Featured in Powering AI – 03-2026

pv magazine test: Annual results

In December 2025, the pv magazine test team conducted a performance analysis of 10 different samples installed at the test field in Yinchuan, China. These 10 modules were installed in December 2024 and January 2025, and had been in continuous operation for nearly a full year. George Touloupas and Huatian Xu of Intertek CEA analyze the results and the role of various degradation modes on long-term PV performance.
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For most of 2025, nearly all samples consistently maintained Rank 1 or 2 status, achieving an energy yield within 1.5% of the top performing product in each rank. This suggests uniform performance across the samples during the first nine months. A performance gap began to emerge in the second half of the year. By the …

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