Patrick Jowett
Patrick Jowett tracks how solar and storage markets, technology and policy decisions combine to reshape electricity systems and prices. He works as an editor at pv magazine, writing across global and regional editions with a focus on markets and policy, applications and installations, and research and development in photovoltaics. His coverage moves between utility-scale projects, distributed generation and consumer-focused guidance, always tying project and technology detail back to market outcomes and regulatory frameworks. In one article, he examines how rising gas costs push European electricity prices higher, linking fuel dynamics to power markets.
Solar markets, prices and policy shifts
Jowett’s core line of work is tracking how solar deployment interacts with electricity markets and policy choices in different regions. He reports on European markets setting daily solar generation records, framing output milestones within wholesale price trends and demand patterns. He covers decisions such as Flanders cutting subsidies for large solar parks, explaining how changes to support schemes affect project pipelines and commercial and industrial customers.
His reporting on utility-scale projects driving New Zealand’s solar rollout shows how national strategies, grid integration and investor interest translate into concrete capacity growth. Across Africa and other emerging markets, his bylines sit on stories about solar market and policy developments, showing attention to how regulatory frameworks and investment climates shape regional growth.
Utility-scale and distributed project reporting
Jowett regularly writes project-focused pieces that use individual developments to illustrate broader trends in solar deployment. His article on Masdar exploring new solar and storage projects in Azerbaijan follows a major developer’s plans, detailing how large-scale PV and storage installations fit into national energy transitions and cross-border power trade. In coverage of New Zealand, he highlights utility-scale projects as the main driver of the country’s emerging solar sector, showing how project characteristics and developers’ strategies underpin national rollout statistics. From China’s first distributed solar project using HPBC 2.0 dual-glass modules, he shows how advanced technology is being applied in real-world distributed generation, connecting technical specifications to project design and performance expectations. This mix of utility-scale and distributed case studies gives his project reporting a clear emphasis on how specific installations exemplify wider market and technology themes.
Technology, performance and operations
Technical detail is a consistent layer in Jowett’s work, particularly around new PV cell and module architectures and their operational implications. He reports on Longi’s debut of HPBC 2.0 modules in a distributed project, explaining the back-contact design and positioning the technology within evolving module portfolios.
In coverage of a pv magazine Week Europe webinar, he relays forecasts that back-contact solar cells will reach cost parity with TOPCon before the end of the decade, then be followed by tandem technologies gaining momentum in the early 2030s, showing his role in translating expert discussion on future cell technology roadmaps. His article on IEA-PVPS warnings about soiling costs notes that dust and dirt on panels are costing the solar industry billions per year, focusing on performance losses, mitigation strategies and operational best practice.
Together, these pieces show him treating technology and performance not as isolated engineering topics but as factors that directly affect costs, reliability and investment decisions.
Guidance for solar adopters and the industry
Alongside market and technology coverage, Jowett writes practical guides that translate industry experience into actionable advice for homeowners and project stakeholders.
In the pv magazine Homeowner Guide, he sets out top tips and red flags for home solar, highlighting issues such as dealing with installers without a physical address, the importance of established market presence and the need for clear, detailed contracts. His editorial role across pv magazine’s global and USA platforms places him close to both industry experts and end users, and his guidance pieces draw on that proximity to align consumer protection with industry standards.
Beyond solar, his author profile for an energy storage-focused outlet shows he also engages with storage topics, extending his practical and market-oriented lens to technologies that complement PV in modern power systems.
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