AS Published on Sunday 13 November 2022 - n° 424 - Categories:panels
Most new solar panels retain 80% of their output after 30 years
Most new solar panels retain 80% of their output after 30 years
A five-year study by Sandia Labs (part of the US Department of Energy) on the degradation of solar panels shows that
AS Published on Sunday 6 November 2022 - n° 423 - Categories:panels
Risen Energy compares the yields of PERC, HJT and TOPCon panels
Chinese panel manufacturer Risen Energy has compared the yields of the three main solar cell technologies (PERC, heterojunction-HJT and TOPCon) over their operating life as a function of location. The result is a world map
L R AS Published on Saturday 5 November 2022 - n° 423 - Categories:China, panels
European buyers increasingly concerned about the traceability of purchased panels
Europeans, concerned about ESG, ask the Chinese the origin of the products they buy
European panel buyers are increasingly asking panel suppliers the same questions that have been part of US buyers' due diligence processes for some years now. The photovoltaic industry in Europe
AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:forecasts;, brochures, cells, panels
AECEA's photovoltaic forecast
The cells
China's solar cell production capacity could reach 600 GW by the end of the year
AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:brochures, cells, panels, forecasts;
PV InfoLink's photovoltaic forecast
Silicon
Silicon production capacity would increase from 293 GW at the end of 2021, to 500 GW in 2022, and then to 975 GW at the end of 2023, driving down the price of silicon. PV InfoLink expects
AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:panels, the American PV
One of the first installations of panels on a building
US property company Dominion Properties has installed a set of 25-metre solar panels on one side of its building.
L R AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:panels, R&D
Algae could improve the efficiency of solar panels by 4
A Swedish team has inaugurated a pilot plant for the mass production of an algae-based material that has the potential to
AS Published on Monday 24 October 2022 - n° 421 - Categories:panels
The start of a fall in panel prices?
According to manufacturer Eco Green Energy, many major Chinese manufacturers are lowering the price of their panels before winter. This trend
AS Published on Saturday 22 October 2022 - n° 421 - Categories:panels
What is the advantage of installing panels vertically?
Engie and INRAE are launching an experiment. Their aim is to assess the impact of bifacial solar panels installed vertically on grassland.
L R AS Published on Saturday 22 October 2022 - n° 421 - Categories:placing on the market, panels
Recom launches a bifacial heterojunction solar panel
France's Recom is launching a 395 W bifacial heterojunction solar panel with semi-cut cells. This panel
AS Published on Tuesday 18 October 2022 - n° 420 - Categories:panels
The lifetime of a photovoltaic panel depends on many factors
The lifetime of a photovoltaic panel depends on many factors, including the climate, the type of panel and the support system. If the panels
L R AS Published on Monday 10 October 2022 - n° 419 - Categories:panels
A new system of solar roof tiles
German roof tile manufacturer Creaton and building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) specialist Autarq have designed a new type of solar roof tile. This is a smooth, flat brick
L R AS Published on Sunday 2 October 2022 - n° 418 - Categories:panels
Tongwei to expand into panel manufacturing
On 22 September, China's Tongwei announced plans to invest in a 25 GW panel manufacturing plant in Yancheng. This represents
L R AS Published on Saturday 24 September 2022 - n° 417 - Categories:panels
A robot to lay the piles for solar power plants (Mortenson) + to fix the panels (AES Corp)
MortensonMortenson, an American engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) supplier, has teamed up with Italian manufacturer Orteco to develop robotic equipment capable of speeding up the construction of photovoltaic solar power plants.
The GPS system operates autonomously to position piles on large-scale solar sites during construction. It is capable of positioning up to
L R AS Published on Saturday 17 September 2022 - n° 416 - Categories:panels
Transparent windows using organic photovoltaic materials
American scientists have produced transparent panels using organic photovoltaic materials.
They used two different materials