Featured in Nothing cheaper under the sun – 01-2021

Current developments

The incremental improvements achieved each year in solar are usually relatively small, and improvements to one component can easily be accommodated by the rest of the system. But every so often, a bigger change comes along, with implications that will ripple up and down the supply chain.

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Marian Willuhn

15 Jan 2021

Photo: SMA

Module suppliers stunned the industry last year with the introduction of modules with ratings exceeding the 500 W and even 600 W mark, made possible by utilizing the new 182 mm M10 and 210 mm G12 wafer formats. This marks a significant leap from the previous year’s 350-400 W nameplate power ratings, and brings with …

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