World’s ‘Highest’ Commercial Solar Module Efficiency
Maxeon Solar Technologies Installs Next Generation IBC Solar Panels With 24.1% Efficiency
Friday, 16 Feb 2024
Maxeon Solar Technologies has announced the world’s ‘highest’ conversion rate efficiency for commercial solar panels, calling it an industry benchmark, with up to 24.1%.
Silicon Wafer Size Standardization Update
6 Leading Solar PV Manufacturers Reach Consensus For Using Rectangular Silicon Wafers
Monday, 21 Aug 2023
Leading solar PV manufacturing companies LONGi, Risen Energy, Canadian Solar, Tongwei Solar, DAS Solar and Astronergy have reached a consensus to use a standardized rectangular silicon wafer size of 191.Xmm for 72-cell modules.
‘1st’ LCA Certificate For 210mm Solar Modules
Trina Solar Touts TUV Rheinland’s LCA Certificate For Vertex Solar Modules
Wednesday, 08 Jun 2022
Chinese integrated solar PV manufacturer Trina Solar says it has become the 1st solar company to receive a life cycle assessment (LCA) certificate from TUV Rheinland for solar modules based on 210mm wafer sized cells.
Day 2: Intersolar Munich Review Conference
‘Clear Trend’ Towards N-Type Solar Technology In Rooftop Solar Segment At Intersolar Europe 2022
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
After an insightful Day 1 of TaiyangNews Intersolar Munich Review Conference when the focus was on product innovations in the field of utility scale solar at Intersolar 2022, Day 2 on May 25, 2022 was focused on the rooftop solar segment (see Day 1: .
Day 1: Intersolar Munich Review Conference
TaiyangNews Conference: Hot On Trail Of Utility Scale Solar At Intersolar Europe 2022
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
One and a half weeks after Intersolar Europe (part of the Smarter E) in Munich ended, counting around 65,000 visitors, 33% more than the last pre-Coronavirus event in 2019, TaiyangNews has held the first day of its Intersolar Review Virtual Conference.
Taiwan’s ‘Solar Rock’ Unveiled
Architecture Firm MVRDV Reveals BIPV Panels Covered Building In Taiwan
Wednesday, 19 Jan 2022
Netherlands based well-known architecture firm MVRDV has unveiled Solar Rock, a project it has built for Taiwanese utility Taipower with the entire façade designed to cover a minimum of 4,000 sq. mtr.
23.65% Efficiency For Heterojunction Module
Risen Energy Touts TÜV Confirmation for 23.65% HJT 721 W PV Module
Friday, 24 Dec 2021
Chinese solar cell and module producer Risen Energy Co., Ltd. has achieved 23.65% power conversion efficiency for its high efficiency heterojunction solar module series with a maximum power output of 721.016W.
New SoliTek Solar Panel For Greenhouses
SoliTek Introduces M40 Solar Panel With 235W Output & 12.65% Efficiency
Monday, 22 Nov 2021
Lithuanian solar technology company SoliTek has introduced a new solar panel calling it M40 with a power output of 235W, specifically targeting greenhouses, even those that are less sunny.
Day 2: Solar Module Innovations Conference
Solar PV Technology Expanding Room For Advanced Cell Architectures While Holding On To Reliability: TaiyangNews Findings On Day 2
Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021
After an insightful Day 1 of TaiyangNews Solar Module Innovations Conference where participants talked about innovations in building attached PV (BAPV) and building-integrated PV ((BIPV) modules, Day 2 was dedicated to module technology progress in ground mounted power plants.
Day 1: Solar Module Innovations Conference
Expanding Potential For Rooftop PV & BIPV Modules, Focus Of TaiyangNews Solar Module Innovations Conference On 1st Day
Tuesday, 16 Nov 2021
Technology is changing, advancing even as you read this. We’d have to agree that even though this is a much clichéd phrase to express the sentiment, in the world of solar PV modules it is nonetheless the truth.
22.70% HJT Solar Module Efficiency
China’s Huasun Declares 22.70% Efficiency For HJT Solar Module
Saturday, 13 Nov 2021
Chinese solar cell and module manufacturer Huasun Energy has declared achieving heterojunction (HJT) solar module efficiency of 22.70% for a M6-144 module leading to a power rating of 493.3W. The efficiency has been confirmed by Germany’s TUV SUD.
Bio-Based Solar PV Modules
France’s CEA-Liten & Roctool Claim 100% Recyclable Solar PV Panels
Thursday, 07 Oct 2021
European research institute Liten, under the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and French technology company Roctool have launched what they call the 1st bio-based and 100% recyclable solar PV panels.
Very High Efficient Solar Module
LONGi Launches 22.2% Efficient 400W Hi-RO Onyx Rooftop PV Panel
Tuesday, 28 Sep 2021
China’s integrated solar PV production company LONGi Solar has launched a zero busbar (ZBB) solar panel with ‘no visible’ busbars, with maximum module efficiency reaching up to 22.2% and power output of 400W. It uses half-cut cells.
Fraunhofer ISE On European Modules
European PV Panels Have Less CO2 Than Chinese
Friday, 24 Sep 2021
German research institute Fraunhofer ISE believes silicon solar PV modules produced in European Union (EU) come with 40% less CO2 produced per kWh during the manufacturing process, with PV electricity compared to those produced in China.
Solaria Launches New Black Solar Panels
Solaria Corporation Expands PowerXT Solar Module Portfolio With Pure Black 430W Solar Panels For North America Residential Segment
Tuesday, 14 Sep 2021
American solar module producer Solaria Corporation has launched its new solar panel in the PowerXT series with 430 W power output. The PowerXT 430R-PL solar panel is aimed at the residential solar segment and will be available from March 2022 onward.
HZB Studying Solar Façade Installed On New Building
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Installs Frameless CIGS Thin Film Solar Modules On New Research Building; To Study Solar Façade In Real Life Conditions
Thursday, 09 Sep 2021
German solar research center Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has commissioned its new research building in Berlin whose façade consists of 360 CIGS thin film solar modules, installed on west, south and north sides.
Trio Release M10 Module Standardization
182mm Wafer Sized Solar Module Proponents JA Solar, JinkoSolar & LONGi Solar Agree On & Release Standardization Scheme For M10 Modules
Wednesday, 08 Sep 2021
JA Solar, JinkoSolar & LONGi Solar, the 3 Chinese solar PV product manufacturers putting their weight behind 182mm wafer sized solar module design have come up with a standardization scheme to jointly advocate this wafer size to smoothen supply chain challenges.
TaiyangNews Reliable PV Module Design Conference
Solar PV Industry Must Focus On Due Diligence & Extensive Step-By-Step Testing For Various Materials In Supply Chain To Improve Reliability Said Participants During TaiyangNews Reliable PV Module Conference
Tuesday, 31 Aug 2021
In the rapidly evolving global solar PV industry of today with ever growing technological innovations and the race to get ahead of peers to bring in differentiated products, could there be challenges related to the actual product itself, namely solar.
Indian Solar Exports Drop 49%
Import/Export Statistics For First 9 Months Of FY2015/17 Shows Indian Developers Increasingly Depend On Foreign Cells And Modules
Tuesday, 07 Mar 2017
India saw its solar import and export activity in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2016-2017 amounting to 127 billion INR ($1.9 billion).
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