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Japan on track to hit 90 GW of PV capacity by end 2023


The Japanese solar market reached a cumulative installed PV capacity of 78.4 GW at the end of 2021, according to a new report from IEA-PVPS. Japanese analyst Izumi Kaizuka told pv magazine that the country could annually install up 6 GW of new solar in both 2022 and 2023.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/12/06/japan-on-track-to-hit-90-gw-of-pv-capacity-by-end-2023/
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Could ‘hot carrier’ solar cells break the theoretical efficiency limit?


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/
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Sungrow ramps up Indian solar inverter factory to 10GW


The Chinese solar inverter manufacturer, which established its factory in India in 2018, has expanded the India fab capacity to 10GW/annum to serve different customer segments, including residential, commercial, industrial and utility-scale -- both locally and globally.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/03/11/sungrow-ramps-up-indian-solar-inverter-factory-to-10gw/
#electronics, #inverters, #power, #photovoltaic, #solar, #photovoltaics, #energy, #inverter