SunPower to provide direct service for homeowners in New York
SunPower closes a partnership with The Solar Program to offer homeowners in New York a possibility to purchase or lease solar panels directly from the manufacturer.
SolarWorld's bifacial modules getting their first real-world run out in the US
The German company’s bifacial Bisun modules will be installed on the rooftops of the University of Richmond, alongside some standard modules to produce comparative performance data.
E.ON and Solarwatt to partner on electricity storage system
German utility giant will develop own storage system with Dresden-based Solarwatt GmbH based on MyReserve technology; first models to be rolled out in Germany over coming months.
First Solar sets new cadmium telluride thin-film cell efficiency record at 22.1%
This is First Solars 9th efficiency record since 2011, but CdTe is still 0.2% behind CIGS for record thin-film efficiencies.
Energy storage is now: New video interviews with Sonnen USA
As part of our pv magazine LIVE series, we have published two new video interviews with Sonnen USA CEO Boris von Bormann looking at the companys new Eco plug-and-play battery storage offering for the U.S. market as well as Sonnens trajectory as a company.
Teslas Musk confirms Powerwall 2.0 is on the way
Elon Musk has confirmed Tesla will bring out a new version of its Powerwall home energy storage battery system this summer. While “step changes” can be expected, he declined to elaborate on the new product.
Megacell parent company signs agreement for new ingot, wafer plant in Bosnia
The first phase of the new plant will make multicrystalline silicon ingots and wafers, and the second phase n-type mono for MegaCell’s bi-facial cells.
Sunpower introduces new PV module design, offers 2016 guidance
Sunpower has introduced a new PV module series based upon a novel interconnection technology, as well as warning of a fall in revenues and a loss in 2016 as it plows more projects into its yieldco.
Trina sets a new world record of 21.25% efficiency with multicrystalline silicon
This new world record for a multi c-Si cell beats Trina’s previous record of 20.78%. Trina says that the processes used can be easily integrated into mass production.
SolarEdge reports record revenues, healthy profit in Q1 FY 2016 results
The power electronics firm notes that cost reductions have out-paced the fall in selling prices. During the most recent quarter SolarEdge rolled out its HD Wave, which features a novel inverter architecture.
