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Perovskite technology is considered a promising candidate for the next step in solar cell efficiency. A breakthrough in commercialisation has not yet been achieved, but progress is being made in small steps. Find out more in our weekly focus next week.
Wavelabs Eternal Sun, a newly established subsidiary based in Leipzig, will provide a complete range of solar testing technology, from R&D to mass production.
The full conference programme for the 42nd EU PVSEC is now available, offering a detailed preview of the sessions, keynotes and discussions scheduled in Bilbao from 22 to 26 September 2025.
Meeting climate-neutral energy targets with photovoltaics will require a drastic cut in silver use. Scientists at Fraunhofer ISE have now produced silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells with total silver consumption of just 1.4 milligrams per watt peak.
This year‘s trade fair in Munich once again demonstrated the dynamic pace of innovation in photovoltaics, energy storage and other technologies driving the energy transition. The industry presented itself with confidence and a wealth of new products.
A tsunami of cheap Chinese solar panels flooding Europe, a growing taste for rooftop solar and a boom for small, medium and large-scale battery storage – these are the three overarching trends for 2025 as predicted by Midsummer Executive VP Sven Lindström.
On the run-up to Intersolar, the Chinese manufacturer has announced new records in the efficiency of its back-contact and tandem solar cells, with perovskite achieving almost 35 percent.
The latest ITRPV report forecasts n-type TOPCon technology will soon lead the market. Mass-produced tandem-silicon cells are expected to see significant growth, while solar module shipments set a new record in 2024.
The technology has long been seen as a promising breakthrough in solar cell efficiency. More recently, momentum is building for commercialisation. Learn more in our weekly focus, out next week.
LONGi has published its financial report for the first half of 2024. The integrated Chinese module manufacturer generated revenues of the equivalent of 5.03 billion euros in the period. One challenge, however, is the low PV manufacturing capacity utilization rate of less than 50 percent. Growth with the new HPBC 2.0 back-contact series is expected in 2025.
LONGi launches new solar module innovations based on back contact technology and introduces rectangular M11 wafer with improved performance at Intersolar Solar Europe 2024 this week.
The 15th edition of the International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaics (ITRPV) highlights important technological and market trends and is availabe for download.
Leon Zhang, President Utility Europe of LONGi, on the company's business strategy, customer service, the importance of the European market, manufacturing in Europe, competition, regulation and technology trends.
Longi presented its BC-based Module Hi-Mo 9 yesterday evening in Madrid, which uses silicon solar cells with a world record efficiency of 27,3 %.
Longi announced the launch of its newly developed Tera silicon wafers for the mass market in September. They are suitable for the currently prevailing solar technologies such as Topcon, heterojunction (HJT) and back contact cells (BC).
The Australian federal government is investing $1 billion in the Solar Sunshot program to booster domestic PV manufacturing and the solar supply chain.
In 2023 India added 20.8 gigawatts (GW) of solar modules and3.2 GW of solar cell manufacturing capacity, according to Mercom India.
The PV market is booming. But European manufacturers are in crisis mode due to the overwhelmingly favourable competition from China. Companies such as Meyer Burger are threatening to close down module production. They are calling for resilience bonuses, among other incentives.
The new Dutch program SolarNL now started. It aims to build up a strong PV cell and module manufacturing industry in the Netherlands and is financed publicly and privately.
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.
Meyer Burger plans to focus on profitable PV production in the USA and close its module production in Germany. In the absence of political measures to create fair competitive conditions, the company intends to take action against the current losses.
Trina Solar has been recognised for its performance in promoting sustainable development by gaining a Bloomberg Green ESG-Enterprises award as part of the Bloomberg Green ESG 50 list.
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.
Longi announced that its Jiaxing Production Base has been recognized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a Global Lighthouse Factory, the world’s first solar module manufacturing base joining WEF's Global Lighthouse Network (GLN).
Longi has set a new world record of 27.09% for the efficiency of crystalline silicon Heterojunction Back Contact (HBC) solar cells, certified by the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) in Germany.
