Impact of single-axis agrivoltaics systems on non-irrigated grassland
US researchers are studying how agrivoltaic systems mounted on single-axis trackers affect rainfall and light redistribution at a 1.2 MW installation on grassland in Boulder, Colorado.
Growatt opens Vietnam inverter plant, GCL-SI to build 12 GW PV panel factory
GCL-SI says it will build a new 12 GW solar manufacturing facility in China’s Jiangsu province, while Growatt has opened a factory with an annual capacity of 500,000 inverters and 100,000 batteries in Vietnam.
Gautam Solar releases 550 W bifacial solar module with 21.27% efficiency
Gautam Solar’s 10-busbar solar panels feature peak power outputs ranging from 520 W to 550 W, with front-side conversion efficiencies ranging from 20.11% to 21.27%.
Risen claims 23.89% efficiency with heterojunction solar modules
TÜV Sud has confirmed that the maximum power of Risen Energy’s heterojunction PV module series is 741.4 W.
US developers actively building 25 GW of solar
With 25 GW of solar now under development, on top of 107 GW of existing capacity on the US grid, the energy transition is in full swing.
Solar moves forward in Latin America amid easing supply chain issues
PV developers have launched, resumed and completed several large-scale solar projects in Latin America in recent weeks, including two Enel installations in Chile and Colombia.
China produced 288.7 GW of modules, 827,000 MT of polysilicon in 2022
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) says Chinese manufacturers produced 357 GW of wafers and 318 GW of solar cells in 2022.
Only5mins! – Solar sector set to slim down on silver
pv magazine speaks with Matthew Watson, president of Precious Metals Commodity Management LLC, about silver demand and availability. He says the solar industry has managed to reduce silver consumption, but it may have to do more in the future.
US scientists improve photoresponsivity in solar perovskite by 250%
Researchers led by the University of Rochester claim to have increased the photoresponsivity of a lead-halide perovskite for solar cell applications by 250%. They created a perovskite film with a plasmonic substrate made of hyperbolic metamaterial and characterized it with transition dipole orientation.
Tongwei unveils 21.7%-efficient shingled solar panels for residential PV
Tongwei is offering six versions of its monofacial monocrystalline panels, with power outputs ranging from 400 W to 430 W and power conversion efficiencies between 20.1% and 21.7%.
