As efficiency records tumble and devices become more stable, Europe is seeing the beginnings of a race to commercialize high-efficiency perovskite-silicon tandem solar products, reports Valerie Thompson.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/04/01/weekend-read-industry-and-researchers-in-tandem/
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The Solar Energy Industries Association's (SEIA) latest white paper on solar and storage manufacturing includes an interactive map. It shows that momentum has started to build for a transformational expansion of domestic solar and storage manufacturing.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/03/17/reshoring-of-us-solar-manufacturing/
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Component cost declines, local manufacturing and distributed energy are the three big trends for the renewable energy sector this year, according to S&P Global.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/02/17/global-trends-for-solar-in-2023/
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Meyer Burger is working with several research institutes in Switzerland and Germany to integrate perovskite tandem technology into its manufacturing processes.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/12/14/meyer-burger-to-commercialize-29-6-efficient-perovskite-tandem-solar-cells/
#burger, #modules, #r&d, #manufacturing, #upstream, #technology, #meyer
Japan’s Itochu has announced a new tie-up with France’s Rosi Solar, which develops tech to recover and recycle high-purity silver, copper and silicon from solar modules.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/11/30/itochu-to-start-recycling-solar-modules/
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US researchers have installed a pilot 4.3 kW solar system at Oliktok Point, Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle. They want to determine which PV system designs and technologies are most efficient in extremely cold climates with limited sunlight.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/11/23/wednesday-1-solar-for-extreme-arctic-conditions/
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Indian scientists have designed a new all-perovskite tandem solar cell configuration that can reportedly achieve higher efficiencies than similar devices built with the same materials. The top perovskite cell has a wide bandgap of 1.75 eV and the bottom perovskite cell has a bandgap of 1.25 eV.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/11/14/all-perovskite-two-terminal-tandem-solar-cell-tech-with-32-3-efficiency/
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"This is what happens when we simply paint capitalism green without addressing its fundamental global operating principles and processes."
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The new module series has a power output ranging from 420 to 430 W, a temperature coefficient of -0.26% per degree Celsius, and an efficiency of up to 22.2%.
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/09/21/panasonic-presents-22-2-efficient-all-black-heterojunction-solar-module-compatible-with-its-evervolt-battery/
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New research from renowned PV scientist Martin Green and colleagues at UNSW reveals that perovskite solar cells may struggle to deal with reverse-bias caused by uneven shading or other issues likely to appear in the field. Both the reverse-bias itself and resulting build up of heat can cause several of the materials commonly used in perovskite solar cells to degrade, and these issues have received only limited attention in research published to date. Solutions, however, are at hand.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/07/29/reverse-bias-a-hidden-challenge-for-perovskite-solar-cell-stability/
#modules, #r&d, #technology, #manufacturing, #joule, #upstream
A new US Department of Energy report describes the challenges of commercializing perovskite technology for the solar energy sector.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/05/20/perovskite-solar-cell-technology-on-the-road-to-commercialization/
#perovskite, #technology, #manufacturing, #upstream, #modules, #r&d
A typical solar panel becomes useless in 10% shade, but Optivolt said its technology can deliver up to 25 times more power than conventional panels under shaded conditions.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/05/18/solar-that-works-in-the-shade/
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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
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/
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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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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/
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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
