The third PV ModuleTech conference takes place in Penang, Malaysia on 22-23 October 2019, with the agenda of speakers, companies and topics largely complete. One of the key companies presenting at PV ModuleTech this year is Clean Energy Associates, one of the industry leaders in factory auditing, inline monitoring of assembly lines and inspection of modules pre-shipment.
Materials giant is sticking to its rigorous testing, including use of its ‘Tedlar time machine’, and gearing up for a period of greater solar tech diversity.
Extending timeframes to 2040-2050 and allowing natural gas, nuclear to play role would be key to achieving ‘unprecedented’ redesign of power sector, says firm.
Integrated energy company Sembcorp Industries and Singapore’s largest home-grown integrated logistics provider YCH Group have completed a 2.8MW rooftop solar farm.
Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Hanwha Q CELLS has extended its patent infringement complaints in Australia to include REC Group and two of its distributors, Sol Distribution, and BayWa r.e. Solar Systems, the first time the SMSL has expanded its patent cases to include distributors.
Turkey-based renewables firm EkoRE has broken ground on the world’s first vertically integrated heterojunction (HJT) module factory in Turkey with an expected initial nameplate capacity of 1GW.
As the PV-Tech team evaluated the topics best suited for this year’s PV CellTech event (12-13 March 2019, Penang, Malaysia), it was clear that wafering should be a key theme for inclusion at the conference.
