Sunrise brief: Canadian Solar launches 420W rooftop solar module with 21.5% efficiency
Also on the rise: RFP released for 500MW of PV for Indiana Michigan Power. Enphase Energy acquires SolarLeadFactory, a solar sales generation specialist. Concentrating solar power with heat storage could compete with batteries. U.S. Light Energy completes the school and municpal solar projects for the Tri-County Energy Consortium.
Canadian Solar launches 420W rooftop solar module with 21.5% efficiency
The new product is part of the company’s HiKu6 series based on 182mm wafers. Its temperature coefficient is 0.34% and its electrical characteristics are claimed to be compatible with the most common photovoltaic inverters thanks to values below 14A.
Without federal support, US would only reach 39% of carbon-free energy sector by 2035, said Wood Mackenzie
Without important federal measures like the Build Back Better reconciliation bill, the investment tax credit long-term extension, and US manufacturing support, Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) said the US will fall short of goals.
Do rigid trackers get the most out of large format modules?
Arctech Solar released a new white paper outlining the opportunities presented by stowing modules at a zero-degree angle in high-wind scenarios, a solution made possible by the advent of rigid trackers.
Sunrise brief: Autonomous laser system clears birds from solar installations
Also on the rise: SolaREIT closes $100 million securitization with Nuveen. Fort Riley gets 350 more solar installations on housing. Supply and construction partners selected for Gemini solar project. Mitrex releases the Solar Brick, a BIPV facade.
Mitrex releases the Solar Brick–a solar-integrated building facade
Mitrex solar facades are being installed on a 7000 square feet area on a building in Canada, producing an estimated 90,000 kWh of power annually.
SB Energy buys 1.5GW of First Solar modules
The procurement will help SB Energy to meet the demands of the company’s 4GW solar and storage development pipeline in the US.
Solaria extends PowerXT 400 Series Premium solar panel warranty to 30 years
The warranty covers linear power, labor and workmanship.
Auxin antidumping case “an affront to the industry” said SOLV Energy CEO
SOLV Energy CEO George Hershman joined pv magazine to offer his view on the antidumping/anti-circumvention case.
‘The major solar players will shift from PERC to TOPCon’
US analyst Clean Energy Associates made some notable predictions in its Q4 survey of the world solar manufacturing market, including echoing predictions made elsewhere that the new polysilicon production capacity coming online now will help arrest the spike in solar panel prices.
