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The TaiyangNews – All About Solar Team Wishes You A Sunny And Peaceful 2023
Friday, 23 Dec 2022
Dear TaiyangNews Readers, As another record growth year is coming to an end for solar, the sector is still struggling from supply chain issues (now mostly inverters, batteries), high prices (though easing towards the end of the year), and increasin.
N-type Is The Way To Go & TOPCon Is The Choice For Now
TOPCon Still Dealing With Several Obstacles To Growth, Say Astronergy Executives in Q&A, But See Its Costs Becoming Comparable To PERC By 2022-End
Friday, 09 Dec 2022
TOPCon has become a buzzword in the PV community. Several companies have been announcing gigantic plans with the technology and few have made their first move with Astronergy being one among them.
Costs and Power Performance Speak For TOPCon
Both TOPCon & HJT Are Meritorious, But Maturity Of Industry Chain, Efficiency & Cost Optimization Decide Which Technology Will Be Eventually Adopted, Says JA Solar’s Tang Kun
Monday, 05 Dec 2022
TaiyangNews: JA Solar has now announced big plans for TOPCon. On the other hand, you are also among the companies that started pilot projects with HJT.
HJT Entering High Volume Production
New Innovative Tools Support Large HJT Modules As The High Efficiency Technology Is Starting Mass Production Phase
Thursday, 29 Sep 2022
As a technology, HJT has made remarkable progress, not referring to its infinite past, but just in the last 1.5 years. The latest reference point is our previous report on the topic that was published end of 2020.
The Status Quo of HJT Processing
Huasun CTO Wenjing Wang About Latest HJT Developments And What’s In Store For The HJT Shooting Star From China
Friday, 12 Aug 2022
TaiyangNews: What was it that attracted Huasun to HJT? Wenjing Wang: The first driver is our technical background; both our operation and R&D teams have a solid background in HJT.
PERC Still Has Some Juice To Optimize Costs
With Optimized Material Consumption And Improving Productivity, PERC Cells Still Have A Bit More Potential To Reduce Costs, While Efficiency Is At Limits
Thursday, 09 Jun 2022
No discussion about solar cells is complete without involving cost and efficiency – the 2 measuring sticks of progress.
Module Design Dictated by Application
Not only is module design becoming application centric, PV is increasingly “integrated” to other applications
Monday, 23 May 2022
When it comes to PV modules, the solar industry has made quite some progress over the past year — and it continues the highly dynamic trend we have seen over the last 3 years as it strives to reduce costs, a result of higher cell and module efficiencies.
Potential For Further PERC Cost Reduction
TaiyangNews Talked to Leadmicro CTO on Future of PERC Cell Technology
Tuesday, 05 Apr 2022
PERC is the workhorse of today’s solar industry. While there are serious efforts to commercialize further advanced cell technologies, stakeholders work hard to further improve incumbent PERC to continue solar’s cost reduction path.
The Synopsis Of Polymer Wraps Of Module
High Raw Material Prices Were The Main Concerns With Backsheet And Encapsulation Materials
Friday, 25 Mar 2022
2021 was everything but boring in the field of backsheets and encapsulation. A positive note for this segment is a continued solar market growth – and several product innovations to address the module manufacturer’s needs.
Discussing Solar Backsheet & Encapsulation Trends
Backsheet Market Leader Cybrid On Latest Developments in Solar Module Polymer Wraps
Friday, 11 Feb 2022
Amid the material shortage and consequent prices hikes, backsheets and encapsulation materials, the key polymer wraps used in module making are increasingly gaining importance.
A Big Mid-Term Plan For TOPCon
With PERC Hitting its Efficiency Limits, JinkoSolar is Betting on TOPCon Solar Cell Technology
Wednesday, 19 Jan 2022
TaiyangNews has talked to Dany Qian, Global Vice President at JinkoSolar about various techno-commercial aspects of TOPCon along with the status of the technology at the Chinese company (photo credit: JinkoSolar).
Seasons Greetings from TaiyangNews
Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year from TaiyangNews
Saturday, 25 Dec 2021
Dear TaiyangNews Readers, As another challenging year 2021 draws to a close for solar – impacted again by Covid-19 and severe supply shortages resulting in price hikes along the value chain, we at TaiyangNews are looking forward to a much more pleasant 2022.
Towards 20 GW
TOPCon Module Pioneer Jolywood Has Big Plans For The Technology – Q&A With Its R&D head Jia Chen
Monday, 15 Nov 2021
TaiyangNews talked to Jia Chen, the Deputy General Manager for R&D and Application at Jolywood. With a strong academic and research background including obtaining a Ph.D.
No Innovation Shortage For Module Packaging
TaiyangNews Encapsulant and Backsheet Market Survey Shows Several New Products and Many Technology Updates
Thursday, 26 Nov 2020
One might think there’s little room for further developments of backsheet and encapsulants, the polymers protecting the electric circuit of a solar module from the elements and mechanical stress.
Too Many Changes At the Same Time
TaiyangNews Talked to 2 Executives of DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions – Mark Ma, Global Marketing Manager, & Kaushik Roy Choudhury, Technical Manager Global PV Reliability – on Solar Module Reliability
Thursday, 26 Nov 2020
TaiyangNews talked to two executives of DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions – Mark Ma and Kaushik Roy Choudhury on various topics including reliability concerns with larger modules, experiences from field reliability to tests and benefits of transparent backsheet based bifacial modules.
Towards 150 GW Capacity
TaiyangNews Talked To Hangzhou First VP Lin Tianyi About The World Leading Solar Module Encapsulation & Backsheet Producer’s View On Market And Technology Developments
Sunday, 09 Aug 2020
TaiyangNews: Hangzhou First is one among few companies that supplies all polymer wraps needed for solar module manufacturing.
Increasingly Powerful Modules Ahead
TaiyangNews Report on 500W+ Solar Modules Provides Background on Trend Towards More Powerful Panels
Friday, 07 Aug 2020
Only few months ago, solar modules exceeding 500 W were a big thing. In the meantime, the first companies have announced and produce products at 600 W and more.
LONGi: Hi-MO 5 To Account For 30% Shipment in 2021
TaiyangNews Speaks To Hongbin Fang & Liu Chang Of LONGi Solar About Prospects & Competitive Advantages Of Hi-MO 5 Module Series
Tuesday, 28 Jul 2020
Not one to believe in the bigger the better adage, vertically integrated PV module manufacturer LONGi Solar is in no hurry to introduce a larger wafer sized module based on 210 mm format.
Targeting Utility Scale Market With Tiger Pro Modules
TaiyangNews Speaks To JinkoSolar Vice President Dany Qian About Technological Advantages Of 580 W Tiger Pro Solar Modules As Management Aims To Kickstart Mass Production In Q3/2020
Tuesday, 09 Jun 2020
Dany Qian, Vice President of JinkoSolar, is a solar industry veteran and she has been instrumental in defining and leading the execution of JinkoSolar’s market positioning strategy that has led to JinkoSolar’s rapid growth.
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