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  • Panasonic bringing its larger solar panels to U.S. with extended warranty

    Panasonic Eco Solutions Co. announced the company’s expansion of larger solar panels into North America‘s fast-growing residential solar market. Panasonic’s complete high-efficiency photovoltaic module HIT product range will be available beginning this month, including high efficiency 96 cell panels that meet the demand for the growing residential market. Panasonic willRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • LG, Enphase team up on panel, microinverter integration

    LG Electronics and Enphase Energy, have agreed to integrate Enphase’s microinverter technology into LG Electronics’ new generation of AC solar modules (ACM) for the global solar market. The LG high-performance backsheet-integrated ACM will incorporate Enphase’s next-generation S-series microinverter with LG’s high-efficiency NeON 2 photovoltaic panels. Initial shipments of the LG-EnphaseRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Details on new Performance Series panels from SunPower

    SunPower announced the development of a new line of solar panels that it will market under the Performance Series product name. The new products utilize a proprietary manufacturing process to assemble conventional silicon solar cells into panels with increased efficiency and reliability compared with conventional panels. Designed to target aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Report: Perovskite solar cells show potential with efficiency improvement, lowering costs

    Perovskite solar cells have shown potential both in the rapid efficiency improvement and in cheap material and manufacturing costs, says IDTechEx. Just how rapid of an efficiency improvement? Perovskite cells went from 2.2% in 2006 to the latest record 20.1% in 2014. They have attracted attention from the likes of DSSC and OPVsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Rayton Solar raises $1 million for reduced-silicone, ‘laser beam’ solar tech

    U.S.-based Rayton Solar Inc is claiming that’s latest innovation (with currently $1 million in seed funding) will make solar energy cheaper than energy produced by fossil fuels. Rayton’s claim is based on the amount of silicon it is using. Rayton says it is using only four microns of silicon (an expensiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine