Canadian Solar’s module shipments in the first quarter of this year were down 42% over the previous quarter and 64% over the previous year. Image: Canadian Solar. International solar manufacturer ...
Solar manufacturers are facing rising cost pressure as silver paste now accounts for up to 30% of total cell production costs. OPIS analyst Hanwei Wu tells pv magazine that module producers currently ...
Tesla has updated its online configurator with a new solar panel heavily emphasizing its US manufacturing at Gigafactory New York. It’s a surprising new product launch for a business that Tesla has ...
The future of solar module design will be heavier, not lighter. With hail and extreme weather events increasing, module manufacturers are expected to shift toward thicker glass to improve impact ...
Image art by Paul Gerke. Source material via Maël BALLAND and Henry Perks on Unsplash. If you’re keeping score in the everlasting debate over the efficacy of Carrots vs. Sticks, feel free to chalk a ...
The US solar manufacturing industry just hit a historic milestone: Domestic solar module production capacity has surpassed 50 gigawatts (GW). If all these factories ran at full capacity, they could ...
This is the latest record for Trina Solar which set a 27.08% efficiency on n-type Cz-Si HJT solar cell last December. Image: Trinasolar. Chinese PV manufacturer Trina Solar has set a 25.44% module ...