Plating – A Potential Key Enabler for TOPCON TaiyangNews talked to Holger Kuehnlein, SVP Technology & Innovation at Rena Technologies, a global leader in high-quality wet etching technology solutions that has been also developing plating based solar cell metallization solutions for years, about market technology trends. Holger Kuehnlein is SPV Technology & Innovation at Rena Technologies, where he is responsible for all research and development activities of the German company. He has been ... »
Passivated Contacts will be the Next Big Thing! TaiyangNews talked to Raymond de Munnik, CEO of Semco Smartech France, which has been the first solar cell equipment supplier to offer a commercial deposition solution for processing passivated contacts cells Raymond de Munnik, CEO of Semco Smartech France, talked to TaiyangNews about passivated contacts cells. Semco makes key equipment that's needed for manufacturing passivated ... »
A True Tiger JinkoSolar's new Tiger series is the first commercial solar module based on tiling ribbon technology offering high power and efficiency TaiyangNews talked to Jeff Zhou, director of global product management at JinkoSolar, about background, technology details, rollout plans and applications for its new Tiger ... »
Solar Is Always Good For Surprises The Latest Solar Module Advancements To Improve Efficiency & Power Output While in last year’s TaiyangNews Advanced Solar Module Technologies Report the most powerful 72-cell module had a rated power of 410 W, in the 2019 edition’s listing there are ... »
Innovation in Module Backsheets & Encapsulation TaiyangNews First Combined Market Survey on Solar Backsheets & Encapsulation Shows New Products & Trends That Have Convinced Module Makers to Offer 30 Year Performance Warranties Loads of innovation in backsheets & encapsulation products for solar modules, such as applying grid backsheets: In order not to waste the light that hits empty spaces between ... »
PP – a Low Cost Alternative for Backsheet’s Core TaiyangNews talked to Rudi Peters, responsible global solar manager at chemical company Borealis, which has introduced a polypropylene product to challenge long time polyester as the core for backsheet composites Borealis recently introduced a polypropylene based compound called Quentys PP as an alternative to the PET core layer in backsheets for solar modules. Borealis' Rudi Peters ... »
24% HJT Production Efficiencies in Sight TaiyangNews talked with Jinergy CEO Liyou Yang about the Chinese company’s experience developing a pilot line for heterojunction technology and its plans for commercialization on a GW scale Jinergy is one of the first PV module makers that has been seriously working on heterojunction technology. TaiyangNews talked with Jinergy CEO Liyou Yang about the Chinese ... »
HJT Technology Is Ready! Gunter Erfurt, CTO of Meyer Burger, told TaiyangNews why he believes the time has come for Heterojunction Technology to play a role in solar cell manufacturing "HJT is ready in terms of both process developments, as well as capex and cost of ownership," said Gunter Erfurt in an interview for TaiyangNews HJT Report 2019. Adding, ... »
The Time Seems Ripe for HJT Why Heterojunction Cell Technology Could Play A Significant Role In The Next Capex Phase for Solar Production Equipment There are several reasons why heterojunction solar technology could see an increasing number of cell/module manufacturers soon embrace this high-efficiency silicon cell variant. »
Solar-powered Quadcopter for Hours of Flight A Solar-Powered Quadcopter Developed in Taiwan Showed At Least 7 Times Longer Flight Time Than Commercial Drones We developed a quadcopter able to continuously fly over 3 hours using solar energy, at last 7 times the commercial drones can, and 48 times to the same drone without solar power. »
