Researchers find flames spread 46% faster on degraded module backsheets
Singapore researchers accelerated PV backsheet weathering to investigate flame spread behavior finding after six weeks, flame spread was 46% faster than on unweathered PV backsheets, saying current safety standards fail to account for long-term degradation.
South Australia commercial BESS projects first to face CSIP-AUS testing
Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has deployed the first commercial and industrial community battery energy storage systems in South Australia to undergo common smart inverter profile for Australia testing.
$150 million round 2 Solar Sunshot targets solar supply chain technologies
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has launched the second funding round of the $1 billion Solar Sunshot program, releasing $150 million dollars to stimulate the commercial domestic manufacture of critical segments of the solar supply chain.
Solar sector pundits press goverment on $6.5 billion opportunity with $10 levy
A delegation of solar industry stakeholders are in the second day of talks with federal ministers to petition a mandatory product stewardship scheme for the solar circular economy, saying a $10 fee per panel can sustain the industry and cash-in on $65 billion opportunity.
US scientists develop new deep learning tech for PV inverter fault diagnosis
United States scientists have combined spatial and temporal attention mechanisms to develop a new approach for PV inverter fault detection, training the new method on a dataset created in MATLAB/Simulink, and found accuracy reached 97.35%.
CEFC pumps $3.8 billion into Marinus Link project
The proposed Mainus Link undersea high-voltage interconnector between Tasmania and Victoria is advancing towards construction with financing now locked in and suppliers issued with “notice to proceed” on key components.
Sungrow debuts 2.5 kW microinverter
The Chinese company said its new microinverter supports four independent MPPT inputs with DC input currents up to 18 A.
Rooftop solar installation rates trending down
Australia’s rooftop solar market continues to ease with the latest data from market intelligence outfit SunWiz revealing that national installation volumes dropped off by 12% in August compared to the previous month.
Renshine Solar hits 27.5% efficiency for flexible all-perovskite solar cell
Renshine Solar says it has achieved a record 27.5% efficiency for a flexible all-perovskite cell and 23.0% on a 20.26 cm² panel.
Premier Energies launches 620 W TOPCon solar module
Premier Energies has started commercial output at its 1.2 GW n-type G12R solar cell line in India and introduced a 620 W bifacial module with n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact cells based on the rectangular G12R wafer format.
