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Hanwha Q CELLS receives ‘Terrawatt Diamond Award’ at SNEC 2016

Hanwha Q CELLS has received the ´Terrawatt Diamond Award` for its advanced Q.ANTUM Cell Technology at SNEC 2016 in Shanghai, China. The ´Terrawatt Diamond Award` is being awarded by the Organizing Committee of SNEC in order to honor the Top-Ten among a total of 1,500 companies for their latest and most advanced technologies. Hanwha Q […]

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Researchers demonstrate STPVs that converts solar heat into usable electric power

Researchers at MIT demonstrated a device based on a method that enables solar cells to break through a theoretically predicted ceiling on how much sunlight they can convert into electricity. A single-layer cell made of silicon is used for the vast majority of today’s solar panels — the upper limit of these cells is about […]

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Canadian Solar to showcase the Dymond and SuperPower modules at 2016 SNEC PV Power Expo

Canadian Solar will showcase the Dymond module and SuperPower module at the 2016 SNEC PV Power Expo. The Expo is scheduled for May 24 through May 26, 2016 in Shanghai New International Expo Center. The Dymond module is a double glass module, and is available in 72-cell CS6X-P-FG Dymond and 60-cell CS6K-P-FG Dymond configurations. Each module comes with state-of-the-art product design and unique […]

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Smart Modules to reign the Solar Dynasty – Is India on the Edge?

Solar Energy is no more a technology of words-selling, in recent times it has driven the power and related technology market delivering power access to millions of alternative exigency. Though, hinder of shaded areas and slender rooftop spaces have back-footed many potential buyers to turn into the solar evolution. To answer all the glitches, smart […]

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UNSW engineers set a new world record in solar cell efficiency

Engineers at the University of New South Wales have developed a new solar cell configuration that is 34.5 percent efficient at converting unfocused sunlight into electricity. The new solar cell is 44 percent better than the previous record – made by Alta Devices of the USA, which reached 24% efficiency with a larger solar array. […]

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Airbus Defence and Space enters solar cell production contract with MicroLink Devices for next Gen Zephyr HAPS

Airbus Defence and Space has issued a production contract for MicroLink’s epitaxial liftoff (ELO)-based multijunction solar sheets for use on the new Zephyr S platform. The Zephyr platform is a new class of unmanned air vehicle that operates as a high altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) enabling affordable, persistent, local satellite-like services.  The aircraft runs exclusively on […]

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JA Solar starts mass production of PV panels at its newest manufacturing facility in Xingtai, China

JA Solar Holdings has announced that it has started mass production of high performance PV panels at its newest module manufacturing facility in Xingtai, Hebei province, China. The new manufacturing facility of JA Solar is located in the Economic Development District of Xingtai city, has an annual capacity of 1.5 GW with fully automated assembly […]

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SELF AUTONOMY – THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR STREETLIGHTS

INTRODUCTION: Solar street lighting is a wireless solution with the potential to be the global technology of choice for all the outdoor lighting requirements. One of the key requirements in these streetlights is the need for autonomy or light functionality on cloudy days. The most prevalent solution which also comes with inherent limitations is based […]

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Trina Solar set new efficiency record of 23.5% for interdigitated back contact silicon solar cell

Trina Solar has announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new world record of 23.5% for a high-efficiency silicon solar cell with an Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) structure on a large-area 156×156 mm2 n-type mono-crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafer. Trina Solar’s record has been independently confirmed by […]

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