Kredence partners Germany’s RENA for additive supply to Indian solar manufacturing sector
Kredence, a Gujarat-based PV chemical solution provider, will provide its production facilities in India to deliver the latest version of RENA monoTEX moderating and wetting agent for alkaline texturing of mono Si-wafers.
Technologies revolutionizing solar energy
Advanced solar panels, inverters, batteries and plant monitoring technologies are revolutionizing the solar sector.
Sharp achieves conversion efficiency of 32.65% in flexible, lightweight solar module
The new prototype uses a triple-junction compound design, which sandwiches the solar cell between layers of film. The module is expected to be used in a variety of vehicles, an application that demands high efficiency and lightweight construction. Its conversion efficiency bests that of a similar Sharp module developed in 2016, which notched an efficiency of 31.17%, at the time a world record.
REC: “Our future is in HJT”
While many solar manufacturers are as yet undecided about which PV cell technology they will choose for their next high efficiency expansions, for Singapore-based REC, the future is HJT. pv magazine spoke to Cemil Seber, the managing director at REC Solar EMEA GmbH at the Intersolar Europe 2022 trade show, to dig deeper into these manufacturing plans.
New solar module for pavement applications
Hungary’s Platio Solar has developed a new PV module line featuring monocrystalline and polycrystalline cells with clear or opal glass.
The great EU solar manufacturing reset
“We need to bring manufacturing back to Europe and the [European] Commission is willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen,” EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said at the opening of SolarPower Summit 2022. Her words rocketed around the solar community, boosting share prices and invigorating the European solar industrial mission, writes SolarPower Europe CEO Walburga Hemetsberger, as she lays out the actions needed for solar-power EU energy independence.
Saatvik secures solar module supply order for Mauritius project
Indian PV manufacturer Saatvik Solar will supply 9.3 MW of mono PERC modules to Bharat Heavy Electricals for a PV project in Mauritius. The panels will feature multi-busbar and half-cut cell technology.
India installed 456 MW of rooftop solar in Q1
India’s rooftop solar installations increased by 34% year on year in the January-March period, despite a 17% increase in system costs.
Sharp presents 375 W rooftop PV module for gable roofs
Sharp’s new 375 W solar panels feature multi-wire technology, with a power conversion efficiency of 20.4%.
Fraunhofer ISE achieves 47.6% efficiency with III-V four-junction CPV cell
Fraunhofer ISE have improved the performance of a cell structure originally developed by France’s Soitec in 2014. The German scientists managed to reduce resistance losses and the reflection on the cell front side.
