Articles written by Valerie Thompson

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Research & Development
European consortium targets 25% CIGS solar cell efficiency A consortium of European thin-film PV manufacturers and research institutes are working to advance copper, indium, gallium, and selenium (CIGS) solar development in a €5.9 million ($6.4 million) project. It aims to achieve 25% cell power conversion efficiency by improving manufacturing processes and scaling up from lab-sized bifacial devices to small outdoor-tested modules for a range of applications.
Valerie Thompson
Nov 16, 2023
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Markets & Policy
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Total residential PV capacity hits 105 GW China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says the nation deployed 33 GW of new residential PV capacity between January and September, bringing cumulative installations to 105 GW, while Flat Glass says it will invest $290 million in new glass factories in Indonesia.
Valerie Thompson, Vincent Shaw
Nov 14, 2023
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Applications & Installations
Vertical rooftop PV specialist switches on two more systems on green roofs in Norway Norwegian vertical solar system specialist, Over Easy Solar, recently supplied a 102 kW bifacial commercial rooftop system, just a few months after supplying a 45 kWp system for a school rooftop. Both systems were installed on so-called green rooftops by the Norwegian project company, Solenergi Fusen.
Valerie Thompson
Nov 14, 2023
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Markets & Policy
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Industry group reports lower polysilicon prices Polysilicon prices fell by as much as 2.10% in China this week, according to the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNMIA).
Valerie Thompson, Vincent Shaw
Nov 10, 2023
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Applications & Installations
Germany’s Teleson enters PV industry with sales app Teleson has launched a sales and distribution platform for PV projects. The mobile and phone app is available for the company’s German-based customers.
Valerie Thompson
Nov 10, 2023
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The fruitful search for other thin films First Solar and its cadmium telluride (CdTe) technology dominate thin-film solar in the mainstream market. Valerie Thompson looks at the US-based business and the future of thin-film PV technology.
Valerie Thompson
Nov 09, 2023
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Giving innovation wings In July 2016, Solar Impulse completed the first solar-powered flight around the world in a single-seater, fixed-wing aircraft. It was equipped with 17,000 Sunpower-Maxeon PV cells and a novel electric propulsion system. The 42,000 kilometer adventure has created a desire to promote cleaner technologies, reports Valerie Thompson.
Valerie Thompson
Nov 09, 2023
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Applications & Installations
French startup Ensol creates platform to speed up residential PV deployment Ensol, a French startup serving the residential PV and home energy solution market, has raised €3 million in venture capital from Paris-based investors, Otium Capital, a fund that backs early-stage companies, and BetterAngle, a business angel group.
Valerie Thompson
Nov 09, 2023
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Research & Development
InfinityPV presents measurement system for roll-to-roll thin film PV manufacturing A new imaging system for contactless defect detection in roll-to-roll printed thin film solar cell manufacturing lines is available from InfinityPV, a Danish printed electronics equipment manufacturer. The so-called ultrafast laser beam induced current mapping system is suitable for manufacturers of perovskite, organic, kesterite, copper indicum gallium diselenide (CIGS) and amorphous silicon PV foils and can be retrofitted into existing roll-to-roll lines.
Valerie Thompson
Nov 08, 2023