In a paper presented at the IEEE PVSC (Photovoltaic Specialists Conference) being held this week, an NREL-supervised test showed that US-based start-up, Alta Devices modules lost little efficiency at elevated temperatures, unlike conventional modules.
China's tier I crystalline-silicon PV module manufacturers are on course to cut production costs to 36c per watt by the end of 2017, according to a report from GTM Research published yesterday.
Having established the PV cell performance characterization laboratory at NREL in 1980 and devoted more than three decades to photovoltaic science, Dr. Keith Emery of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will receive the William R. Cherry Award at IEEE PVSC.
PV installations reached a record 723MW in the first quarter of 2013, representing a 33% increase over the first quarter of 2012, according to GTM Research
Canadian Solar has secured its largest EPC contract to date with the signing of an agreement to build a 130MW PV power plant in Ontario, Canada for Samsung Renewable Energy.
Mexican PV developer Sonora80M Group has signed an agreement to deliver 15% of energy generated at its 20MW solar park in Mexico to Ford Motor Company.
Consolidation and oversupply in the PV industry has forced capital expenditure to their lowest levels since 2006, information and analytics company IHS said this week.
