Panasonic introduces half-cut HJT residential solar modules
Panasonic unveiled its new residential solar modules – including half-cut heterojunction (HJT) models, along with a home battery system and energy management device – at the recent RE+ trade show in Las Vegas.
Tata Power to set up 41 MW solar plant for 4.3 GW PV cell, module fab
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd will set up a 41 MW solar plant to power TP Solar’s upcoming 4.3 GW PV cell and module fab in Tamil Nadu.
Gautam Solar to expand PV module capacity to 2 GW
Gautam Solar will invest INR 150 crore to double its PV module production capacity to 2 GW per year.
India’s green hydrogen will be the cheapest in the world: Power minister
Already 5.8 million tons of green hydrogen manufacturing capacity is in different stages of installation in India, said power minister R.K. Singh at a summit in New Delhi recently.
Fraunhofer ISE, AMOLF claim record efficiency of 36.1% for silicon-based multijunction solar cell
The two research institutes said the multijunction solar cell is based on silicon, gallium indium phosphide (GaInP) and gallium arsenide (GaAs). The device utilizes a specially designed metal/polymer nanocoating that reportedly optimizes the distribution of light scattering beyond the total internal reflection critical angle in the cell.
SECI extends bidding for 1 GWp of solar modules
Solar manufacturers in India now have until Oct. 18 to bid for supplying 1 GWp of PV modules built with domestically manufactured cells.
LUXRA, Rayzon Solar to form JV for PV module production in India
Swiss-Germany company LUXRA Group and India’s Rayzon Solar have agreed to form a joint venture for PV module production in India. The partnership will combine LUXRA’s technology and Rayzon’s operational expertise in PV panel manufacturing.
Recycling solar panels via supercritical water tech
A Brazilian research group has developed a new method that uses the unique properties of supercritical water to recycle end-of-life solar panels. The scientists claim the novel approach is able to achieve a 99.6% organic degradation, without using toxic or hazardous chemicals.
China solar cell prices hit record lows
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
P-type solar products may be phased out by 2026 as n-type tech ‘rapidly’ expands
The rise of cost-effective TOPCon cell technology last year led to a ‘surge’ in production demand for solar n-type cell technology, with leading industry analysts TrendForce prophesying PERC cell capacities ‘may’ be phased out in two to three years. The company’s experts, however, warn that oversupply for p-type cells and modules may increase the price gap between n-type and p-type products in the upcoming months.
