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More Than Powering Today: Shaping Australia's PV & ESS Future
2+ week, 5+ day ago (402+ words) Sungrow unveils its latest innovations " Power Titan 3. 0 with AC block design and Hybrid Solution at Sungrow PV & ESS Summit in Sydney. The event attracted over 300 partners and industry experts to explore emerging technologies and market trends shaping Australia's energy transition....
Halocell Energy, Sofab Inks advance perovskite collaboration
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (339+ words) An ongoing collaboration between Australia's Halocell Energy and U. S-based Sofab Inks finds that perovskite modules incorporating Sofab's Tinfab electron transport layer maintain approximately 100% of their normalized efficiency after 1, 300 hours under accelerated combined light and damp-heat testing. Australian solar cell developer…...
Jupiter, AMPIN open 1. 3 GW solar factory in India
10+ hour, 15+ min ago (277+ words) Jupiter International and AMPIN Energy Transition have inaugurated a 1. 3 GW solar cell and module facility in Bhubaneswar, India, under a joint venture. From pv magazine India Jupiter International and AMPIN Energy Transition have inaugurated an integrated solar cell and module…...
Cyber threats for PV: What are man-in-the-middle attacks and how do they work
9+ hour, 45+ min ago (367+ words) Image: pv magazine, AI generated Man-in-the-middle (MITM) cyberattacks are a special kind of cyber threat targeting a wide range of digital and cyber-physical systems where two parties communicate over a network, especially if the communication is not strongly authenticated or…...
Sodium-ion battery study claims zero thermal runaway breakthrough
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (374+ words) pv magazine International Sodium-ion battery study claims zero thermal runaway breakthrough Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say a polymerizable non-flammable electrolyte improves safety in sodium-ion batteries while maintaining performance. A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of…...
Internet-of-Things could bring solar module water cooling closer to commercial viability
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (199+ words) A Czech team developed an Io T system using MQTT to autonomously cool PV panels, boosting daily energy yield by 7. 38% with a positive net energy balance. A research team from the Czech Republic has developed a novel Internet of Things…...
New tech reduces silver use in TOPCon solar cells by a factor of 10
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (300+ words) Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have reduced silver consumption in solar cell metallization to 1. 1 mg/Wp using an electrodeposition-based process, down from current levels of 1012 mg/Wp. Tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) cells, which currently…...
U. S. scientists build copper-contacted TOPCon solar cell with 24. 3% efficiency
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (376+ words) Measured cell performance and EL images of Cu contacted n-TOPCon, fired as a function of different peak temperatures A research team in the United States has fabricated TOPCon solar cells with screen-printed, fire-through copper (Cu) contact on the rear side…...
Anker Solix launches 7 k Wh plug-in battery targeting rooftop solar retrofits
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (638+ words) The new Anker Solix Solarbank Max AC steps up from balcony-scale storage with a 3. 5 k W inverter, plug-in capabilities for do-it-yourself (DIY) ease of installation, and expandability to 42 k Wh, priced from "2, 229. Chinese battery solutions maker Anker Solix has launched…...
How LECO process could push TOPCon solar cell efficiency beyond 26%
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (325+ words) A solar cell fabricated at UNSW in Australia Image: University of New South Wales A new study by researchers from University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Chinese solar cell specialist Laplace suggests that laser-enhanced contact optimization (LECO) could unlock…...