Russia To Host Gigawatt Level Heterojunction Factory
Unigreen Energy Starts Construction Of 1.3 GW Silicon N-Type Monocrystalline Ingots & Wafers, Along With 1 GW Heterojunction Cell Factory In Kaliningrad, Russia; Says Will Revive European Solar Industry
Friday, 30 Jul 2021
Russian diversified business group Unigreen Energy – with interests spanning renewable energy, nutrition and ecotourism projects – has started construction on a GW level heterojunction (HJT) factory in the country.
Meyer Burger Raises Capital To Expand Production Capacity
Meyer Burger Secures €185 Million Loan To Expand Solar Cell & Module Capacity In Germany; Plans To Build New Fab With 400 MW Capacity; Says Won’t Sell Heterojunction Solar Cells To 3rd Parties
Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021
No sooner than it launched itself officially as a solar cell and module manufacturer launching its production facilities in Germany, Meyer Burger has announced plans to invest in a 2nd module manufacturing fab with an initial capacity of 400 MW.
HJT Boasting Best Bifaciality
HJT A Technology Well Know For Its High Efficiency Potential, Also Comes With Best Bifaciality Of About 90% Among All Commercially Available Cell Architectures
Friday, 16 Apr 2021
Heterojunction is not just another high efficiency cell structure, but also boasts the best bifaciality. In fact, Panasonic’s (formerly Sanyo) HIT modules were the first commercial bifacial products that were already available in the year 2000.
China PV News Snippets: Maxwell, EnergyChina, TZS
Maxwell Intends To Invest RMB 45 Mn In Industrial Funds; Energy China Group Sign 200 MW PV Power Generation Project; Construction Begins For Zhonghuan’s Smart Factory
Tuesday, 23 Feb 2021
Maxwell intends to invest RMB 45 million in industrial funds: Production equipment producer for the solar cell industry Maxwell, in an announcement, stated that it will be leveraging the strength and resources of professional institutions in order to enhance its comprehensive competitiveness.
25.2% Efficiency For GS-Solar HJT Solar Cell
China’s GS-Solar Claims 25.2% As ‘Highest Efficiency’ For Mass Produced Heterojunction Solar Cells, Certified By Germany’s TÜV Nord
Friday, 19 Feb 2021
GS-Solar, a Chinese solar cell and module maker that turned into an equipment supplier, claims to have reached 25.2% power conversion efficiency for its mass production ready heterojunction (HJT) solar cells, with German certification and testing agency TÜV Nord certifying the efficiency.
Panasonic Exiting Solar PV Production Business
Panasonic Corporation To Stop Production Of Solar Wafer, Cell & Modules In 2022 While Continuing To Sell Self Branded Solar Modules In Japan; Nikkei Asia Blames ‘Fierce Competition’ From Chinese Manufacturers For Move
Monday, 01 Feb 2021
Japanese electronics and solar PV products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation is ceasing the production of solar PV products at its factories in Malaysia and Shimane Prefecture in Japan.
The Core Of HJT
While PECVD Is The Widely Followed Technology For Applying Core Layer In HJT, CAT-CVD Was Also In Use And PEALD Is In Development
Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021
Core layer depositions the heart of HJT processing. It involves multi-layer stacking of intrinsic-amorphous and doped-amorphous silicon layers of opposite polarities on each side of the wafer and controlling them at the nanometer scale.
Cleaning Is Key
While Hydrogen Peroxide And Ozone Based Are The Two Wafer Cleaning Methods In Wet-chemical Process, The Latter Is Becoming Trend
Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020
As with standard cell making, the heterojunction (HJT) solar cell process also starts with saw damage etching, followed by texturization.
Thinner Is Better For Cost
HJT Technology Is Compatible With Thinner Wafer Than Any Other Solar Technology, Thus Enables To Reduce Wafers Costs
Thursday, 17 Dec 2020
HJT technology generally carries an image of a premium solar cell technology that is expensive. It is true that the manufacturing costs are higher than for PERC.
China PV News Snippets: Risen, Trina, Sineng, Chint
Risen Yiwu project’s 2nd-phase production begins; Trina Solar Signs Long-Term Orders With Different Cos; Sineng & Risen Partner For 600W+ Industrial Ecosystem; Chint Completes 3 PV Plants In Netherlands
Saturday, 05 Dec 2020
Considered to be one of the most important photovoltaic projects in Yiwu, Risen’s 210 high-efficiency module project begins its second phase of production.
