LONGi launches new high-powered half-cut bifacial module
The Hi-MO 4 offers power ratings up to 430 watts, with module efficiencies as high as 19.2%, as the latest high-powered module to hit the floor at Intersolar Europe.
SunPower could break into the black this quarter
The high efficiency PV maker may be hot on the tail of its golden goose, with demand outweighing supply for the company’s new A-Series and P-Series modules. And now that reetooling is over, it’s time to sell.
Retooling, construction troubles bite First Solar’s Q1 financials
The thin film PV maker has completed one of its most challenging quarters in many years; however it is still sold out into 2021.
The solar efficiency revolution will be heterojunction
REC Group has announced the Q4’19 release of a 60-cell, 380 watt heterojunction silicon solar module. The panel is to be manufactured on a Meyer Burger production line developed with the REC Group, and clocks in with an estimated higher than 22.4% efficiency.
Q-Cells unveils new half-cell monocrystalline panel
According to the Korean manufacturer, its Q.Peak Duo-G6 module is produced with larger wafers than those used in the G5. This is said to increase module yield by around 6% for a power output ranging from 355-420 W.
Tesla’s solar business shrinks as Musk focuses on Model 3
The EV, energy storage and solar company deployed only 47 MW of solar during Q1, as Tesla moves away from traditional sales methods towards web-based sales for its products.
It’s all about the efficiency
An analysis by mono PV maker LONGi shows the math on how increases in module efficiencies drive down balance of system costs.
Tesla, GAF, RGS and now Hanergy: will solar roofs (finally) heat up this year?
Hanergy displayed the newest rendition of its 18.7% Thin Film Flat SOLARtile in Australia last week as it gears up for the U.S. and global product launch later in 2019.
pvMB 3/29: Ameresco wins eight projects through SMART, University of Minnesota to go solar
The eagle flies on Friday, and in today’s pvMB we bring your Fluence’s new CTO, ET Solar making a comeback, Pason & Chint’s integrated energy storage solution, and more…
Big batteries are coming to Southern California
Macquarie has closed on funding for a third portion of a 340 MWh project in Southern California, and LADWP is planning 1.8 GW of batteries.
