Recently, at an international photovoltaic technology exchange event, technology experts, manufacturers, R&D professionals, equipment and material suppliers, as well as policy and market stakeholders ...

From cell to finished module, rigorous quality management is needed to prevent losses or reliability problems in the field. Image: PVEL. Advances in cell technology combined with increasingly complex ...

In a perspective paper in Joule, a group of U.S. researchers described technology and supply chain efforts required to reach worldwide annual cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar PV capacity of 100 GW by ...

First Solar, Inc. FSLR operates a photovoltaic (PV) module recycling program as part of its sustainability-focused business ...

Photovoltaic (PV) modules constitute a critical component in the global renewable energy landscape. However, their long‐term performance is often compromised by degradation phenomena that stem from ...

Record silver and copper prices are impacting solar PV manufacturers. The industry is focusing on material optimisation and ...

As the global demand for solar energy continues to rise, so too does the imperative to address the eventual disposal and resource recovery from end‐of‐life photovoltaic modules. Photovoltaic module ...

Intertek CEA's Joerg Althaus examines some of the most commonly found tracking and racking defects in PV power plants.

FSLR's thin-film focus, integrated manufacturing and U.S. capacity expansion shape its cost edge and long-term solar module competitiveness.

The Chinese manufacturer said it developed a new circuit-model–based method to accurately detect hot-spot risks in TOPCon back-contact modules, overcoming limitations of the IEC 61215 approach caused ...