George Touloupas, Senior Director of Technology and Quality for Clean Energy Associates (CEA), analyzes the September 2024 energy-yield results from the outdoor testing field in Xi’an, China.
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In this pv magazine article, Claire Kearns-McCoy, CEA’s Senior Engineering Manager, and Paul Wormser, CEA’s Vice President for Technology, consider the lasting impact of a May 2019 hailstorm that damaged 400,000 solar panels in Texas.
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In this pv magazine USA week webinar, CEA’s Senior Policy Analyst, Christian Roselund, joins other industry professionals to discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, the high demand for renewable energy procurement, and shifting trade policies that are driving a steady flow of new factory announcements in the US.
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George Touloupas, Senior Director of Technology and Quality for Clean Energy Associates (CEA), analyzes the August 2024 energy-yield results from the outdoor testing field in Xi’an, China.
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In this pv magazine article, Jeff Zwijack, CEA’s Senior Manager for Energy Storage, explores the essential factors in selecting battery energy storage system (BESS) suppliers. With insights on supplier technology, quality assurance, and risk mitigation, Zwijack guides developers in building resilient, high-performance energy storage projects.
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The PV SMIP provides a comprehensive and unbiased analysis of the top PV module manufacturers in the world. It offers detailed insights into capacities, technology, and efficiency roadmaps, along with Manufacturing, Capacity, and Technology (MCT) ratings for each supplier.
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In this PV Tech article, Paul Wormser, Vice President of Technology, and Jake Edie, Vice President of Marketing, discuss the prevalence of soldering defects in solar panels, their impact on performance, and how robust quality assurance measures can help mitigate these risks.
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In this webinar, CEA experts present findings on the most common issues seen in PV manufacturing factories, based on their latest inspection data.
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In this PV Tech article, Ankil Sanghvi, Senior Engineering Manager, looks at the details of inverter architecture that should be investigated to prevent the worst from happening.
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Over the past 8 years, CEA has conducted more than 70,000 quality inspections in over 300 PV module factories. This report highlights concerning quality trends from the past few years in PV module manufacturing, which could lead to performance and safety risks in the field.
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On Tuesday, October 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued the Preliminary Determination in its countervailing duty (CVD) investigation against PV cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. CEA developed a briefing and analysis of the preliminary determination rates and critical circumstances.
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George Touloupas, Senior Director of Technology and Quality for Clean Energy Associates (CEA), analyzes the July 2024 energy-yield results from the outdoor testing field in Xi’an, China.
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Clean Energy Associates will be one of the first testing companies to assess the solar industry’s progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards under the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI).
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US industrial policy has supported an uptick in annual solar module production capacity, while trade policy has ramped up the cost of cell and module imports. In this pv magazine article, Andy Klump, the founder of CEA, offers some tips to help solar developers plan a route to success.
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In this pv magazine Webinar, Nicholas Hudson, Principal Engineer Engineering Services, and Ankil Sanghvi, Senior Engineering Manager at CEA, shed light on how thermal events and other costly safety issues are often driven by preventable failures.
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George Touloupas, Senior Director of Technology and Quality for Clean Energy Associates (CEA), analyzes the June 2024 energy-yield results from the outdoor testing field in Xi’an, China.
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In this pv magazine article, CEA’s quality assurance experts Jörg Althaus and Dutt Du discuss some of the most common defects that can derail tracking system quality, while making the case for quality control throughout the supply chain.
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In a recent LevelTen Energy report, Clean Energy Associates (CEA) unpacked the impacts of expanded solar tariffs, AD/CVD investigations, and other issues on project development and PPA prices.
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In this webinar hosted by ACORE, CEA experts Dan Shreve, Vice President of Market Intelligence, and Christian Roselund, Senior Policy Analyst, present a new analysis of the impact of new potential Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD) on solar cells and modules from Southeast Asia.
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The PV SMIP provides a comprehensive and unbiased analysis of the top PV module manufacturers in the world. It offers detailed insights into capacities, technology, and efficiency roadmaps, along with Manufacturing, Capacity, and Technology (MCT) ratings for each supplier.
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