SPI Energy announced that SolarJuice Technology launched 450 watt (W) and 550W solar modules for commercial projects. These modules are being manufactured in the company’s new Sacramento facility, which SPI announced just last month would be ramping up to produce 1.1GW of solar modules.
Manufacturing uses the existing production lines at the former Sunergy PV solar plant, boosting capacity to 1.1GW in Q3. The new facility featuring a high degree of precision automation, which SPI reports offers continuous improvement for manufacturing PV modules.
The 450W module is a 144 half-cut bifacial Perc monocrytalline module with an efficiency of 20.9%. The company reports that offers two times the industry standard anti-PID test by TUV SUD. Dimensions are 2094mm x 1038mm x 35mm and weight is 23.5 kg.
“We are seeing increasing demand for solar solutions for warehouse, office, school, manufacturing facility, and agricultural applications,” stated Mr. Xiaofeng Denton Peng, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of SPI Energy.
The company has three core divisions: SolarJuice residential solar, the commercial & utility solar division comprised of SPI Solar and Orange Power, and the EdisonFuture/Phoenix Motor EV division. SolarJuice is the leader in renewable energy system solutions for residential and small commercial markets and has extensive operations in the Asia Pacific and North America markets. The company also has a commercial and utility solar division that provides EPC services to third party project developers, and develops, owns and operates solar projects that sell electricity to the grid in multiple regions, including the US, UK, and Europe.
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I urge those to address the question of recyclability of those monocrystalline and polycrystalline kinds as where old panels should be sent to . without any charge for accepting them or wht ? A thin film solar manufacturer that I will not name.. is the only company I am aware of that has already included in all purchase agreements to accept old panels for recycling free of charge.. Itis one thing to say that you can recycle solar panels and an entirely other thing to say whehter you will be charged to recycle yoru old panels.. if you have rooftop panels that need to be recycled , so you would need to know if you will have to pay the recycler to accept your old panels lke they do with your other old applicanecs, electronics, etc.. Who would want to pay the rerycler ?? This will beomce a bitter experience for many rooftop solar customers in the future.. lets not delay this issue until years later or we will have so many disgruntled rooftop solar cusotmers fuming about having to pay to recycle ! you cannot discard solar panels in your trashcans , can you? or even your brown recycling can anyway! Think way ahead and be grid smart! This recyclabilty issue may be what keep people from listeniing to clmate change.. They have this issue in back of their heads without bothering to rasie this .. See what I am saying ?
I wont be surprised to see many rooftop customers deciding to store their old panels in the backyards cluttering all over instead of paying to have them recycled at local scrapyards or whatever.. it is no different than junk cars, etc.. who needs that?
more clutter 11!! BE grid smart!