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Researchers from Trina Solar and China’s Nanchang University claim that they have verified that sunscreen contact solar modules only perform better than topcon modules when fewer than three cells are shaded in a substring. Their findings were published in a peer-reviewed scientific article. August 20, 2025 Emiliano Bellini Scientists from Trinasolar’s State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology (SKL) and Nanchang University in China have carried out a series of simulations to compare the performance of return contact (BC) solar cells with top concels under shadow conditions. The research group explained that their goal was not to investigate the…
Solardaily Exclusive: A small contractor forces CPUC to blink at 150% storage rule On August 13 at exactly 16.38 hours, Southern California Edison (SCE) pressed an e -mail on an e -mail that landed as a hammerlag in the solar industry in California. The subject was clinical: “Suspension of the paired storage 150% rule proceeds on August 15, 2025.” The reality was much stricter: within 48 hours, contractors would be rejected again by an outdated CPUC regulation that limited storage capacity up to 150% of paired solar energy. The reaction was fast – but not from a large trade group…
Anker Solix’s C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power State delivers 2,000 W (AC) output of a 1,024 WH battery and can fully charge in 49 minutes using Hyperflash technology. August 20, 2025 Tristan Rayner By ESS News Anker Solix’s C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station, with 1024 Wh -capacity and 2000 W AC -Output, has opened a new battle front in fast charging, because it positions itself as the fastest on the market in its class via the company’s hyperflash technology. The C1000 Gen 2 achieves 100% cargo in 49 minutes when it is connected to a wall output, although it…
The solar industry has been fighting for decades to earn its reputation as the fastest, cheapest way to decipher the grid. But in 2025, because the deployment accelerates and finishing policy support, the industry must experience an uncomfortable truth: the obsession of the sun sector with the lowering of costs now undermines the reliability, safety and life cycle conomy of the module. On the other hand, Solar Energy remains the cheapest electricity source in the world, according to Lazard’s newest LCOE report. This applies to a non -subsidized basis (ie, without tax benefits or other credits), despite the technology with…
Masdar, GD Power and Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) have reached financial closure on the 2 GW Al Sadawi Solar Project in Saudi Arabia. The financing comprises $ 1.1 billion of eight regional and international banks. August 20, 2025 Patrick Jowett A Masdar-based consortium, the GD power of China and Kepco, have reached financial closure on the 2 GW Al Sadawi Solar Project. The project in the eastern province of Saudi -Arabia will be developed on the basis of build, possession and operation. A 25-year-old electricity purchase agreement (PPA) has been signed with Saudi Power Procurement Co. (SPPC). Secure project…
… what you can do today. PV and installation professionals must now act as module prices fall to new lows, despite efficiency revisions. August 20, 2025 Martin Schachinger, pvxchange.com By PV Magazine Germany PV professionals and planners must take into account that the prices of the modules in August fell again and reached a new layer on the all time. Almost all technology lessons now act on or under January levels, even after the efficiency thresholds distinguished conventional and highly efficient modules were increased by 0.5 percentage points. Nowadays, products with efficiency of less than 23% are rare, because 460…
An International Researc team has included an assembled Monolaag in Perovskite Indoor PV to improve its stability and sustainability. Cells, mini modules and a prototype device from an electronic price tag, the new structure was tested. It turned out to show a lifetime that approached 6000 hours. August 20, 2025 Lior Kahana A group of researchers led by Chinese Soochow University has developed a reliable Perovskite Indoor PV (PIPV) for self-powered devices. The team has developed a small test cell on which they have conducted experiments, together with a mini module and an electronic price tag driven by the technology.…
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) stops financing for internal programs that cause solar and wind construction on agricultural land. USDA sec. Brooke Rollins made the announcement on X Yesterday, referring to concern about Solar and Wind’s ‘destruction’ of the American agricultural land. “We no longer allow companies to use your taxpayer dollars to finance solar projects on Prime American Farmland, and we no longer allow solar panels that are manufactured by foreign opponents to be used in our USDA-Final Projects,” Rollins said in a press release from USDA. Solar projects will no longer be eligible for the USDA development…
The team produced a reverse 1.08 cm2 perovskite solar cell of 16.53% using atomic layer deposit to install a tinoxide buffering layer to prevent rumor damage. August 20, 2025 Valerie Thompson A research team of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has demonstrated an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) method within a lower temperature process to apply a buffer layer of thin film from Tinoxide (SNOX) to protect perovskiet and transport layers against damage during the transparent liveable sputing. Sputtering transparent conductive oxide (TCO) is used to make perovskite tandem and bifacial perovskiet solar cells (PSC) possible. However, sputtering can cause…
Chinese researchers, led by a research team of PV Technology Center of Tongwei Co., LTD, used a consecutive glow process in the manufacture of tandem solar cells, with a wide tire gap perovskiet top cell on a fully textured commercial crystalline silicon heterojunction soerojunction. The resulting device had a certified power conversion efficiency of 31.4%, which performed better than a 29.43%-efficient control cell. August 19, 2025 Valerie Thompson Scientists in China, led by a research team of the PV Technology Center of Tongwei Co., LTD, a unit of Chinese vertical integrated solar manufacturer Tongwei, used a lower temperature, sequentially glowing…