photovoltaic module performance News
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ET Solar Launches New PV Modules at Ecotec 2012
ET Solar Group Corp. ("ET Solar"), one of the global leading solar PV one-stop solution providers, announced the launch of its new Moly modules and salt proof modules at the Ecotec exhibition in Athens on March 17th. The Moly modules are high performance PV modules that employ new mono-like solar cells. With the cell efficiency of up to 18.2%, the module efficiency peaks at 16.1% and is very ...
By ET Solar
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ET Solar Launches New PV Modules at Ecotec 2012
ET Solar Group Corp. ("ET Solar"), one of the global leading solar PV one-stop solution providers, announced the launch of its new Moly modules and salt proof modules at the Ecotec exhibition in Athens on March 17th. The Moly modules are high performance PV modules that employ new mono-like solar cells. With the cell efficiency of up to 18.2%, the module efficiency peaks at 16.1% and is very ...
By ET Solar
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Three months after opening, TÜV Rheinland’s solar test centre in Cologne is operating at full capacity
Three months after opening, TÜV Rheinland’s new solar test centre in Cologne has now reached full capacity. For solar module manufacturers, this means that test times have been roughly halved compared to the previous solar laboratory. The processing times for a full type approval and certification of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules in accordance with IEC 61215, for example, takes ...
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Canadian Solar Announces Industry Leading Product and Performance Warranty
Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ),one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced the introduction of its new and improved photovoltaic (PV) solar module product and performance warranty. Effective August 1, 2011, Canadian Solar's warranty now provides a linear performance guarantee for the Company's PV module power output over a 25-year ...
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PV Evolution Labs and GTM Research Introduce the PV Module Reliability Scorecard Program to Benchmark Manufacturers
North America’s premier PV module testing lab, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), today announced it has partnered with GTM Research to introduce the PV Module Reliability Scorecard, a first of its kind benchmarking program to measure and compare PV module reliability across multiple manufacturers. This study is taking place at PVEL’s state-of-the-art PV ...
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PV Evolution Labs Certifies Solar Manufacturers as PID-Free: Yingli, SolarWorld, JA Solar, Kyocera, and Trina All Pass Qualification
North America’s premier independent solar module test lab, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), announced that under its new Potential Induced Degradation (PID) testing program, several leading solar PV manufacturers have received the highest level of certification as PID-free. PVEL created the PID Certification program because it is now known that the electrical potential between the frame and cells ...
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AZMEEL International are Gold Sponsors of MENASOL 2010
AZMEEL International are Gold Sponsors of MENASOL 2010, and CEO Sheikh Abdulrahman Bin Fahd Al-Jabr, will be speaking and hosting the exclusive Egyptian themed networking dinner for all attendees on the evening of May 4 at the InterContinental City Stars Hotel, Cairo. AZMEEL International is a name for the diversified group of companies owned by the renowned AL-JABR family in the Kingdom of ...
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Trina Solar Receives Certification for Ammonia Gas and Salt Mist Testing
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, announced today that its Mono and Multi Module Series have successfully received the ammonia gas resistance certificate from TUV Rheinland ("TUV") and its Multi Module Series has ...
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PV Evolution Labs Strengthens Solar Module Quality Standards with New Potential Induced Degradation (PID) Certification Program
North America’s premier independent solar module test lab, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), has launched a new certification program that gives solar module manufacturers and project developers a deeper understanding of how products hold up against degradation from system voltages, a common cause of reduced performance and module failure. PVEL developed PID ...
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DUNMORE Backsheets to Protect and Insulate PV Modules Manufactured by Advanced Solar Photonics
DUNMORE Corporation is providing solar module backsheets to Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP) - one of the largest manufacturers of crystalline silicon PV modules in the U.S. with 100 megawatts (MW) of production capacity in 2012. DUNMORE backsheets will insulate and protect the circuitry of modules manufactured by ASP which will be applied to solar power projects throughout North America ...
