Solar Manufacturing News

Sharp introduces 440 W half-cut PV module with 19.9% effectiveness
The Japanese supplier said the brand-new photovoltaic panel features 144 half-cells based upon M6 wafers as well as a nine-busbar design, with a power resistance of as much as 5%.
Sep 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Japan, Sharp, Asia, PV module, efficiency, Jens Meyer
Jinko blog posts $47m, second-quarter profit
The Chinese solar manufacturer delivered 4.46 GW of modules for turnover of $1.2 billion from April to June and expects to relocate 20 GW of panels this year.
Sep 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Jinko
Half-cut, bifacial, 22.5%- reliable PERC modules from Vietnam
Chinese solar manufacturer Dehui is planning mass production of 12-busbar bifacial panels based on 182mm wafers from following year. Dehui's current, 166mm-wafer modules supply conversion efficiencies of 21.6-22.5%.
Sep 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, bifacial panel, Vietnam, PERC module
Australian-made cutter rail for solar modules
Solar market individuals have actually created a brand-new Australian-manufactured rail for PV modules that has actually been crafted to ensure security and also durability, while accommodating the needs of installers that work with residential and business roof projects.
Sep 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Clenergy, Solar Cutters
JinkoSolar mulls providing on Shanghai's STAR market to fuel new growth
Leading 'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) manufacturer JinkoSolar has actually exposed it is thinking about providing its primary operating subsidiary on Shanghai's STAR Market.
Sep 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, IPO, JinkoSolar, investment, finance, shanghai stock exchange, nyse, star, Kangpin Chen
Hemlock Semiconductor comes to be up and down integrated polysilicon maker
The U.S. polysilicon supplier has gotten DuPont's trichlorosilane service, in a relocation that will certainly assist it reduce manufacturing expenses as well as control supply.
Sep 21, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Hemlock Semiconductor, Mark Bassett
Probabilistic model shows PV module warranty reliability
U.S.-Spanish researchers have actually proposed a brand-new way to examine the dependability of PV modules as well as their service warranties. It is impossible to satisfy a 25-year guarantee if the limit of returned modules exceeds 5% and the yearly destruction rate is over 0.73%.
Sep 21, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Spain, Europe, PV module, North America, Manuel Vazquez Lopez
Nextracker inks 1 GW supply bargain and claims approximately 12% bifacial yield gain
The 1 GW 5th stage of the Mohammed container Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai will certainly feature NX Horizon trackers with the bargain revealed after the supplier published new bifacial return gain cases.
Sep 18, 2020 // Manufacturing News, California, USA, Asia, United Arab Emirates, North America, Nextracker, Dan Shugar
Trina Solar's Vertex collection bags TUV Rheinland qualifications
Trina Solar's brand-new Vertex collection of high power modules have actually passed TUV Rheinland's extensive reliability tests in what the producer called "an additional significant breakthrough" for its most recent item enhancements.
Sep 18, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Trina Solar, certification, tuv rheinland, vertex, Chris Zou
New molecular precursor for kesterite solar cells
Researchers in India have actually established a brand-new molecular precursor for applications in kesterite solar cells. They made use of the precursor to construct a superstrate kind solar cell with an effectiveness that is allegedly among the highest possible ever before recorded. They depend on a low-temperature process to make the tool.
Sep 18, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, India, solar cells, Asia, SRMIST
Solaria brings its license claims against Canadian Solar to ITC, adding a 3rd license
Californian solar module supplier Solaria Corporation has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to release an exemption order to prevent the sale in the United States of Canadian Solar shingled solar modules it declares infringe its patents.
Sep 18, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, California, USA, Canada, Canadian Solar, China, Asia, solaria, North America, United States
LG Chem to Split Battery Business into new Enterprise
LG Chem will split its battery business to produce a brand-new business that will certainly focus only on battery technology and also associated operations.
Sep 17, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, LG CHEM, EV Battery
Thin-film agrivoltaic solar tubes
German technology business Tube Solar AG has protected EUR10.8 million to develop its round agrivoltaic modules. The light-weight devices can likewise be made use of on roof coverings previously thought about unsuitable for PV.
Sep 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Residential, Germany, Europe, Tube Solar AG, Osram
Xinte Energy warns of possible polysilicon and also inverter excess
The poly producer discussed the impact of Covid-19 on its solar as well as wind project development company as well as fleshed out details of international polysilicon excess during a pandemic-hit initial half of the year.
Sep 17, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Hong Kong, xinte energy, polysilicon, Asia, TBEA, covid-19
Polish solar producers join to compete with imports
Businesses, sustained by the government, will join forces to reinforce their industry and add to the European Green Deal through made-in-EU products.
Sep 16, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, Michał Kurtyka, Ireneusz Zyska, Grzegorz Wiśniewski