Italian startup testing PV sleepers on railway line
Greenrail Group has started deploying special its PV railroad-tie solution along a railway line in Emilia Romagna, Italy. The company designed the system according to the UNI 10349 standard.
Longi releases wafers for TOPCon, heterojunction, back-contact cell tech
Chinese manufacturer Longi says that its new Tera wafers offer a notable efficiency boost of approximately 0.1% across various cell technologies.
Perovskite-perovskite tandem solar cell based on tin-lead top device achieves 28.20% efficiency
Developed by a research group in China, the two-terminal all-perovskite tandem device utilizes a 23.11%-efficient single-junction top cell relying on an optimized Sn-Pb perovskite material. The perovskite-perovskite cell was also able to retain 95.7% of the initial efficiency after being stored in a glovebox for 2,200 h.
Solar wafer prices plummet, amid high inventory and low profit dominating the market
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.
Ashok Nair to lead Waaree sales and business development in USA
Ashok Nair will lead sales and business development for Waaree Energies in the Americas region.
Shirdi Sai Electricals targets 10 GW of ingot-to-solar module capacity by March 2026
Shirdi Sai Electricals aims to achieve 10 GW of ingot-to-solar module capacity, along with manufacturing of solar glass, by March 31, 2026.
Cameroon exempts imported PV components from customs duties
PV modules, inverters, charge controllers, batteries and cables intended for rooftop solar systems will benefit from exemptions from customs duties until 2025.
PI Berlin, PVEL, Extel Energy unite under Kiwa brand
PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), Extel Energy, and PI Berlin have unified under the Kiwa brand. Dutch company Kiwa, which has acquired the three PV testing laboratories over the past three years, says it aims to more effectively present its range of services for the solar industry.
Wheat grows better in agrivoltaic facilities
New research from Italy shows lower wheat production under elevated agrivoltaic systems, but a simultaneous increase in nutritional value for livestock. pv magazine Italy spoke with the academics about their future research.
Germany has urgent need to expand solar module recycling capacities, IEA-PVPS says
Feedback from stakeholders involved in Germany’s end-of-life PV modules treatment chain found more needs to be done around the transparency of PV module waste volume, the take-back and collection process and module recycling, as the country prepares for significantly larger volumes by the end of the decade.