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Three New Fellows to Help Guide NREL Research
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently named Richard DeBlasio, Sarah Kurtz and Suhuai Wei to its Research Fellows Council, the laboratory's top advisory council, comprised of internationally recognized NREL scientists and engineers. Along with the nine current members of the Research Fellows Council, DeBlasio, Kurtz and Wei will advise NREL executive ...
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Discover OTT HydroMet’s Solar Energy Monitoring Solutions at RE+ Northeast
Date: February 22 to 23, 2023 Location: Booth 1203 - Galleria Hall, Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston, MAThe profitability of your PV plant changes every day – make sure you know why. Easily identify the causes with accurate and real-time data that impact performance ratio. K&Z’s experience as the world's first manufacturer of pyranometers paired with versatile weather instrumentation ...
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PV Evolution Labs Introduces New Soiling Measurement System for Solar Photovoltaic Modules
North America’s premier PV module testing lab, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), today introduced a new Soiling Station program for measurement of power and energy loss due to module soiling in the field. Soiling is the accumulation of dirt on PV modules, which can reduce annual energy output of a plant by up to 10% depending on the site location. Rather than guess about the level of soiling ...
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Upsolar Selected by Pristine Sun for 10 MW SmartModule Deal
Upsolar, a leading international provider of solar PV modules, today announced the company has been selected by Pristine Sun to supply a minimum of 10 MW of its SmartModules for solar farms in California. This agreement highlights the swelling interest in truly integrated SmartModules. Upsolar SmartModules combine the company's high-quality, high-performance PV modules with Tigo Energy's ...
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Trina Solar Obtains Quality Certifications from TUV NORD, SGS, and PVEL
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products, today announced that its PV modules have obtained certification for salt mist, sand blast and PID testing from leading certification bodies. TUV NORD has certified Trina Solar's modules to the latest IEC61701:2011 Severity 1 standard for salt mist corrosion ...
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Canadian Solar Donates PV Modules to the Brian D. Robertson Memorial Solar Schools Fund
SAN RAMON, Calif., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc.(the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced that it has donated PV modules to the Brian D. Robertson Foundation's Memorial Solar Schools Fund. The donated photovoltaic (PV) modules will be installed on four schools, one located in Maryland and three ...
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Saint-Gobain Provides its Technological and Industrial Expertise to the Development of Solar Energy in Saudi Arabia
Saint-Gobain, represented by Jean-Pierre Floris, Senior Vice-President and President of the Innovative Materials Sector has signed an M.O.U. with HRH Prince Faisal Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, to set up a high-tech company in the solar energy sector in Saudi Arabia. The signing ceremony was held in Torgau, Germany, where Saint-Gobain's Avancis affiliate operates one of the world's most ...
By Saint-Gobain
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Meyer Burger`s new high-performance solar cell plant with sustainable water technology
Meyer Burger is opening a new plant to manufacture high-performance solar cells in Thalheim, a district in the town of Bitterfeld-Wolfen. The production process for premium solar cells requires top-quality treated water, powerful wastewater treatment and a sustainable water recycling concept. EnviroWater Group deployed EnviroChemie as a general contractor to provide custom plant solutions for ...
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Photovoltaic Module Standard Proposed by ASTM To Focus on Issues of Durability and Functional Service Life
Standards relating to the performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules have historically focused on initial qualification testing and not issues of durability and functional service life. Subcommittee E44.09 on Photovoltaic Electric Power Conversion is now working on a proposed new standard that will cover these long-term issues: ASTM WK25362, Practice for Photovoltaic Module Reliability Assessment. ...
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Canadian Solar Powers the City of Cavriglia with Photovoltaic Energy
Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, has announced the provision of 12,465 high-performing photovoltaic modules for a ground-mount solar power plant installed on a former mining site in the Italian city of Cavriglia (Arezzo). The 10 MW plant, which has been operational since October contains over 40,000 modules including Canadian Solar's CS6P-P series, will ...
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