Solar Manufacturing News

Perovskites in space
Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich have actually loaded a selection of perovskite and also natural solar cells onto a rocket, and also sent it right into orbit 240 kilometers over the planet's surface. Their outcomes demonstrate strong capacity for such technologies to power satellites and also even deep space goals.
Sep 7, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskites, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Andreas Meyer
Adani currently the world's largest solar power designer
India's biggest private-sector thermal power producer-- which ranked as the sixth-largest solar gamer internationally in 2019-- has actually climbed to the top place adhering to a Solar Energy Corporation of India (Seci) award to create 8 GW of Indian solar project capability.
Sep 7, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, SECI, Asia, Adani
India's Waaree eyes United States push following 300MW California order
Indian PV producer Waaree Energies is eyeing a significant push in the US market after receiving an order for greater than 300MW of mono PERC modules in the country.
Sep 4, 2020 // Manufacturing News, California, USA, India, Asia, mono perc, North America, waaree, Sunil Rathi, module supply deals
Zebra IBC cell with 24% efficiency transfers to large-scale production
Netherlands based supplier Energyra today presented a brand-new back get in touch with module, which it has actually created in partnership with Dutch study institute TNO and also Germany's ISC Konstanz. A prototype module was unveiled the other day in a small discussion at Energyra's factory in Zaandam, Netherlands. The company is targeting large-scale production by the end of 2020.
Sep 4, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Europe, Netherlands, Energyra, Zebra IBC, Gaëtan Masson
Hanwha Q Cells to use most powerful panels in Europe
The South Korean PV producers is bringing its three most effective photovoltaic panels to Europe. All of them are based upon its Q.antum Duo Z technology, which lowers the gaps in between cells and increase module effectiveness by 4% in loved one terms.
Sep 4, 2020 // Manufacturing News, South Korea, Asia, PV module, Hanwha Q Cells
Gigantic agrivoltaic project in China
The Baofeng Group is building a 1 GW solar park which is hosting a goji berry ranch in the Binhe New District on the eastern financial institutions of the Yellow River in the Ningxia Province. Around 640 MW have so far been grid-connected. Huawei is offering the inverters for the project.
Sep 3, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, China, Asia, Huawei, agrivoltaic project, Baofeng Group
Upside down pyramid-based PERC solar cell with 21.4% efficiency
A Chinese research study group has developed a PERC cell on an industrial 180-μm-thick monocrystalline silicon wafer with a typical size of 156 × 156 mm2. The cell has an open-circuit voltage (VOC) of 0.677 V, a short short-circuit current (ISC) of 9.63 A, and also a fill factor of 80.30%.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, Asia, efficiency, PERC solar cell
South Korea bets on tandem solar technologies
The South Korean federal government has actually released a new roadmap to support R&D activities in the solar industry. The paper shows the country's solar manufacturing market might be motivated to go with high-efficiency and also pricey panels based upon tandem solar cells.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, South Korea, solar cells, Asia, MOTIE
Senegal presents VAT exception for off-grid solar items
The Senegalese federal government is aiming to increase access to solar energy in backwoods by decreasing VAT on PV panels, inverters, solar thermal collectors and various other items in an initiative to achieve global power gain access to in the nation by 2025.
Sep 2, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, Grids, Africa, Gogla, Senegal, Namory Doumbia
Q CELLS debuts firm's greatest power solar module in Europe
Q CELLS will certainly introduce its greatest power and also highest possible effectiveness solar modules to date right into European markets over the coming weeks.
Sep 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Q CELLS, pv modules, residential solar, monocrystalline module, Maengyoon Kim
Scaling up solar production in India
A brand-new research study by CEEW Centre for Energy Finance assesses the competitive advantage that China has over India and provides a suite of short-term and lasting treatments needed for a globally competitive solar manufacturing market in India.
Sep 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Market Research, India, Asia, CEEW Centre for Energy Finance
Double-Sided Solar Panels Follow the Sun for Cost-Effective Energy
Researchers combined bifacial photovoltaic panels as well as single-axis tracking to improve energy generation by 35 percent.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, Singapore, bifacial solar panels, Carlos Rodríguez-Gallegos
Enphase microinverters for high-power modules
The United States microinverter producer has now brought its inverter remedy for industrial as well as commercial solar to Australia and Europe. The gadget appropriates for modules with power output varying from 295 to 450 W and has a European efficiency of 96.5%.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Inverters, Australia, Europe, Oceania, North America, Enphase, United States
New dopants might enhance PV glass efficiency
According to a British-Swedish research team, the down‐shifting process for solar glass manufacturing can be enhanced via making use of 2 dopant cations that produce no absorption bands. The doping with these substances is claimed to minimize the UV transmission while likewise maintaining the glass free from absorption in the visible as well as near-infrared ranges.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Sweden, Europe, PV glass
Trina Solar module shipments hit new record high in initial fifty percent 2020
' Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant, Trina Solar has actually reported its initial economic results since delisting from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) almost 4 years ago, beginning with record initially half year PV module shipments of 5,840 MW, a 37% rise of the prior year duration.
Aug 28, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, solar cell, Trina Solar