New PV System Test Infrastructure
Fraunhofer ISE’s New Outdoor Performance Solar Test Field For Reliable Insights In Real Life Conditions
Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has opened a new 3-hectare test field near Freiburg to test various solar technologies including solar PV modules and integrated PV systems to combine laboratory and field measurements more quickly and precisely.
Patent Infringement Dispute Settled
LONGi & Hanwha Solutions Reach Out-Of-Court Settlement With Patent Cross-License Agreement
Two of the world’s leading suppliers of solar panels, LONGi Green Energy Technology of China and Hanwha Solutions Corporation of South Korea have put an end to their patent infringement war, on since 2019, with patent cross-licensing arrangement.
NREL Bats For ‘Unprecedented’ Ramp Up Of Solar
World Needs 63.4 TW Installed Nameplate PV Capacity Between 2050 & 2060 For 100% Decarbonization
An analysis by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) claims the world can achieve a completely decarbonized electricity system if there is an ‘unprecedented’ ramp-up of solar PV production capacity, reaching 63.4 TW installed nameplate capacity between 2050 and 2060.
Solar Industry Must Exhibit Integrity To Manage Waste
PV Cycle’s Jan Clyncke Hails Sustainable Nature Of Solar Panels, But Says More Needs To Be Done As Huge Volumes Need To Be Recycled in Future
As the world is increasingly adopting solar power to meet its electricity and decarbonization needs and is in need of gigantic volumes of PV panels to be installed and dismantled over the years to come, PV Cycle Managing Director Jan Clyncke believ.
ITRPV’s 14th Edition: PERC Continues To Dominate
295 GW Record Global Solar PV Modules Shipped In 2022; TOPCon To Account For 60% Market Share In 2033
There were a record 295 GW solar PV modules shipped in 2022 globally thanks to an improved supply of polysilicon and logistics costs coming down, taking its cumulative installed capacity to over 1.198 TW, according to the 14th edition of the Internat.
New Inverter Offering From Ingeteam
Spanish Inverter Manufacturer Ingeteam Launches Central Inverter For Large-Scale Storage Systems
As storage increasingly becomes important to help renewable energy generating sources deal with their intermittency, companies like Spanish solar inverter Ingeteam are coming out with solutions catering to this segment.
From 14 to 80 GW Solar Module Capacity In About 1 Year
Guoqiang Xing, CTO Of Tongwei Solar’s PV Business, Talks About The Global Silicon and Cell Leader’s Module Strategy With TaiyangNews
TaiyangNews Solar Module Innovations Conference 2023 concluded with a fire chat between Guoqiang Xing, CTO of Tongwei Solar’s PV Business, and TaiyangNews Managing Director Michael Schmela. Here is summary of their conversation.
New Method For Thin-Film PV Recycling
Chalmers Scientists Reveal Process To Recover 100% Silver From Thin-Film Solar Cells Using Midsummer Equipment
Researchers from Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology propose a ‘kinder’ and more environmentally friendly way, though longer, to recover 100% of silver and about 85% of indium from copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) thin film solar cells using Midsummer’s cells for the experiment.
Perovskite Solar Films Perform Well In Space
Big Boost For Perovskite Solar Films As These Survive For 10 Months In Space, Says UC Merced
Metal halide perovskite solar films, made using gravity defying electrospraying method, deployed outside the International Space Station (ISS) by a graduate student of University of California Merced (UC Merced) are said to have survived for 10 month.
JinkoSolar PV Module Recycling Pilot Plant In Operation
JinkoSolar’s Roy Bi Says Leading Solar Module Maker Ready To Expand New Module Recycling Pilot Line As Solar Waste Grows In Future
At the recently concluded TaiyangNews Virtual Conference on Solar & Sustainability, JinkoSolar’s Global Product Solution Manager Roy Bi discussed the various measures the vertically integrated solar module manufacturer is deploying to operate in a sustainable way.
Solar Pavement In Netherlands’ Groningen
Platio Commissions European Union’s New ‘Solar Footpath’ To Generate 53,000 kWh Annually
Hungary based solar technology company Platio Solar has switched on what it calls the European Union’s (EU) ‘new solar footpath’ built with the company solar pavers to produce close to 53,000 kWh electricity annually to power the Municipality of Groningen’s city hall.
Solar Data & Simulation Services For SEJ
Solargis To Provide Satellite Based Solar Data & Simulation Services For Distributed Solar In Japan
Japanese solar financier, developer and operator Shift Energy Japan (SEJ) has contracted solar software service provider Solargis to provide its satellite based solar data and PV simulation services for the company to evaluate feasible project pipeline in Japan and Southeast Asia.
Low-Cost Process For Ultrathin Films From India
IIT Mandi Team Proposes Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition To Produce Metal Oxide Layers For Solar Cells
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have developed what they term as a low-cost process to produce ultrathin films of metal oxides from cheaper starting materials using aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition (AACVD) tec.
New Industrial Adhesives For Thin-Film Solar Cells
Germany’s Delo Expands Product Range With Epoxy Resin/Acrylate Adhesives Suitable For Slot-Die Coating
German industrial adhesive Delo Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co KGaA says it now offers adhesives for thin-film solar cells, made out of epoxy resins or acrylates claiming these provide an effective barrier to the active layers against humidity.
ICS Claims Improved Output For HJT Modules With SEO Film
Intelligent Control Systems Says Its New Light Redirecting Film Helped Achieve 3.8% Power Improvement For Modules With Silicon HJT Cells
Finland based technology company Intelligent Control Systems Ltd (ICS) says its patented solar energy optics (SEO) light redirecting film has helped achieve power improvement of 3.8% in solar modules with silicon heterojunction (HJT) cells.
Huasun Record Power Rating of 724 W For HJT Modules
TÜV SÜD Certifies Huasun’s Claim Of 23.3% Conversion Efficiency For Heterojunction Solar Modules With Record Power Output
Chinese solar cell and module manufacturer Huasun has announced a new maximum conversion efficiency of 23.30% for its heterojunction (HJT) Himalaya solar modules resulting in a ‘module power record’ of 723.97 W certified by German certification agency TÜV SÜD.
Ascent Solar Switches Over To Perovskite Technology
CIGS Thin-Film US Solar Company Repurposes Sole Manufacturing Fab With 5 MW Capacity For High Efficiency Perovskite Solar Modules
A promising news for perovskite solar technology enthusiasts as CIGS thin-film solar PV company Ascent Solar Technologies from the US has repurposed its 5 MW Thornton facility as a Perovskite Center of Excellence (COE) for industrial commercializatio.
China’s Beyondsun Adopts TOPCon
Beyondsun Claims 22.45% Efficiency & Power Output Up To 580 W For Its New N-TOPCon Solar Module Series
Yet another Chinese solar PV module manufacturer has adopted n-type TOPCon technology with Zhejiang Beyondsun Green Energy Technology Co, Ltd announcing its N-Power series.
New Offshore Floating PV Technology Launched By Belgians
Jan De Nul, Tractebel & DEME Unveil Marine Floater Concept For Offshore Floating PV; To Launch Test Installation Off Belgian Coast
A group of 3 Belgian companies, Jan De Nul, Tractebel and DEME Group have created a ‘cost-effective’ marine floater concept that enables standard solar panels stay high above the water as a new offshore floating PV technology, calling it Seavolt,.
