25 Years Life? PVEL Rings Alarm On High Failure Rate Among Modules Updated On Tue, Jun 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy Solar’s huge rise has been matched with an even bigger expansion in capacity, primarily in China, and now, the rest of the world too. With manufacturing capacities rising from 25 GW in 2015 to over 400 GW today. These have driven costs lower, even as incremental innovations across the value chain have also helped. For […] Read more
7th PVEL Scorecard Ranks 26 Module Manufacturers as Top Performers Updated On Thu, May 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy California-headquartered PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), an independent test lab for the downstream solar and energy storage industry, recently published its 2021 PV Module Reliability Scorecard, which names 117 model types of PV modules from 26 manufacturers as Top Performers in PVEL’s testing. The 7th edition of the Scorecard applauds the widespread adoption of technical advances […] Read more
IREDA Opens Applications for Solar Module Manufacturing under PLI Updated On Wed, May 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) yesterday invited applications for setting up manufacturing capacities for vertically integrated high-efficiency solar photovoltaic modules under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. The agency will accept applications till June 30, 2021 and it will open bids on 1 July 2021. The PLI scheme, which aims to further domestic manufacturing of high-efficiency […] Read more
Trina Solar To Deliver 550W Vertex Modules To North America Updated On Mon, May 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Vietnam based solar and smart energy solutions provider, Trina Solar today announced the completion of the first batch of its 210mm diameter cells and 550W high-power Vertex modules in the company’s overseas factory in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam. The Thai Nguyen facility has successfully manufactured the first batch of Vertex 550W high-power modules that incorporate 210mm […] Read more
TrinaTracker Agile 1P Gains IEC Certification, Compatible With 600W+ Modules Updated On Thu, May 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy Trina Solar, the world-leading PV and smart energy total solutions provider, has obtained IEC certification for its dual-row one in portrait (1P) tracker, Agile 1P, from the Certification Entity for Renewable Energies (CERE), a leading independent testing, simulation, certification and inspection organization in Europe. The IEC certification further underlines the industry’s high regard for TrinaTracker’s […] Read more
Guidelines Issued for PLI Scheme for Solar Modules; IREDA to be Implementing Agency Updated On Mon, May 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy MNRE has issued the guidelines for the implementation of the PLI scheme for high-efficiency solar PV modules. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in a ministry wide notification has announced the sanction of the President for implementation of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme ‘National Programme on High-Efficiency Solar PV Modules’ for achieving […] Read more
12th ITRPV Report: Lower PV Prices, Larger Wafer Formats, and more.. Updated On Fri, Apr 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy The 12th edition of the annual International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaic (ITRPV) report was released yesterday by Frankfurt-headquartered German engineering association the VDMA (Verbandes Deutsche Maschinen- und Anlagenbau). Drawing on insights provided by 56 international experts along the PV value chain, the report examines contemporary trends permeating the PV technology industry and speculates about the […] Read more
German Researchers Develop 18% Efficient Large-area Perovskite Module Updated On Thu, Apr 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Advancements in perovskite technology have been happening at a rapid rate in the last few years but the area is still riddled with challenges related to size, efficiency and stability of the cells. Fresh positive news has come from Germany where researchers claim to have resolved possibly the biggest hindrance in the mass application of […] Read more
Jinko Solar Wins 7th All Quality Matters Award for its N-type Mono Modules Updated On Thu, Apr 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has won the 7th All Quality Matters Award for Green Module Efficiency at the Solar Congress 2021 held by TÜV Rheinland. This award recognizes the high-efficiency performance of JinkoSolar’s N-type monocrystalline bifacial and N-type monocrystalline […] Read more
