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Tag: PV modules

  • Panasonic might produce PV modules for SolarCity at new plant

    Panasonic Corp. is making bigger and bigger moves in the solar industry. The company already had a relationship with Tesla Motors as a battery partner, but will now is in discussions to manufacture its PV cells and modules at the big new SolarCity facility planned for Buffalo, N.Y., pending theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Update on the commercial prospects of perovskite solar cells

    In our worst Seinfeld impersonation voice we ask, “what’s the deal with perovskite solar cells?” The National Renewable Energy Labratory (NREL) answers us by noting that a strategy for producing stable and commercially available perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has been proposed by Kai Zhu and Keith Emery in collaboration with Nam-Gyu Park (Korea), MichaelRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Trina announces new world record for its high-efficiency mc-Si module

    Trina Solar Limited announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China (SKL PVST) has set a new world record of 19.86 percent aperture efficiency for its high-efficiency “Honey Plus” multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar module, which contains 120 pieces of P-type mc-Si solar cells (156 x 78 mm2).Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Thin-film module maker Solar Frontier surpasses 4 GW globally

    We have a thin-film segment update coming in our Nov/Dec issue. Spoiler: there are some things happening there. Case in point, Solar Frontier reports that the total cumulative shipments of its CIS thin-film solar panels have surpassed 4 GW, now reaching approximately 60 countries around the world. Some of the 11Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Auric Solar signs 15 MW deal with PV module manufacturer Silfab Solar

    Silfab Solar, a PV module manufacturer, announced a long-term partnership with Auric Solar and distributor Russell Pacific to supply Auric with all-black, high-quality modules and delivery of 15 MW over the next few months. Auric Solar started in 2010 by co-founders Trent Vansice and Jess Phillips in a garage in SaltRead More — Solar Builder magazine