Ambient Photonics will build a fully automated manufacturing facility to produce solar cells for powering consumer electronics.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/05/18/amazon-invests-in-us-based-solar-cell-production-facility/
#amazon, #photovoltaic, #technology, #modules, #upstream, #r&d, #manufacturing
Major players in the solar industry, such as Longi Solar, are projecting accelerating growth over the near term.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/05/17/global-annual-solar-deployment-to-hit-1-tw-by-2030/
#energy, #photovoltaic, #markets, #photovoltaics, #modules, #storage, #pv
The facility was built with heterojunction modules and mounting systems provided by German companies Luxor Solar and Next2Sun, respectively. The distance between the panel rows ranges from 8 to 10 meters and the agricultural surface within the rows will be utilized by local livestock farmers as pasture.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/04/26/japans-first-vertical-agrivoltaic-project/
#manufacturing, #technology, #commercial, #upstream, #industrial, #pv, #modules
Researchers in Germany have built a perovskite-organic solar cell with low interfacial losses and a high open-circuit voltage. The device achieved an open-circuit voltage of 2.15 V, a short-circuit current of 14.0 mA cm−², and a fill factor of 80%.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/04/19/ultra-thin-perovskite-organic-tandem-solar-cell-with-24-0-efficiency/
#modules, #upstream, #technology, #pv, #organic, #r&d, #manufacturing
The project is part of a plan to deploy 958 MW of solar and wind projects for the group's unit JSW Steel, which will buy power from these facilities under 25-year power purchase agreements (PPAs).
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/04/14/jsw-energy-switches-on-a-225-mw-solar-plant-in-india/
#modules, #photovoltaic, #pv, #scale, #utility, #photovoltaics
Up to 50% of the energy absorbed by a solar cell is lost as heat. Scientists are now developing a third generation of “hot carrier” solar cells that take advantage of this heat, potentially breaking the Shockley-Queisser limit of silicon-based PV.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/04/07/could-hot-carrier-solar-cells-break-the-theoretical-efficiency-limit/
#photovoltaic, #photovoltaics, #modules, #r&d, #technology, #upstream, #manufacturing
Maxeon Solar Technologies, the solar panel manufacturing spinoff of installation company SunPower, has a complex American origin story, but its modules aren’t especially popular in the United States. The organization is trying to change that by increasing production at its Mexican module assembly plants and scoping sites for a U.S. manufacturing hub. The demand is…
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/03/maxeon-still-has-sights-set-on-u-s-solar-manufacturing-hub/
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Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. will supply approximately 400 MW of its high-efficiency shingled bifacial Performance line solar modules to Origis Energy for one of its U.S. utility-scale projects. Module deliveries will commence in June 2023 and of 2023 and will conclude at the end of 2023.
https://solarindustrymag.com/origis-energy-places-order-with-maxeon-for-400-mw-pv-module-supply
#shingled, #pv, #maxeon, #bifacial, #featured, #solar, #high-efficiency, #modules
Megasol said the solar module relies on new back-contact technology that is able to reduce internal resistance, ohmic losses and cell spacing.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/04/swiss-manufacturer-unveils-500-w-solar-module-with-23-2-efficiency/
#manufacturing, #photovoltaic, #modules, #upstream, #r&d, #highlights, #technology
US coal company Peabody Energy has launched a joint venture with Riverstone Credit Partners and Summit Partners Credit Advisors to develop more than 3.3GW of solar and 1.6GW of battery storage capacity over the next five years.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/04/us-coal-company-launches-venture-to-develop-3-3-gw-of-pv/
#photovoltaic, #photovoltaics, #modules, #utility, #scale, #markets, #pv
Delhi-based PV manufacturer Bluebird Solar has added a new fully automatic manufacturing line equipped with the latest mono-PERC, half-cut multi-busbar cell technology.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/03/bluebird-solar-expands-pv-module-capacity-to-300mw-in-india/
#manufacturing, #photovoltaic, #modules, #india, #pv, #markets, #upstream, #photovoltaics
Heliogen announced plans to open a southern California fabrication to build solar directors called heliostats and other components in its CSP system.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/02/22/concentrated-solar-power-manufacturing-facility-planned-for-california/
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Heliogen announced plans to open a southern California fabrication to build solar directors called heliostats and other components in its CSP system.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/02/22/concentrated-solar-power-manufacturing-facility-planned-for-california/
#modules, #systems, #concentrated, #manufacturing, #balance, #upstream
The closing of the Alabama-based facility comes in tandem with the announcement that LG will be folding its solar module business by the end of June.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/02/24/lg-to-close-us-solar-module-manufacturing-facility/
#modules, #pv, #photovoltaic, #manufacturing, #markets, #upstream, #photovoltaics
Researchers in Japan have used heat-shrinkable polymers to laminate organic photovoltaics onto curved surfaces. The process improves efficiency while minimizing damage to photovoltaic components.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/02/07/photovoltaics-for-curved-surfaces/
#upstream, #pv, #r&d, #modules, #manufacturing, #organic, #technology
Led by German research institute Fraunhofer ISE, the consortium has built the solar cells with 100% crystalline silicon recycled from end-of-life photovoltaic panels. The silicon is recycled through a technique conceived by German specialist Reiling GmbH & Co. KG and the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/02/07/recycled-silicon-used-in-19-7-efficient-perc-solar-cells/
#upstream, #r&d, #manufacturing, #modules, #technology
The solar park is part of a 1GW portfolio of unsubsidized PV projects. Completion is scheduled for 2023.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/12/31/construction-begins-on-500mw-solar-park-in-the-philippines/
#pv, #modules, #scale, #photovoltaic, #utility, #photovoltaics
The US government could lease about 1,400 square miles of public land for solar development, in a move that would effectively double the nation’s installed PV capacity. The Bureau of Land Management has already taken the first step by approving 465 MW of solar and 400 MW of storage in California.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/12/23/us-government-identifies-land-to-support-100-gw-of-solar/
#photovoltaics, #pv, #utility, #photovoltaic, #markets, #scale, #modules
The polysilicon producer is sticking by plans to ramp up manufacturing capacity almost 300% within three years and says it will produce the basic material for the new generation of n-type solar panels.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/12/08/daqo-fires-up-35000-ton-poly-fab/
#modules, #glut, #n-type, #upstream, #daqo, #manufacturing, #polysilicon
The U.S. International Development Finance Corp. has offered debt financing to support a 3 GW module manufacturing facility that thin-film PV manufacturer First Solar plans to build in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/12/09/us-bank-to-lend-500-million-for-first-solars-3-gw-fab-in-india/
#modules, #photovoltaic, #upstream, #pv, #photovoltaics, #india, #manufacturing
