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Gallium-doped zinc oxide enables 24.92%-efficient HJT solar cell
Researchers have used room-temperature reactive plasma deposition to produce indium-free transparent electrodes for silicon heterojunction solar cells. Optimizing the oxygen content during deposition enabled a conversion efficiency of 24.92%, with silver-coated copper contacts.
5 hours ago
US customs frees detained Ethiopian solar cells as duty probe continues
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released shipments of Toyo’s Ethiopian-made solar cells, while a separate US Department of Commerce inquiry into whether cells from Ethiopia circumvent duties on Chinese solar products continues.
7 hours ago
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US customs frees detained Ethiopian solar cells as duty probe continues
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released shipments of Toyo’s Ethiopian-made solar cells, while a separate US Department of Commerce inquiry into whether cells from Ethiopia circumvent duties on Chinese solar products continues.
7 hours ago
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Retrofits on the rise Down Under
Australia’s push to accelerate electrification while meeting an 82% renewable energy target and retiring coal-fired power plants, both by 2030, is driving the retrofitting of co-located battery energy storage systems (BESS) at existing grid-scale solar farms. Ev Foley of pv magazine Australia reports.
Oct 28, 2026
Chilean solar plant offline for two months following cyberattack
A 103 MW solar plant and its 98 MW/312 MWh battery storage system in northern Chile have remained offline for two months following a reported cyberattack. The cause and extent of the incident remain unconfirmed, with no timeline announced for restoring operations.
15 hours ago
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Renault, EDF plan vehicle-to-grid charging offer for 2027
Renault Group and EDF will launch a home charging service in France in summer 2027, combining electric vehicles, bidirectional charging stations and smart charging management for private customers buying Renault, Alpine and Dacia models.
14 hours ago
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Spacebound silicon
Solar has a long history in powering satellites and space exploration, and high-powered devices based on multijunction PV cells made from “III-V” materials such as gallium arsenide or indium gallium phosphide have supplied this niche market as far back as the 1960s. But those devices are made with rare materials and complex processing, limited to small batches produced at high cost.
Oct 06, 2026
Gallium-doped zinc oxide enables 24.92%-efficient HJT solar cell
Researchers have used room-temperature reactive plasma deposition to produce indium-free transparent electrodes for silicon heterojunction solar cells. Optimizing the oxygen content during deposition enabled a conversion efficiency of 24.92%, with silver-coated copper contacts.
5 hours ago
Researchers improve heating uniformity in PV module laminators
Scientists combined aluminum magnetic shielding with zone-specific current control to reduce uneven heating in an induction-powered PV laminator. A full-scale prototype achieved a temperature spread of approximately 3.1 C across 13 monitored locations.
14 hours ago
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World record for highest efficiency of commercial scale thin film solar modules set
Miasole, manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) independently confirmed the 13.8 percent efficiency of its large area production modules (one square meter in size).
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UK PV market expected to grow five-fold
A five-fold increase in UK photovoltaic (PV) installations is expected this year, according to an analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) into the prospects for the UK solar PV market, which also said that Britain is currently lagging a decade behind other leading European countries in terms of solar installations.
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