Funding Proposals Sought For End-Of-Life PV Panel Issues
Research Proposals Addressing End-Of-Life Solar PV Panel Issues Along With Technology Improvements In Advanced Silicon, Tandem Silicon & New Materials Sought By ARENA For AUD 15 Million Funding
Friday, 13 Dec 2019
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is seeking research proposals to explore end-of-life issues for solar PV panels, ways to increase their efficiency and lowering their costs.
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.
MIT Study Bats For PV Panels With Shorter Shelf Life
Replacing Solar Panels Within 15 Years While Maintaining Remaining Equipment More Cost Effective Than Replacing Everything After 25-30 Years: MIT Research
Wednesday, 25 Sep 2019
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say solar panels with a shelf life of 10 years or 15 years make more economic sense than the current breed of those with 25 years to 30 years of lifespan.
Seamless Encapsulation For Higher Efficiency
LONGi Solar To Start Mass Production Of Seamless Soldering Technology In H2/2019 As It Leads To PERC Module Power Generation Of 500-Watt, According To TÜV SÜD
Sunday, 02 Jun 2019
LONGi Solar’s seamless soldering technology (commonly known as shingle modules) helps completely eliminate the typical 2 mm wide cell gap between cells which reduces the module BOM cost.
SunPower’s 400+ W Residential Solar Panels
SunPower Launches Home Solar Panels With 400W & 415 W Capacity; Calls These A-Series Next Generation Technology Panels As ‘Most Powerful Residential Solar Panels In The World’
Wednesday, 06 Mar 2019
SunPower's A-Series solar panels for the residential segment come with 6-inch cells and a factory-integrated microinverter.
41.4% Efficiency For Concentrator PV
Fraunhofer ISE Led Consortium Achieves 41.4% Module Efficiency For Concentrator Photovoltaics Using Multi-Junction Solar Cells In European Union Funded Project
Friday, 23 Nov 2018
A Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) headed consortium of research institutes and industry partners from Germany, Italy, Spain and France have achieved a module efficiency of 41.4% for concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) technology.
Jolywood Launches Transparent Backsheet
Jolywood Suzhou Launches Transparent Backsheet Product Developed Together With DuPont To Address Promising Bifacial Solar Module Market
Thursday, 15 Nov 2018
Chinese solar PV backsheet and monocrystalline n-type bifacial solar cell and module maker Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co. Ltd.
What’s The Top Efficiency Solar Module?
TaiyangNews Advanced Solar Module Technology Report Shows Highest Efficient Commercial Solar Modules Are Based on Back Contact Silicon Cells
Monday, 08 Oct 2018
The efficiency of a solar module deals with the ability of a PV panel to convert the incident solar light into electrical energy per unit area.
Advanced Solar Module Technology 2018 Report
The Time For A New Generation Of Solar Modules Has Come – TaiyangNews Presents In-Depth Report With Product Data On The Most Exciting New PV Module Technologies
Thursday, 20 Sep 2018
The Times For A New Generation Of Solar Modules Has Come –TaiyangNews Presents an In-Depth Report With Product Data On The Most Exciting New Module Technologies In the 2nd edition of our TaiyangNews Advanced Module Technologies Report, we provide a.
Malaysia Seeks WTO Intervention In India
Malaysia Approaches WTO In Response To India’s Call For Safeguard Duty Against Imported Solar Cells From China & Malaysia
Sunday, 02 Sep 2018
While Malaysia has approached WTO to discuss solar safeguard duties with India, the Indian government has time till the Orissa High Court holds a hearing on the matter of implementation of the safeguard duty scheduled for September 19, 2018.
EU Ends Trade Measures On Chinese Cells & Panels
European Commission Scraps Anti-Dumping & Anti-Subsidy Measures On Solar Panels From China Beginning September 3, 2018 Midnight In EU’s ‘Best Interests’
Saturday, 01 Sep 2018
In effect since December 2013 for a three-year period, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures by the EU on Chinese solar panels were extended by the European Commission for another 18 months in March 2017.
Indian Solar Imports & Exports Decline In Q2/2018
Chinese Solar Cells And Modules Imports To India Drop 67% In Q2/2018 With Uncertainty Around Safeguard Duty & Slowing Tender Activity
Tuesday, 21 Aug 2018
Imports of solar cells and modules during Q2/2018 into India showed a decline of 60%, over last quarter, exports of Indian manufacturers too dropped by 9%, according to Mercom.
MNRE Relaxes Norms For Quality Control Order
India Extends Date For Self-Certification By Module Manufacturers To September 4, 2018; Production Capacities Below 50 MW Exempted From BIS Certification For 2 Years
Wednesday, 18 Jul 2018
India's MNRE, headed by RK Singh (in the middle), has responded to the requests from the solar industry which asked for more time to comply with the new solar module quality control order.
Trina Reports 20.16% Multi c-Si PERC Cell
Trina Solar Claims 20.16% Efficiency For Commercial Multi c-Si Cell With PERC Technology & 18.7% For Multi c-Si P-Type Double Print Cells
Tuesday, 17 Jul 2018
Trina Solar announced it has achieved an average efficiency of 20.16% for its industrially produced p-type multicrystalline 156 x 156 mm² silicon solar cells based on PERC technology.
Challenging Times Ahead For Solar Backsheets
With Bifacial Solar Module Expected To Come Big Soon, It Will Be Interesting To See How Backsheets Will Prepare For This Challenge.
Sunday, 27 May 2018
Our TaiyangNews Market Survey on Solar Backsheets 2018 shows plenty of developments in this import segment for module manufacturing: New players, new products, new challenges.
Foundation Stone Laid For PV Fab In Bihar
Solar Goes Local As Rural Indian Self-Help Women Groups To Own And Operate Small Solar Module Manufacturing Facilities
Tuesday, 17 Apr 2018
While the Waaree factory, pictured here at their booth during last year’s REI show, is one of the bigger module fabs in India, there are also several very small facilities - among them two newly founded module assemblies operated solely by women..
35% Cost Drop For BIPV Modules
Fraunhofer ISE And Schmid Group Say 35% Cost Reduction Possible For BIPV Modules With New Production Concepts
Tuesday, 17 Apr 2018
A research team comprising PV equipment manufacturer Schmid Group and Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have concluded that new production concepts can help bring down costs of building-integrated PV (BIPV) modules by 35%.
ITRPV: Global PV Production Oversupply Warning
9th ITRPV Roadmap Report Warns Of “Critical Oversupply Situation” With PV Production Capacity Of Over 130 GW Module And 110 GW For Cells At The End Of 2017
Monday, 19 Mar 2018
The world could be facing an oversupply of PV module and cell production capacity, according to the 9th edition of the International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaic (ITRPV).
BIPV For Historic Swiss Site
Historic Protected Site Of A Farmhouse In Switzerland Gets Highly Aesthetic PV Terracotta Red Solar Power Tiles On Rooftop
Tuesday, 03 Oct 2017
Addressing the concern of integrating PV with historic protected sites, the Swiss Center For Microelectronics and Microtechnologies (CSEM) and module maker Issol have developed solar roof tiles based on standard crystalline silicon cell technology, w.
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