A working group of the international PV Quality Assurance Task Force has been undertaking research and testing initiatives aimed at improving the design and long-term reliability of module junction ...

Bypass diodes: The Zurich University of Applied Sciences has developed a new mobile LED flasher that can test module nominal power in the field, rather than in the lab. This flasher can also detect ...

pv magazine s third Quality Roundtable hosted during Intersolar Europe in June revealed a case in which junction boxes overheated and caused brown discoloration of the backsheets of PV panels. The ...

STMicroelectronics (ST) announces an innovation for solar panels aimed at allowing more of the energy from each cell to reach the power grid. STMicroelectronics (ST) announces an innovation for solar ...

India’s Ministry of new and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued guidelines on how to conduct testing on solar PV modules in test labs. This comes as part of the implementation of Solar Photovoltaics ...

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) introduced a smart bypass diode in a standard surface-mount package with 15-A current handling capability and the industry's lowest power dissipation. Texas ...

Field testing shows new Maxeon 7 IBC cells exhibit 70% lower average temperature rise in partial shading compared to competing technologies Maxeon IBC panels provide solar customers with safer, more ...