“Owing to policy bottlenecks, lack of a long-term vision and support for domestic solar manufacturers, India has been lagging behind across the whole solar manufacturing chain. With the PLI Scheme, the government is pushing for growth of integrated manufacturing from polysilicon, ingots, wafers and cells to PV modules. There are some drawbacks with the complex […]
GoodWe adds to its Utility portfolio with the official launch of HT Series 1500V 250kW PV String Inverter
On Friday 6 November the Indian solar industry witnessed GoodWe’s nationwide launch of the much anticipated HT Series. The Suzhou-based multinational is widely recognized as a global leader in Commercial & Industrial projects but has recently been adding to its Utility portfolio with larger and more powerful solutions. The event, held at the Pullman […]
Game changer: Violet Power to offer 50-year solar panel warranty with US-made IBC technology
The core of the solar cell technology comes from a collaboration with German-based R&D centre, ISC Konstanz and its head, Radovan Kopecek and his team. The ‘ZEBRA’ IBC cell, which was developed as a low-cost IBC cell architecture using front floating emitter (FFE) and screen-printed and fired-through metallization made on large-area 152.4mm n-type monocrystalline […]
Fraunhofer ISE’s CalLab PV Modules Improves Measurement Uncertainty to Record Value of 1.1 %
CalLab PV Modules of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has been re-accredited by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) as an independent calibration laboratory according to the new standard DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025: 2018. The laboratory reached a record measurement uncertainty of 1.1 percent in the calibration of photovoltaic modules. The measurement reproducibility […]
1500 Volt PV Modules a safe bet?
Are your 1500 Volt PV modules robust enough in the field? A billion dollar question replied by a German Lab, ZSW. Solar PV modules compatible with 1500 volt of maximum system voltage have been becoming a new choice among project developers and RE investors in the recent years. Yes of course, the choice looks quite […]
RenewSys appoints Nandkumar Pai as CEO – PV Modules and Cells
Nandkumar Pai brings renewed focus and energy to the PV cells and modules division in this new role RenewSys is the 1st integrated manufacturer of solar PV Modules and its key components – PV Cells, Encapsulants and Backsheets Mumbai: RenewSys – the 1st integrated manufacturer of Solar PV Modules and its key components, Encapsulants, […]
Global Demand for PV Modules Temporarily Decreases in 3Q19, But Annual Demand May Still Go Above 120GW, Says EnergyTrend
Ever since China’s 531 New Policy came into effect back in 2018, Chinese manufacturers impacted by the policy actively sought expansion overseas in order to lessen the risks from the policy. Adding that the distribution of global markets is becoming more diverse and dispersed, we see global demand for PV modules being pushed up as […]
SunMan brings glass-free PV modules to European market
Power provider Stadtwerke Waldkirch has built a 264 kW PV system in Germany with SunMan’s glass-free modules, as a titanium rooftop at the project site made it impossible to use conventional modules. Germany’s Stadtwerke Waldkirch commissioned a PV system with a nominal output of 245 kw in February on the roof of one of its […]