Red Solar claims 26.01% efficiency for TOPCon bifacial solar cell
Chinese manufacturer Red Solar says its new 182 mm bifacial solar cell, which is based on tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) tech, has an efficiency of 26.01%.
Vaysunic launches hybrid photovoltaic water heater
The Chinese manufacturer says that its new V series heaters can use either PV or AC grid power. It can also be controlled and monitored via WiFi.
How to integrate residential solar-plus-storage with vehicle-to-home systems
Researchers from Australia have created a model to optimize the interaction between vehicle-to-home (V2H) systems and residential PV connected to battery storage. They claim V2H can help reduce the cost of energy by 16.7% for workplace charging and 25% for public charging.
Korean researchers explore viability of BIPV panels based on steel plates
A team from South Korea’s Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST) has developed a new method to increase the adhesion performance of EVA and POE on steel plates. The proposed technique may be applied to BIPV modules that use steel panels instead of backsheets.
New research shows potential of solar cells based on cement radiative coolers
Researchers in Italy have proposed the use of radiative coolers made of cementitious materials to reduce the operating temperature of solar panels. They incorporated Auger (AUG) and Shockley–Read–Hall (SRH) nonradiative recombination into their modeling and described the practical realization of the coolers as “attractive.”
FAS Energy, Marubeni secure development deal for Saudi Arabia’s largest rooftop PV project
The project consists of a 52 MW portfolio to be deployed across several locations in Saudi Arabia, including cities such as Jeddah, Riyadh, Khobar, Medina, and Mecca. The solar arrays will sell power to Saudi retailer Cenomi Centers under 20-year PPAs.
Denmark supports first energy communities
The Danish Energy Agency says it dished out a total of DKK 4.2 million ($61,9542) in grant funding this year to nine local energy communities and projects supporting renewable energy. Projects include an energy community start-up guide for rural environmentalists to an energy community feasibility study in a decades-old garden association.
RenewSys launches encapsulant for n-type TOPCon solar cells
RenewSys says its Conserv E–NT polyolefin elastomer (POE) encapsulant is specially designed to prevent the degradation of n-type TOPCon solar modules in the field.
Vaysunic releases new microinverters
Chinese manufacturer Vaysunic New Energy has developed eight versions of its VM microinverters. Their AC output power ranges from 600 W to 1,000 W.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: January-November PV installations hit 163.8 GW
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) says the nation installed 163 GW of solar in the first 10 months of this year, bringing it to nearly 560 GW of cumulative installed PV capacity by the end of November.
