gold standard
New Year is a time of reflection and resolution – in this edition we look back at some of the outstanding innovations of 2023 while exploring the plans and commitments that will shape the solar industry in 2024 and beyond.
In this edition we unveil 2023’s worthy pv magazine Awards winners and highly commended finalists. Over 224 entries from 39 countries were submitted, impressing our panel of 19 independent expert jurors. We can now reveal eight exemplary winners, each of which serves as an example of excellence within our industry.