China PV News Snippets: Akcome, Concord, Shanxi Coal
Akcome & Taixing Build 6 GW Solar Cell; Concord To Sell PV Project For RMB 175 MN; PV Glass Prices Rise; 3 GW Solar Project Progressing: Shanxi Coal
Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020
Akcome and Taixing High-Tech Zone to build 6 GW solar cell/module HJT fab: China based Jiangsu Akcome Technology has entered into a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Jiangsu Taixing High-Tech Industrial Development Zone Management Committee.
25% Efficiency For Heterojunction Solar Cell
CEA-INES & Enel Green Power Report 25% Active Area Power Conversion Efficiency For Heterojunction Solar Cell On M2 Wafer; CalTec Certifies
Monday, 31 Aug 2020
For a heterojunction (HJT) solar cell, 25% of active area power conversion efficiency has been achieved using an M2 wafer. This ‘world-class result’ has been certified by ISFH CalTec.
China PV News Snippets: Shanxi Coal, Zhongli Group
Coal Miner Shanxi Coal International Will Enter Heterojunction Solar Manufacturing In Joint Venture; COVID-19 Impacted Zhongli Group During H1/2020
Tuesday, 25 Aug 2020
Zhongli Group’s net loss during H1/2020 was a total of RMB 260 million as it suffered from logistical challenges and capital constraints. (Photo Credit: JinkoSolar Co.
TaiyangNews 500W+ Conference: Risen Energy
Risen Energy’s Yafeng Liu Presents The Technicalities Behind 2 Generations Of The Chinese Module Maker’s Titan Series With Output Power Of Over 500 W And 600 W As It Works On A 700 W Product Based On Higher Efficient Cell Technology
Friday, 21 Aug 2020
Risen Energy was the first company to introduce a 500 W+ module product based on a larger wafer size in Dec 2019.
China PV News Snippets: Seraphim, GS-Solar, SPIC
Seraphim Enters 150 MW Solar Module Supply Deal With Raystech Group; GS-Solar Launches Polycrystalline HJT Bifacial Module
Wednesday, 12 Aug 2020
Germany’s TUV Rheinland has certified SPIC Huanghe Hydropower’s IBC single-glass and double-glass solar cell modules under the new IEC standard, at SNEC 2020.
China PV Snippets: Price Update, HJT News
EnergyTrend Survey On Solar PV Prices Across Supply Chain In China; Jinnergy Goes M6, CSI Setting Up 250 MW HJT Line
Thursday, 09 Jul 2020
China silicon prices up, wafers and cells stable, modules further down: In a survey on industry-wide price trends along the entire PV supply chain in mainland China between June 24, 2020 to June 30, 2020, comparing it to the period between July 1, .
High Efficiency Solar Cells 2019
TaiyangNews First Report on High Efficiency Cell Technologies Provides Overview From PERC To Passivated Contacts and HJT
Thursday, 21 Nov 2019
Solar cell and module manufacturers focus on improving the efficiency of PV devices to continue driving the already low costs further down. The share of PERC in commercial PV production has been increasing consistently on this account.
Hanergy Reports 25.11% Efficiency For SHJ Technology
ISFH Certifies Hanergy Exceeded Previous Power Conversion Efficiency Record For Silicon Heterojunction Technology With 25.11%
Wednesday, 20 Nov 2019
Thin film solar PV technology company Hanergy Mobile Energy Holding Group Limited has exceeded its previous record power conversion efficiency level of 24.85% for silicon heterojunction (SHJ) technology, this time achieving 25.11% efficiency over a s.
Solar Is Always Good For Surprises
The Latest Solar Module Advancements To Improve Efficiency & Power Output
Monday, 30 Sep 2019
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 at least 15 commercially available module products that have more than 410 W, and the top products are significantly more powerful.
Endeas Supplying Testing Solutions For HJT Fab
Finlands Endeas To Deliver Fully Automated QuickSun All-In-One Testing Stations With Annual Testing Capacity Of Up To 750 MW To Unidentified Non-Chinese Client’s New Heterojunction Solar PV Module Factory In Q3/2019
Friday, 19 Apr 2019
The QuickSun solar simulators of Endeas come equipped with the company’s in-house developed CAC technology that enables accurate measurement of the maximum power and other I-V parameters of HJT modules, according to the Finnish company.
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