George Touloupas, Vice President of ESG and New Services at Clean Energy Associates (CEA), and Huatian Xu, CEA’s Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the April 2025 results from the pv magazine test outdoor installation in Yinchuan, China.
Read MoreIn this PV Magazine article, CEA's Director of Engineering and Quality Assurance Services, Jörg Althaus, highlights a growing issue: glass breakage in larger, thinner solar modules, often spreading from a few cracks to widespread failures.
Read MoreThis article highlights how CEA’s proactive commissioning oversight helped Sonnedix prevent costly delays, ensure long-term solar asset performance, and confidently expand its project portfolio.
Read MoreIn this Solar Power World webinar, CEA Senior Engineering Managers Claire Kearns-McCoy and Ankil Sanghvi explain how understanding common pitfalls—from thermal events to electrical failures—can help developers avoid millions in losses.
Read MoreThis Interim Update of the Energy Storage System (ESS) Q1 2025 Price Forecasting Report highlights how newly imposed U.S. tariffs are reshaping the cost landscape for imported battery systems and components from China.
Read MoreThe latest Energy Storage System (ESS) Supplier Market Intelligence Report finds that the market landscape for lithium-ion batteries continues to evolve, and supplier strategy is shifting rapidly in response to the tariffs announced by the United States under the Trump administration, particularly on China, and persistently low prices.
Read MoreClean Energy Associates conducted quality audits at 70+ battery energy storage factories worldwide. Our data shows that in 2024 the vast majority of identified quality issues were at the system level.
Read MoreIn this Energy Storage News article, CEA’s Senior Energy Storage Engineer Ahn Vu explores how alternative technologies to lithium-ion are unlikely to oust the incumbent anytime soon.
Read MoreIn this PV Tech article, Martin Meyers, CEA’s Director of Market Intelligence, explores how the Inflation Reduction Act is reshaping U.S. solar manufacturing incentives and project economics.
Read MoreGeorge Touloupas, Vice President of ESG and New Services at Clean Energy Associates, and Huatian Xu, Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the March 2025 results from the pv magazine outdoor test installation in Yinchuan, China.
Read MoreTransformer procurement has become a critical risk in solar development, with lead times stretching up to three years and fierce global competition for supply. Eddy Ji, CEA’s Senior Supply Chain Manager, explains how developers can avoid costly delays by expanding sourcing strategies and rigorously vetting suppliers.
Read MoreThis article explores how CEA identified a post-installation anomaly in a 1 GW solar project in Chile that was not visible during earlier inspections. Through further testing, CEA confirmed the issue was self-correcting and avoided unnecessary remediation costs for the client.
Read MoreThis article explores how CEA investigated glass breakage in over 2,600 PV modules through field inspections and lab tests replicating real mounting conditions. The analysis revealed structural and module-level weaknesses, helping the client pinpoint root causes and respond effectively.
Read MoreThe ESS Price Forecasting Report provides an in-depth five-year forecast for the price of a DC battery container, including battery cells, modules, racking, and additional balance of system needed for a containerized battery system.
Read MoreThe quarterly published Energy Storage STPR covers global and regional supply chain analysis, technology trends, and regional policy analysis. This quarter the focus is on non-lithium-ion technologies and the potential for long-duration energy storage.
Read MoreGeorge Touloupas, Vice President of ESG and New Services at Clean Energy Associates, and Huatian Xu, Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the February 2025 results from the pv magazine outdoor test installation in Yinchuan, China.
Read MoreIn this Energy Storage News article, Anjali Joshi, Market Intelligence Analyst at Clean Energy Associates, explains how the shifting political landscape is reshaping the U.S. battery gigafactory race—putting smaller vendors at a disadvantage as larger players consolidate their power.
Read MoreIn this PV Magazine article, CEA's Senior Policy Analyst Christian Roselund explains that while Trump-era tariffs on steel, aluminum, and Chinese goods may have limited direct impact on solar and battery storage costs, far greater disruption looms from AD/CVD investigations and the expanding Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe quarterly published PV STPR covers global and regional supply chain analysis, technology trends, and regional policy analysis.
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