What are the most important PV market and industry trends? Bartosz Majewski, CEO and Co-Founder of Menlo Electric, provides answers and his point of view in our new monthly series.
Prices for solar modules have remained largely stable for the past four weeks. Nevertheless, there is no recovery in sight that would help European module production. Politicians must take urgent action here.
SolarEdge has entered into a collaboration with Scania Regional Council in the south of Sweden to explore the potential of agrivoltaics (Agri-PV), the combined production of solar energy and agricultural crops on the same land.
Lithuanian manufacturer Solitek is engaged in solar panel research, with a focus on long-term outdoor performance testing. The company's research primarily centers around comparative analyses of bifacial and monofacial glass/glass module technologies, both enhanced with advanced nanocoatings.
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.
Eurener, a Spanish solar module manufacturer, presents its latest offering: An agri-PV module with 335 watts of power output. Specifically designed for agricultural installations, including large utility projects, carports and greenhouses, these panels have a lot to offer:
The criteria for BloombergNEF's Tier 1 list, which is seen by the solar industry as a seal of assurance, has recently been adjusted. The number of the manufacturers on the top list has been halved, notes Gerard Scheper, CEO of European Solar. "As many as 26 have dropped out, which means that Tier 1 really serves as an elite list again, but the way this has been done is quite outrageous."
SLIM, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s spacecraft equipped with thin-film compound solar cells developed and manufactured by Sharp, has landed on the Moon's surface on January 20.
Module manufacturer Solarwatt has delivered the first solar modules with the efficient Topcon cell technology in the Netherlands, the UK and Germany. The new glass-glass and glass-foil modules with outputs from 420 watts have been available to order since October 2023.
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.
Italy based manfuacturer FuturaSun has long directed its efforts towards studying the environmental performance of its products. Now it obtained the EPD environmental product certification for its Silk Plus FU 400-410 module.
The new photovoltaic modules from Maysun Solar utilise IBC technology and are available in three different output ranges: 410 to 440 watts, 425 to 450 watts and 555 to 600 watts.
The new double glass module from Maysun Solar consists of 108 half cells. The module delivers 410 to 430 watts of power and, according to the manufacturer, achieves an efficiency of up to 22 percent.
Module prices have fallen further. This is because the warehouses are full. But the low component costs are not reaching the end customer, which means demand is not rising.
On 1 August 2023, Trina Solar has manufactured the first 210mm n-type i-TOPCon cells at its net-zero production park in Qinghai province. Production there is to be ramped up to five gigawatts.
The green energy supplier is currently delivering a total of 27 solar systems with storage units to Ukraine and directly to the war-affected area. The systems are flexible and provide a makeshift power supply.
Researchers in Belgium are exploring the benefits of silicon in the development of new, higher energy-density, batteries technologies, which would allow electric vehicles to travel further on one charge. Questions and answers from our partner SolarPower Europe.
Access solutions provider Krause is adding two new folding scaffoldings to its range. The company's product lines offer products for all areas of application and requirements.
The Swiss company Meyer Burger has big plans. The third module line in Freiberg will soon go into operation. Cell production in Thalheim is growing. The expansion of the gigafactories shows that the return of the European solar industry cannot be achieved overnight.
Prices for modules for large-scale projects continue to rise and have already increased by almost 21 percent this year. But this is about to change.
For a few weeks now, the Sports and Wellness Park (FFS) in Wallenhorst has been generating more than half of its own energy demand. And the flat roof was not even deemed suitable for a photovoltaic system with glass modules.
LG Electronics is pulling out of the solar business. The company will soon end the production and sale of solar modules. This has now been decided by the company's board of directors.
With the SolarCleano B1 (‘SolarBridge’), SolarCleano recently unveiled a new generation of autonomous robots for the cleaning and predictive maintenance of solar installations.
