HJT for Rooftops – And Utility Scale Solar?
HJT Is Progressing At All Levels; High Efficiency At Cell Level, High Power Variants Of Module Products And Starting To Address The Utility Solar Segment
High cell efficiency is a key motivating factor to opt for HJT cell technology as that’s the major level to decrease cost on the module level. Due to its superior passivation quality, HJT technology can attain very high Voc of above 750 mV.
EDPR Sunseap Exploring Recycled Plastic For Floating PV
Recycled Plastic For EDPR Sunseap’s Future Floating Solar PV Projects In Asia Pacific To Come From Archwey’s PlasticBean
EDP Renewables’ Asia Pacific renewables platform EDPR Sunseap will explore the use of 100% recycled plastic to make floating pontoons for its future floating solar PV projects in Indonesia, Singapore and South Korea, which will be supplied by Archwey’s PlasticBean.
Hevel Touts 24.5% Efficiency For Heterojunction Solar Cells
Russia’s Hevel Group Upgrades Production Line To M6 Wafer Size, Solderable Busbar Cells & Switches Over To Bifacial Module Production Entirely
Russian solar cell and modules manufacturer Hevel Group’s 350 MW annual production facility is upgraded to handle larger M6 wafer sizes and solderable metallization layout.
Positive Outlook on Solar Demand & Technology Developments At TaiyangNews Event
On Final Day of TaiyangNews High Efficiency Solar Technologies Conference BloombergNEF Forecasts 268 GW New Solar Capacity In 2022 While LONGi Is Optimistic Of 1 TW Annual Installations Globally By 2030
After addressing two high-efficiency cell technologies on each of the first two days of our TaiyangNews High Efficiency Solar Technologies, on the final third day, we have covered more general topics under the theme, Global Solar Market & Cell Technology Trends.
Lowering Losses
While Optimization Of Encapsulation Is The Major Change Required For Module BOM Of HJT, Half Wafer Processing And Optimization Of Cell Process Are The Ways To Curtail The CTM Losses
This article is the second about HJT module making, after we covered metallization as the last part of solar cell processing in this series of articles on HJT solar manufacturing (see Silver-Free Contacts Via Plating For HJT) HJT solar technology requires changes at the module level.
Day 2: TaiyangNews High Efficiency Solar Technologies Conference
High Efficiency & Massive Growth Potential In The Long-Term, But Heterojunction Needs To Compete On Cost With TOPCon & PERC
From being talked about in one breath with TOPCOn as a potential contender to replacing PERC till about a year back, heterojunction (HJT) solar cell technology has carved a niche for itself since then.
Pilot Line For Tandem Solar Cells Under EU’s Pepperoni Project
HZB & South Korea’s Qcells To Set Up EU Funded Pilot Line For Industrial Tandem Solar Cells In Germany
Yet another step taken by solar industry, academia and policymakers to revive European solar manufacturing with German research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and cell & module maker from South Korea, Qcells announcing a pilot tandem pr.
TaiyangNews High Efficiency Solar Technologies 2022 Event Day 1 Sees Amazing Progress For TOPCon
TOPCon To Exit 2022 With 70 GW Cumulative Installed Capacity; Further Cost Reduction & Efficiency Improvement Expected
Since the start of 2022, perhaps not a single week goes by when some solar PV technology company somewhere on the globe doesn’t come out with some technology update, cell efficiency record, better production methods, and the like, with cell technol.
NREL Releases Interactive Solar Cell Efficiency Chart
NREL’s Much Referred Solar Cell Efficiency Chart Goes Interactive To Offer Deeper Insights Into Various Technologies
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) under the US government’s Department of Energy (DOE) has made interactive its widely renowned and referred solar cell efficiency chart, which it says makes the chart more informative and provides deeper dive into the data.
LONGi Breaks Long-Time Silicon Solar Cell Record
LONGi Creates History by Breaking 5-Year-Old World Record Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Of Kaneka As It Produces 26.81% Efficient Back Contact Cell
LONGi Solar, the world’s largest integrated PV manufacturer from China, today has announced a new world record efficiency for crystalline solar cells at 26.81% based on its proprietary HJT cell technology.
Connecting The HJT Contacts
For Interconnection HJT Cells In Module Making Soldering Is The State Of The Art In China While ECA Is Preferred In Europe
This article is on HJT module making, after we covered metallization as the last part of solar cell processing in previous articles on our HJT solar manufacturing series (see Silver-Free Contacts Via Plating For HJT) Coming to panel processing, HJ.
Certification For Building Integrated Solar PV Modules
TÜV Rheinland Launches Independent Global Test Standard For BIPV Solar Modules
Germany headquartered global independent testing and certification agency TÜV Rheinland has launched what it calls a ‘globally unique’ test standard for the certification of building integrated PV (BIPV) modules that address this growing market .
23.86% Efficiency For JinkoSolar’s N-Type Solar Module
TUV Rheinland Confirms Very High 23.86% Efficiency For JinkoSolar’s 182mm N-Type Solar Module
German testing and certification agency TUV Rheinland has independently tested and confirmed JinkoSolar’s claims of achieving efficiency of 23.86% for its 182mm n-type module that’s equipped with the company’s own large size monocrystalline sil.
REC Group Launches New N-TOPCon Module For US
Norway’s REC Group Starts Production Of N-Type TOPCon All Black Solar Panel For US Rooftop Market
Norway based solar PV manufacturer REC Group has unveiled an all-black, n-type TOPCon solar module, targeting US rooftop solar segment, which is currently under production at the company’s Singapore manufacturing site to be shipped to the US in January 2023.
Indian Module Maker Launches New M10 Solar Modules
Gautam Solar Expands G2X Module Series With A New 450 W Module With Bigger M10 Cells For Rooftop Solar Segment
Solar module producer Gautam Solar from India has launched a new high efficiency and high-performance solar module using M10 cells with a power output of 450 W and up to 21.28% efficiency, targeting rooftop solar installations.
Whitepaper On Perovskite Silicon Tandem Cell Characterization
Wavelabs Defines Requirements & Solutions For Accurate Characterization Of PST Solar Cells
Germany’s Wavelabs argues that LED-based cell flasher technology is not only simple, accurate and efficient, but also crucial for accurate and scalable cell measurement in the industrial production of perovskite silicon tandem (PST) cells to enable.
Silver-Free Contacts Via Plating For HJT
Plating With Several Benefits Is An Interesting Alternate For Metallization Of HJT, While The Technology Has Not Yet Entered The Mainstream For HJT
In the third article on metallization of HJT solar cells we focus on plating as an alternative to incumbent screen printing. This follows on a recent article on HJT metallization discussing the status quo of HJT metallization including the fundament.
25% Efficiency For JinkoSolar’s N-TOPCon Solar Cell
JinkoSolar Starts Mass Production Of N-Type TOPCon Cell With 25% Efficiency, Touting 10 GW Scale Capacity
Chinese solar PV manufacturer JinkoSolar has started production of its n-type TOPCon cell with an average efficiency of 25% ‘and beyond’, while claiming to have become the 1st solar module producer to have a 10 GW scale capacity of these cells with this high an efficiency.
EU’s IBC4EU Solar Project With ISC Konstanz
Bifacial IBC Solar Pilot To Develop GW Scale Vertically Integrated European Production Value Chain
The European Commission (EC) has launched its IBC4EU project, coordinated by German research center ISC Konstanz, with an aim to demonstrate bifacial IBC technology as the ‘most promising choice’ for fast launch of GW scale PV production in the European Union (EU).
