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Markets & Policy
Sinovoltaics maps out Southeast Asian PV manufacturing sites The latest supply chain report from the Hong Kong-based technical compliance and quality assurance company covers the Southeast Asia region, providing information about 50 manufacturing sites.
Valerie Thompson
Apr 23, 2024
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Applications & Installations
Agrivoltaics for fir trees German researchers are studying using an overhead solar PV system, designed to be removable and reusable, as a sunshade for young fir trees. The pilot, located at a quartz sand excavation site, will be monitored to compare growth and water consumption with an adjacent unshaded tree plot.
Valerie Thompson
Apr 22, 2024
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Research & Development
New model to optimize PV module encapsulation An Austrian team develped a model to optimize lamination parameters and to flag critical, insufficiently crosslinked and inconsistent encapsulant laminations. It could be particularly suitable for the production of double-glass solar panels.
Valerie Thompson
Apr 19, 2024
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Applications & Installations
Origami Solar readies production of steel solar module frames The U.S. based developer of steel PV module frames said its products are an alternative to conventional aluminum frames. They passed several third party tests as the company readies production and evaluations by module manufacturers.
Valerie Thompson
Apr 17, 2024
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Research & Development
New vapor deposition tech could accelerate commercialization of perovskite solar cells A U.S.-based team developed a vapor deposition technique to fabricate outperforming all-inorganic perovskite thin films in under 5 minutes in a continuous process. The adoption of the proposed approach may also result in higher perovskite solar cell power conversion efficiencies.
Valerie Thompson
Apr 17, 2024
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Markets & Policy
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Huasun signs wafer, cell supply deals Huasun has signed two deals with Leascend Group, including a monocrystalline silicon wafer supply agreement, while GCL Technology has agreed to supply Longi Green Energy Technology with 425,000 tons of N-type granular silicon to the end of 2026.
Valerie Thompson, Vincent Shaw
Apr 16, 2024
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Research & Development
Dracula Technologies, STMicroelectronics unveil photovoltaic illuminometer France’s indoor organic PV specialist Dracula Technologies and Swiss-headquartered semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics demonstrated a battery-free illuminometer at the Embedded World trade fair in Germany last week.
Valerie Thompson
Apr 16, 2024
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Applications & Installations
Glint Solar adds PV degradation maps to utility-scale developer software The Norwegian PV planning software company said it added the new PV degradation maps to pinpoint site locations with favorable climatic conditions.
Valerie Thompson
Apr 15, 2024
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Markets & Policy
Sinovoltaics releases financial stability ranking of PV module manufacturers Sinovoltaics has analyzed listed solar panel producers over the past three years using a balance sheet-based model and publicly available financial information to track finacial strength. The top-five module makers of the new ranking are Tainergy, First Solar, Eterbright, Mission Solar, and Era Solar.
Valerie Thompson
Apr 12, 2024
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