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June 19, 2026
Module quality and reliability concerns, HJT, manufacturing in Africa and hail were among the key topics discussed at PV ModuleTech USA.
June 3, 2026
Damp heat testing of solar PV modules yielded 11% 'red flag' results in RETC's latest PV Module Index Report.
May 13, 2026
Solar PV project performance in the US can be significantly impacted by the impacts of hailstorms, stowing methods and fire.
May 7, 2026
Renew Risk has launched a 'first-of-its-kind' model to forecast the impacts of thunderstorms on utility-scale solar projects in the US.
April 16, 2026
Kiwa PVEL has updated its solar module Production Qualification Program to better assess the performance of solar PV modules.
March 11, 2026
VDE Americas has updated its hail risk model with new wind data, claiming it will improve the accuracy of hail-damage predictions for PV projects.
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October 20, 2025
New data suggests the traditional assumptions behind hail stow modelling may be underestimating the likelihood of damage to a PV system.
September 4, 2025
US tracker manufacturer FTC Solar has launched an automated 80 degree hail stow angle for its flagship 1P Pioneer tracker.
August 21, 2025
JA Solar's CTO, Zi Ouyang, discusses the company's latest module technologies and why the future is tandem.
July 25, 2025
VDE Americas has verified the successful deployment of the hail mitigation function of GameChange Solar’s Genius trackers.

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