Tag: PV modules
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Canadian Solar to start TOPCon solar module production in 2023
Solar module manufacturers are moving away from mono PERC solar technology and toward tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) and heterojunction (HJT), which both boast higher levels of power and efficiency. Canadian Solar is the latest to announce a TOPCon model. Its majority-owned subsidiary CSI Solar Co. will start mass production of high efficiency n-type TOPCon……
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U.S. solar wafer manufacturing coming online via CubicPV
The United States has a pretty good amount of domestic solar module manufacturers. What the U.S. lacks is the on-shore supply of the components that comprise those modules, like silicon wafers, which are needed to create solar cells. Currently there is no high-volume silicon wafer production in the United States. The hope is the domestic……
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GAF Energy’s Timberline Solar shingle now available in New Jersey
GAF Energy continues to roll out its nailable solar roofing line, Timberline Solar, across the country. This week, Timberline is now available to New Jersey residents for installation by local roofers. Yes, Timberline Solar, directly integrates solar technology into traditional roofing processes and materials, The result is a nailable solar shingle, the Timberline Solar Energy……
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Solar module supply issues cause 23 percent decline in solar installations in 2022
We keep referencing the solar module supply issues because they continue to greatly impact the solar project pipeline — specifically detentions of modules at the border under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). If you haven’t yet, give our latest Power Forward episode on this topic (and more) a listen. The U.S. Solar Market……
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Meyer Burger solar panels coming to U.S. market via Inxeption
Industrial commerce platform Inxeption is helping launch German-made Meyer Burger solar panels to the U.S. market. Meyer Burger is an early adopter of heterojunction PV technology, and is planning to eventually open its own U.S. solar manufacturing facility. “Our solar panels are built with Meyer Burger tools to exacting standards with our own proprietary technology….…