Solar Cells

1366 Technologies and Hanwha Q CELLS Boost Direct Wafer Champion Cell Efficiency to 20.3% and Cell Efficiency Average to 20.1%

Direct Wafer Products Exceed the Average of the Multi Reference Group While Enabling Ultra-Low Cost. Silicon wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies has announced a new performance record for 1366’s Direct Wafer technology with the achievement of 20.3% cell efficiency, independently confirmed by Fraunhofer ISE CalLab. The company achieved this repeated efficiency record in a joint effort […]

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Imec Reports 23.9 Percent Conversion Efficiency on a 4cm2 Perovskite/ Silicon Solar Module

In 2016, Imec presented for the first time a semi-transparent perovskite module, developed in collaboration with Solliance, stacked on top of an interdigitated back-contact (IBC) crystalline silicon solar cell in a four-terminal tandem configuration, thereby achieving an overall power conversion efficiency of 20.2 percent on an aperture area of 4cm2 Imec has announced an improvement […]

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Scientists have developed new ‘smart’ sunglasses that can generate electric power

Scientists have designed new ‘smart’ solar glasses incorporated with coloured, semi-transparent organic solar cells that can generate electric power Scientists have designed new ‘smart’ solar glasses incorporated with coloured, semi-transparent organic solar cells that can generate electric power enough to operate devices such as hearing aids or step counters. Organic solar cells are flexible, transparent, […]

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Waaree Energies Ties Up with American Company GTAT for Merlin Technology

American company’s GT Advanced Technologies ‘Merlin’ technology is said to result in reduction in cost of modules by 10 per cent. India’s premier multi-diverse technology group having forte in multifarious verticals such as Solar Energy, Waaree Energies has entered into a tie-up with US-based Merlin Solar for incorporating the American company’s GT Advanced Technologies ‘Merlin’ […]

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Premier Solar’s 200 MW Solar Facility to be Inaugurated in Telangana

Premier Solar is expanding its manufacturing capacity by adding a state-of-the-art fully automatic 200 MW solar module manufacturing facility, and Telangana IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao is expected to inaugurate the facility. Premier Solar, an end-to-end solar solution provider has said that Telangana IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao is expected to […]

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Heraeus Photovoltaics and Tongwei Solar Will Together Develop New Generations of Solar Cell Technologies

  Heraeus Photovoltaics and Tongwei Solar will conduct joint research and development of new-generation efficient front side silver paste, with the goal of leading the industry standard. Heraeus Photovoltaics, the supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, announced that it has established a cooperation agreement with Tongwei Solar on the R&D and applications of […]

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Backsheets & EVA: Enduring PV Production Behind the Scene

Most focus on solar generation is placed on the solar cells themselves, but attention should equally be paid to those components “Behind the Scenes.” What is so important about the back of a solar module? The Behind the Scene THINGs that are attached at the back of the module are one of the key process […]

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REC Group Begins Production of New 50-Cell Mono Solar Panel

In contrast to the 48-cell panels commonly used in Japan, REC’s new 50-cell panel features an excellent combination of practical size, easy handling, optimal for system configurations and designs, and high power output of up to 250Wp. REC Group, the leading European brand of solar panels in Japan, began commercial production of its new 50-cell […]

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DRAGON’S EYE on LION’S PIE

Alright! It gave mostly new narratives to apprehend the ‘Solar’ relation between India and China.The then thought China’s shabby rural-oriented solar program in the 1990s today throws an incremental progression amid the western economic powers. What can be more assertive to say that China is today global leader has divulged as the world’s largest renewable […]

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