Laura Laringe, CEO of Reli Energy, provides expert insight into how to balance short-term gains with long-term battery health for enhancing batteries’ operational efficiency.
DAS Solar has developed a TOPCon 4.0 Plus high-efficiency solar cell that boasts an efficiency of 26.36% and an open-circuit voltage of 742mV, breaking the world record for this type of cell.
Free charge carriers in perovskite solar cells are presumably protected from decay in a special way, as researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich have discovered by means of novel photoluminescence measurements.
Researchers have achieved a three per cent increase in the yield of photovoltaic modules by making many small improvements to components and the manufacturing process. With larger and divided solar cells in the module, the power density could be increased by a further three per cent.
Winaico, the brand of Taiwanese solar module manufacturer Win Win Precision Technology, has won the "Most Representative Taiwan Quality PV Products in 2023" award, which is presented by the Taiwan Energy Authority.
DNV has launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to prompt a significant leap forward in maintenance practices in the solar PV industry.
UbiQD exxpands its collaboration with First Solar on quantum dot-enhanced solar modules. The newly developed quantum dot composites present unique opportunities to optimize sunlight utilization.
Research institutes worldwide are working on improving the efficiency and scalability of organic photovoltaics. ISE scientists could now further increase their own world record.
The PV manufacturer Aiko recently received the Intersolar Award for its ABC modules. These combine N-type solar cells with passivating contacts as well as contacting via the rear side.
LONGi recently launched its new M10 solar module with Hi-MO 7. Designed for large ground-mounted solar systems, it comes with a number of new features. More details here:
The efficiency was confirmed by Fraunhofer ISE. The cell was manufactured at the factory in Brandenburg an der Havel, eastern Germany. There, Oxford PV is researching new types of perovskite stack cells.
The Vertex S+ 445W n-type dual-glass module from Trina Solar is a highly efficient solar panel with a power output of 445 watts. Its advanced design features include a larger size, innovative cell technology, and a durable double-glass structure.
Module manufacturer Qcells has updated its digital energy management platform Qommand. Heat pumps from Samsung Electronics now work efficiently together with solar modules and energy storage units from Qcells.
Sharp announces an upgrade of five watts for three half-cell modules. The new NB-JD545 is a further development of the NB-JD540. It is a bifacial monocrystalline half-cell module for commercial installations and open spaces.
The tandem of silicon solar cell and a layer of metal halide semiconductor already achieves high efficiencies in the laboratory. This efficiency is now to be transferred to mass production.
In order to produce even more efficient solar cells and modules in the future, Meyer Burger has now brought other partners on board: In a consortium with CSEM from Switzerland, the Helmholtz Centre Berlin, Fraunhofer ISE and the University of Stuttgart, industrial cells with efficiencies of more than 30 per cent are to be produced.
Schletter presents a new version of the Tracker, which has been specially optimised for the use of large-format modules. The compact system requires less material per kilowatt of output.
The Chinese government is a drag on international climate protection as the recent UN climate summit showed, but Chinese solar companies lead the way. Longi has set a new record efficiency at 26.81% for its HJT silicon solar cells.
The new glass-glass modules are equipped with interdigital back contacts that promise high efficiency. This is because disturbing shading and losses due to front contacting are eliminated.
Scientists have developed a prototype for scalable perovskite tandem solar modules. These modules achieve an efficiency of up to 19.1 per cent on an area of 12.25 square centimetres. The researchers hope for high market shares for tandem modules in the future.
Trina Solar has achieved an efficiency of 24.5% with its proprietary industrial larger-area 210mm×210mm high-efficiency PERC solar cell.
In Japan, decentralised green power plants were combined to form virtual power plants. Using new technologies, the project partners have shown that a stable electricity grid can be realised even with volatile generators.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, using a new antireflection coating, have successfully increased the efficiency of the best four-junction solar cell to date from 46.1 to 47.6 per cent.
High-efficiency modules and large module formats achieve higher market share and larger wafers are established, the 13th edition of the International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaic (ITRPV) states.
The latest HTW efficiency ranking sees BYD Battery-Box and inverter partners in top positions and shows that the system combination beats all-in-one solutions.
