tandem pv

California-based start-up Tandem PV has been awarded a US Department of Energy grant to accelerate the commercial scale-up of its perovskite PV technology.

Tandem PV has acquired fellow nexTC, which develops thin-film metal oxide coating processes for use in tandem solar modules.

Two US solar companies have made advances in perovskite-silicon solar module production this week, with claims that they mark a step towards making the long-discussed technology commercially viable.

The CEC has awarded a US$4 million grant to perovskite developer Tandem PV to test its perovskite-silicon tandem solar panels.

The investment will allow the company to build a commercial-scale perovskite manufacturing plant in the US.

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar has agreed to pursue further thin-film technology development with Germany’s Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW).

Tandem PV has secured US$6 million to advance research and development and plans to build its first manufacturing plant.

California-based perovskite solar startup Caelux has closed US$12 million in Series A3 financing to support its factory expansion in Baldwin Park, California, research and development (R&D) and eventual product launch.

A consortium of Dutch and German organisations led by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has developed a tandem solar PV module that is aimed to be introduced in European markets.

Belgian solar manufacturer Belinus has selected Belgium and Georgia to build 5GW of solar module manufacturing facilities to be operational by the end of 2025.