Tag: PV modules
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Rayton Solar’s innovative PV panel production process will deliver first system in 2017
Phoenix Nuclear Labs (PNL) has signed a long-term agreement to be the exclusive supplier of high current proton accelerators to California-based Rayton Solar to produce low cost, high efficiency solar panels. Under the terms of the agreement, PNL will deliver the first system to Rayton at the end of 2017,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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PV cost reduction: Germany’s M10 Industries boosts its crystalline solar cell soldering speed
With its Kubus tabber-stringer, M10 Industries AG from Freiburg, Germany, has once again achieved a new performance record in the industrial soldering of crystalline solar cells and has set a new standard. With 5,500 cells per hour and unique plant availability (uptime) of 98 percent, Kubus is the only tabber-stringerRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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This new Silver-on-Aluminum paste could boost PV cell efficiency
PLANT PV, a photovoltaic materials innovator, sent word about a breakthrough that enables solar cell manufacturers to capture greater solar cell power output and with no added investment cost for cell producers. “For 20 years the industry has had to accept an efficiency loss from printing silver bus bars directlyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How up-steam improvements in module manufacturing could impact the solar industry
Lower costs and a better environmental track record benefit the entire solar industry. Yet downstream solar is where cost reduction opportunities often seem the largest and where environmental sustainability pressures appear most acute. Developers are faced with a range of options for bringing down the cost of solar. They alsoRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SolarWorld speaks out on Chinese trade impact on U.S. solar module manufacturing
SolarWorld is one of the country’s largest crystalline-silicon solar manufacturers, and it has concerns about the influence of China’s trade strategy in the solar sector, the glut it is created and the quality of the products forming that glut. Here is the complete release sent out by SolarWorld: China’s tradeRead More — Solar Builder magazine