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Modern laminator platforms incorporate staged vacuum, pressing, and cooling processes to ensure uniform encapsulant thickness and long-term module reliability. (Photo Credit: Robert Bürkle GmbH)
European laminator suppliers highlight multi-stage and multi-stack approaches to improve uniformity, reliability, and throughput of the lamination process
Hoymiles' liquid cooled ESS.
This liquid-cooled ESS is certified from 3rd party institute for low-noise-level applications of below 60 dB
JinkoSolar's Tiger Neo 3.0 module.
The company uses a specially coated front glass and front edgeless short-side frames for this module
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At the TaiyangNews High-Efficiency Solar Technologies Conference 2025, AIKO outlined 0BB interconnection, copper electroplating, and rear-side structural refinements within its BC platform
As module formats diversify and electrical configurations become more complex, layup and bussing stations are evolving to handle greater variability and programmable control. (Photo Credit: AIKO Solar)
Diversity in wafer/ cell format and multi-cut architectures increases the flexibility demands in automation platforms of module production
At the TaiyangNews High-Efficiency Solar Technologies Conference 2025, ISC Konstanz’s Radovan Kopecek outlined why back-contact architectures may represent the next major transition in crystalline silicon PV. (Photo Credit: TaiyangNews)
Radovan Kopecek from ISC Konstanz believes efficiency trends and market signals point to BC’s growing relevance in crystalline silicon PV
Mibet's mounting system.
This universal clamp kit features a trackless mounting design and combines mechanical attachment and electrical grounding function
Enphase's microinverter.
Enlisted by CEC, this software, when blended into gateways, helps installers in streamlining microinverter-based small commercial projects
Dr. Laura Stevens (left) shows the 34.2% III-V germanium-based tandem module developed at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. Leonhard Böck (right) contributed to the 31.3% III-V silicon-based module. (Photo Credit: Fraunhofer ISE)
Two module-scale III-V tandem modules reach 31.3% (Si) and 34.2% (Ge), with the latter establishing a new efficiency benchmark
Sungrow's modular inverter.
These inverters, when coupled with a storage system, offer flexibility in replacing a faulty unit with a healthy alternative within 1 hour of fault generation
Combined tabber and stringer platforms are adapting to multi-cut formats, BC interconnection requirements, and evolving busbar strategies across global module markets. (Photo Credit: Tongwei)
This section of the report discusses the evolution of combined tabber and stringer equipment to support BC architectures, finer cell slicing, and flexible upgrade paths
As cell technologies and module designs evolve, module production equipment across interconnection, layup, bussing, lamination, and testing stations must adapt to new process and material requirements. (Photo Credit: LONGi)
From TOPCon standardization to emerging BC architectures, module production tools adapt to rising complexity and flexibility demands
(a) 4-inch wafer with fabricated devices; (b) electrode pattern detail; (c) device schematic; (d–f) current–voltage characteristics under different illumination wavelengths. (Photo Credit: Mastria et al., Advanced Science)
A study demonstrates wafer-scale, room-temperature deposition of lead-free Cs₃Sb₂X₉ thin films with high photodetector performance
Hinen's latest residential storage solution.
This inverter is aimed at addressing Europe’s high electricity tariff rates and Africa’s unreliable distribution grid infrastructure
Dante Zeng, Product Marketing Manager at LONGi, highlights the company’s interpretation of the BC White Paper during the TaiyangNews High Efficiency Solar Technologies 2025 conference. (Photo Credit: TaiyangNews)
At the TaiyangNews High-Efficiency Solar Technologies 2025 Conference, LONGi outlined how back-contact design addresses fundamental efficiency and reliability constraints in conventional cell architec ...
Hoymiles latest residential storage solution at the event.
Built for residential applications, this solution combines battery banks, a hybrid inverter, and an EMS in a single enclosure
Risen Energy's latest C&I storage solution.
The company promotes this product for C&I ancillary applications
At the TaiyangNews Reliable PV Module Design 2025 conference, JTPV presented cell-level strategies to mitigate UV-induced degradation, damp heat corrosion, and different forms of PID in n-type modules. (Photo Credit: TaiyangNews)
Xinrui An from JTPV outlines how process and material adjustments in n-type cells influence long-term module reliability
Interlaboratory comparison of PV module power measurements between Fraunhofer ISE and PTB. (Photo Credit: Fraunhofer ISE)
Interlaboratory round robin reports less than 0.15% deviation, while long-term analysis shows a 1.4% median gap between manufacturer ratings and measured values in 2025
Dual electroluminescence (EL) and photoluminescence (PL) images of perovskite and silicon subcells in a monolithic tandem device, illustrating how localized defects and lateral inhomogeneities can be identified through junction-specific luminescence imaging. (Source: Study in Solar RRL)
Fraunhofer ISE reports key characterization challenges in monolithic tandem devices and proposes industry-compatible solutions for I-V analysis
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