PV manufacturers JinkoSolar, LONGi Solar and REC Group have recently filed petitions for inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 9,893,215 B2 [215] with the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in response to Hanwha Q CELLS patent infringement cases announced in early March, 2019.
Inline solar cell measurement equipment specialist Aurora Solar Technologies (AST) has won an order ahead of SNEC 2019 from another major China-based manufacturer of high-efficiency PERC solar cells.
Major PV materials supplier, Heraeus Photovoltaics has launched eight, next-generation, high-performance metallization pastes at SNEC PV Power Expo 2019.
PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has published the 5th Edition of its PV Module Reliability Scorecard in partnership with DNV GL, which remains the most comprehensive publicly available comparison of PV module reliability test results.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, LONGi Solar expects to enter mass production of a newly developed ‘Seamless Soldering’ cell interconnect technology in the second-half of 2019.
China-based PV module manufacturer, Znshine PV tech has won a bid to supply solar panels to DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) based projects to be used in various residential projects as part of Shams Dubai.
PV module manufacturer ZNShine PV Tech have developed graphene coating in collaboration with the China University of Science and Technology for its G12 Series of monocrystalline panels, which is said to increase the transmission properties of the glass, while the hydrophobic effect of the graphene coating achieves the highest level of panel self-cleaning, reducing O&M costs for commercial and utility-scale PV power plants.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar has named an acting CEO as founder Dr. Shawn Qu recovers at hospital after being injured in an accident.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar has secured its largest single multi-year PV module supply agreement, totalling 1.8GW with EDF Renewables North America.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar has set a record 22.28% conversion efficiency for its p-type multi-crystalline 'P5' cell, which was tested and certified by Fraunhofer ISE.
