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Fraunhofer Launches 3 kV String Inverters for Medium-Voltage Solar

Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (Fraunhofer ISE) has launched the “PVgoesMV” project to demonstrate the world’s first medium-voltage solar...

January 30, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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Inverters & BOS

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US Slaps Countervailable Duties on Select Chinese Solar Cell Companies

The U.S. Department of Commerce has imposed countervailable duties on select crystalline silicon cells, whether or not assembled into modules, imported from China during...

January 28, 2026

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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Technology
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US DOE Announces $30 Million for Energy Innovation Programs

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $30 million in funding across three programs intended to help the...

January 28, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Renewable Energy

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Technology
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Antimony Chalcogenide Solar Cell Efficiency Hits a New High of 10.7%

Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney have set a world record efficiency for solar cells based on antimony chalcogenide, achieving a certified...

January 23, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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Solar

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Technology
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US Patent Board Declines Applications Against First Solar’s TOPCon Patents

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) director has denied three separate inter partes review applications filed by JinkoSolar, Mundra Solar, and Canadian Solar in...

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US Patent Board Invalidates Maxeon’s TOPCon Patent Claims Against Canadian Solar

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board  of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has determined that the claims of patent infringement by Singapore-based solar solutions...

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Researchers Find 20% of Solar Panels Degrade Faster than Expected

Around a fifth of the solar panels examined in a news study by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) were found to fail much faster than expected, with some likely to...

January 13, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Develop Method to Recover 97% Silver from Used Solar Panels

Researchers at the University of Newcastle have developed a safe and effective method to recover high-grade silver from end-of-life solar panels without using acid,...

January 13, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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Solar

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Technology
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RenewSys to Supply 300 MW of Solar Encapsulants to Icon Solar

Mumbai-headquartered RenewSys India, manufacturer of solar modules and key components, has signed an agreement to supply 300 MW of high-performance solar encapsulants to...

December 31, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Other

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Develop Protective Polymer Coating for Perovskite Cells

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have reported the development of a lightweight, two-dimensional polyaramid polymer that can serve as a...

November 20, 2025

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Meghana Prasad

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Solar

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Technology
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Singlet Fission Can Enhance Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency: Research

Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney claim they have increased the efficiency of solar technology by utilizing the concept of singlet fission,...

November 5, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Solar

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Technology
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Researchers Report Record Efficiency for Triple-Junction Perovskite Cells

A team led by researchers from the University of Sydney has claimed it created the largest and most efficient triple-junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon tandem solar...

October 15, 2025

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Staff

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Solar

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Technology
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Jinko Announces 25.58% N-Type TOPCon Solar Module Conversion Efficiency

Chinese solar cell and module, and energy storage system (ESS) supplier JinkoSolar has claimed it has independently developed N-type tunnel oxide passivated contact...

July 2, 2025

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Staff

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Modules

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Solar

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Technology
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Top Robotic Solar Module Cleaning Equipment Suppliers in 2024

Taypro, Langfang Sol-Bright New Energy Technology, Airtouch Solar, Vayu Solar, and LEAPTING were the top five robotic solar module cleaning equipment suppliers to the...

June 3, 2025

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Yogeshwaran M

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar

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Technology
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MIT Research Demonstrates 29% Boost in Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have demonstrated a new interface architecture that pushes the traditional silicon solar cell’s efficiency...

June 2, 2025

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Staff

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Solar

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