Modules & Upstream Manufacturing

Conceived by a Dutch consortium, according to Design for Recycling guidelines, the panel is being developed with two different encapsulants, one for the front of the module, which joins the glass and cells together; and a slightly different formulation for the back of the module, which attaches cells and backsheet together.

India’s Reliance Industries sees the response to climate change as a huge opportunity to create value through a new energy and materials business. The company aims to set up a fully integrated, end-to-end renewable energy ecosystem.

HJT technology could fill an innovation gap in the residential and commercial rooftop PV market, and boost U.S. solar leadership through domestic manufacturing of cells and modules.

The debt finance from U.S. International Development Finance Corporation will support the thin-film solar manufacturer’s 3 GW/ annum module manufacturing facility coming up in Tamil Nadu.

The Gujarat-based solar manufacturer plans to have 1 GW of cells and 3.7 GW of module capacity operational in 2023.

Mitrex Integrated Solar Technology has developed a new solar panel with 19.5% efficiency that measures 2,036 mm x 1,992 mm x 40 mm and weighs in at 42 kg. It can operate with a system voltage of 1,000 V and has a power temperature coefficient of -0.36% per degree Celsius.

German engineering and consulting firm Viridis.iQ GmbH will assist in conceptual design to construction and commissioning of the 4 GW vertically integrated poly-to-modules solar factory.

Developed by scientists in Turkey, a system prototype has operated at lower PV module temperatures and removed most of the dust accumulation. The researchers are now planning to improve the device by applying MPPT converter topologies.

Should heterojunction solar technologies be temporarily shelved? Could copper plating replace screen-printed silver conductive surfaces in cells? Why are tandem cells a likely successor to PERC? Brett Hallam recently sat down with Natalie Filatoff in Sydney to explain the findings of a new study by UNSW that sought to answer these controversial questions.

The Gujarat-based solar module manufacturer, which currently has 400 MW module fab operational, is expanding capacity to 1 GW with the addition of 600 MW mono PERC line. Having started EVA film manufacturing, it also plans to get into the production of aluminium frames and backsheets.