The Flight to Quality Assurance in Solar and Storage Markets Amidst Technology Disruption
How COVID-19 is Pushing Solar and Storage to Higher Quality
In this SolarEdge Virtual Solar Show presentation, Andy Klump discusses how COVID-19 and latest technology has disrupted the solar and energy storage industry, and how those disruptions are pushing companies to quality assurance.
George Touloupas, Vice President of ESG and New Services at Clean Energy Associates (CEA), and Huatian Xu, the company’s Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the first three months of performance data from the new pv magazine outdoor test installation in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
In this PV Magazine article, Jörg Althaus of Clean Energy Associates and Andreas Fladung of Aerial PV Inspection highlight how electroluminescence (EL) testing — including drone-based approaches — can uncover microcracks, early degradation, and installation-related damage.
George Touloupas, CEA’s Vice President of ESG and New Services, and Huatian Xu, CEA’s Director of Technology and Quality, analyze the May and June 2025 results from the pv magazine test outdoor installation in Yinchuan, China.
In this PV Magazine article, CEA's engineering experts highlight how overlooked site-specific challenges such as poor soil conditions, flash floods, complex terrain, and extreme wind loading in Southeast Asia can derail solar projects if not addressed early through rigorous engineering and civil due diligence.
The quarterly published PV STPR covers global and regional supply chain analysis, technology trends, and regional policy analysis through early July 2025.
The PV Price Forecasting Report provides independent market intelligence on changes in global supply chains and accurate forecasts for supply price scenarios based on technologies, materials, manufacturing regions and target markets, as well as supply and demand forecasts and analysis.
In this article, originally published in MESIA's Mid-year Solar Report 2025, Jeff Zwijack, Associate Director of Energy Storage at CEA, explains that most defects in battery energy storage systems arise during system-level integration rather than cell or module production.
In this Energy-Storage.news webinar, CEA Market Intelligence experts Daniel Finn-Foley and Christian Roselund explore the implications of the U.S. budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, for the energy storage industry.
In this pv magazine Webinar, CEA’s supply chain experts—George Touloupas, Vice President of ESG & New Services, and Senior Project Managers Zhuo Chen and Nicola Licata—outline key ESG risks and share best practices for documenting and mitigating them.
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.