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 ...

How PV modules are treated at the end of their life is an increasingly important issue, but some recycling practices leave a lot to be desired. Scott Azevedo from Intertek CEA explores how asking the ...

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 ...

Kiwa PI Berlin’s quality assurance auditing of module production facilities has revealed rising quality deficiencies. Image: Kiwa PI Berlin PV module defects are increasing as manufacturers struggle ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...