Sunpure to supply PV robotic cleaning solution for the world’s largest green hydrogen plant
Sunpure will supply Larsen & Toubro with water-free PV cleaning robots for the world’s largest utility-scale hydrogen plant powered entirely by renewable energy.
New tech to remanufacture recycled perovskite solar cells
An international research team has developed a novel way to remanufacture fully encapsulated perovskite solar cells after recycling. The researchers say the devices can achieve 88% of the original efficiency of the products.
Onix Renewable to launch IPO by the end of 2024
Onix Renewable said it intends to use the proceeds from the issue to finance its renewable power projects and scale up solar module production capacity to 1.2 GW.
REC launches 430 W heterojunction solar module with 22.2% efficiency
REC has developed a new series of residential heterojunction solar panels with efficiencies ranging from 20.6% to 22.2% and an operating temperature coefficient of -0.24% per degree Celsius.
Single-junction transparent perovskite solar cell achieves record-breaking voltage of 1.78 V
A research team in Germany claims to have achieved the highest open-circuit voltage ever recorded to date for a perovskite solar cell based on hybrid methylamine lead chloride (MAPbCl3). The novel perovskite absorber was fabricated with a two-step deposition method and annealing under molecular nitrogen (N2) gas inside a glovebox.
The long read: Thin prospects
The production of PV ingots and wafers remains the most highly concentrated of all the production stages in the silicon solar supply chain. Yet efforts to re-establish production in Europe and the United States are not for the faint-hearted.
Longi develops flexible heterojunction solar cell with 26.06% efficiency
The Chinese module manufacturer led an international research team seeking silicon material savings and efficiency gains in the development of heterojunction PV devices. The cell achieved a certified power conversion efficiency of 26.06% with a thickness of 57 μm, with Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research confirming the result.
Module prices steady as market mulls price hikes
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.
AmpIn Solar begins work on PV cells, modules manufacturing facility in Odisha
AmpIn Solar, a JV between AmpIn Energy Transition and Jupiter International Ltd, is setting up the 1.3 GW per annum solar cells and modules manufacturing facility in Odisha under the government’s production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme.
Grew Energy unveils n-type and p-type solar PV modules
Grew Energy unveiled its 550 Wp p-type mono PERC module with a module conversion efficiency of up to 21.29% and n-type TOPCon module with up to 23% module conversion efficiency at Intersolar India 2024 last week.
