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The weight of a thin-film rooftop PV installation at Netherlands football club AZ Alkmaar has been highlighted in media reports as a possible cause of a stadium roof collapse. However, a full investigation is yet to be launched and one German specialist said studies have shown flush-mount PV panels do not increase static wind loads on rooftops.

Aug 12, 2019 // BIPV, Technology, Germany, rooftop, Netherlands, AZ Alkmaar’s stadium, Andries Broersma, Hanergy system, Thorsten Kray

Tesla Ramping Up Production Of V3 Solar Roof Tiles To 1,000 Systems/Week By End Of 2019

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed on Twitter that the company is working to ramp up the production of its solar roof tiles to a rate of 1000 per week by the end of the year. Rollout of the solar roof tiles has been slower than the company expected back when they were first revealed in a 2016 event at the Universal Studios backlot in Southern California.

Jul 31, 2019 // BIPV, bipv, TESLA, Elon Musk, Southern California, Universal Studios backlot, LEGO, Building-integrated photovoltaics

Tesla’s solar roof tile production yet to ramp

Tesla’s solar roof tile system production ramp has seemed to have been delayed further, according to second quarter 2019 financial filings.

Jul 29, 2019 // BIPV, TESLA, Gigafactory 2, SEC filing notes

NEW DESIGNS COULD BOOST SOLAR CELLS BEYOND THEIR LIMITS

THE SUN BLANKETS the Earth with enough photons every hour to meet the entire world’s energy needs for a year. The question is how to efficiently convert them into electricity.

Jul 11, 2019 // BIPV, Marc Baldo, Shockley-Queisser, NREL

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