With less of the panel’s active area blocked, more of the module can be used to produce electricity.

“Four years ago, that was at 50% and it’s steadily increased since,” said Tristan Erion-Lorico. Image: Kiwa PVEL. A total of 83% of module manufacturers have had at least one test failure in the Kiwa ...

First Solar, Inc. today announced it has set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) module conversion efficiency, achieving 18.6 percent aperture efficiency for an advanced full ...

Major Chinese module manufacturer Trina Solar’s latest 210mm n-type industrial tunnel oxide passivated contact (i-TOPCon) module has achieved a maximum power output of 740.6W, a record for this type ...

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) LITTLETON, Colorado - China adopted classic cutthroat pricing to shift a record 120,427 megawatts (MW) of solar module ...