Tag: PV modules
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Department of Energy awards $1.25 million to kWh Analytics to better quantify degradation rates
Understanding degradation rates is important for the PV industry, along the entire value chain. According to the 2018 PV Innovation Roadmap, a DOE-conducted survey of 89 companies and researchers, better understanding of the degradation rate was cited as the single biggest need under “Reliability and Durability,” which itself was theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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GlobalData: U.S. solar developers to benefit from China’s solar subsidy cuts
The move by China in May this year to slash subsidies for domestic utility-scale solar projects will ultimately benefit developers in the United States that rely on imported solar panels, resulting in revived projects that stalled out in 2018 and more jobs, says data and analytics company GlobalData. We knowRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Bifacial Gains: How much will bifacial modules add to solar tracker value? We are about to find out
We are on the verge of the bifacial solar tracker era. Projects are being quoted with many starting to break ground later this year and early 2019. Only two issues remain in the way of serious wide-spread adoption. First is the price of bifacial modules, which sits at about 30Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Heraeus Photovoltaics says its ‘selectively coated ribbons’ improve solar module power gains
Heraeus Photovoltaics, a technology solution provider for the renewable energy industry, formed a joint manufacturing and sales partnership with Ulbrich Solar Technologies t0 manufacture and market the new Heraeus line of patented advanced Selectively Coated Ribbons (SCR) for module manufacturing customers. PV ribbons play an important role in the manufacture ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How a sealant pump reduced solar panel waste by 50 percent
Based in Shanghai, China, Shanghai Shengpu entered the solar market in 2008 and is a primary developer of systems solar manufacturers use to dispense sealant that bonds solar panels together. While Shanghai Shengpu’s dispensing systems are prevalent in the solar industry, its systems are also prominent in the gas andRead More — Solar Builder magazine