In this PV Tech article, George Touloupas, CEA’s Director of Technology and Quality, and Brian Hansen, CEA’s Director of Supply Chain, discuss the solar industry's shift from passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) technology to tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology.

The U.S. solar market is facing a shift from PV module oversupply and falling prices to potential scarcity due to new trade cases. This pv magazine webinar explores the changing supply dynamics, highlighting risks, opportunities, and effective management strategies for buyers and stakeholders.

On April 24, 2024, four U.S. solar manufacturers filed a new anti-dumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) against imports of solar cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Intertek CEA has developed an update on this new solar AD/CVD petition.

In this pv magazine webinar, CEA's traceability experts Nicola Licata, Arturo Cortes Chavez, and Joseph Johnson share insights on navigating sourcing strategies and compliance risks in the solar PV module market, focusing on both Chinese and non-Chinese suppliers.

In this pv magazine article, CEA’s Vice President of technology Paul Wormser and associate director of services procurement Travis Secrest from EDPR discuss how local sourcing of solar and energy storage in the U.S., while mitigating certain supply chain risks, introduces new concerns for investors regarding startup pains, component imports, and the necessity of strategic supply agreements and oversight.

George 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.

In this Solar Power World article, Jason Knapp, CEA's Director of Government Relations, explains Foreign Trade Zones and how companies can benefit from these special areas in the U.S. by receiving tax advantages to support manufacturing and economic growth, particularly in the clean energy sector.

This fourth part of Due Diligence 101 series covers due diligence for buying solar farms, emphasizing analyzing control systems, degradation, shifting equipment, project portfolios, operations, maintenance, and comparing with original design specifications for optimal performance and reliability.

This third article in the Due Diligence 101 series explores how performance modeling is essential for evaluating the expected output and identifying potential issues in an existing solar energy project, providing a basis for informed acquisition decisions.

In this webinar hosted by the American Solar Energy Society's PV Technical Division, CEA's Engineering Manager Claire Kearns-McCoy discusses solar PV module quality risks.

Large-scale, stationary battery energy storage systems (BESS) have rapidly become crucial components of modern power grids. With the increasing adoption of BESS, however, the risk of battery fires has increased, as Jeff Zwijack of Clean Energy Associates reports.

George 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.

CEA’s senior policy analyst, Christian Roselund, recently wrote an article in PV Tech on the top three trends that CEA sees for the US solar industry in 2024.

CEA’s Vice President of Marketing, Jake Edie, recently wrote an article in Renewable Energy World about the most surprising findings in clean energy and what developers and buyers will be watching most closely as 2024 unfolds.

The need for greater supply chain traceability has pushed the PV industry to adapt, with new procedures to support documentation at each stage of manufacturing. CEA’s senior ESG and traceability project manager Nicola Licata explains how evolving processes are preparing the PV industry to face future challenges.

In this Energy Storage News article, CEA forecasts an 18% price decline for containerized Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) solutions in the US by 2024, with 20-foot DC container costs reducing to an average of $148/kWh. This trend of decreasing prices is attributed to automation advancements, competitive market dynamics, and falling lithium carbonate prices.

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.

Following extensive factory quality audits on over 30 GWh of energy storage projects over the past six years, Intertek CEA’s BESS Quality Risks Report highlights identified key defects and issues, including their causes and associated risks.

In this Energy-Storage.news webinar, CEA’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) experts will share essential lessons learned after performing factory quality audits on over 30GWh of BESS projects.

After years of improving quality standards, solar cell cracking appears to be on the rise again, perhaps due to new manufacturers entering the sector. Clean Energy Associates’ (CEA) senior engineering manager Claire Kearns-McCoy considers ways to stop the rot.