Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Newcastle have found that "hidden contaminants" in TOPCon and HJT modules can cause power losses of up to 16%. The presence of these "hidden contaminants" in HJT and TOPCon glass-backed modules in damp heat induced degradation resulted in relative power losses of 10% to 16% after 1,000 hours of damp heat testing...
Recently, a flash flood disaster occurred in Xinquangou, Xinquan Village, Yongxin Township, Jingyuan County, Baiyin City, Gansu Province. Five people have been missing. It has been confirmed that the missing people are all staff members of a local photovoltaic project. In recent years, flood disasters have occurred frequently around the world, not only causing a large amount of economic losses, bu...
Solar manufacturer T1 Energy has signed a 437MW module supply agreement with an undisclosed US utility. The company has now signed 2.6GW of solar panel supply deals, which is at the “low end” of its full-year module manufacturing capacity forecast. As of August, the company produced more than 1.2GW of solar modules at its Dallas module assembly plant in 2025. According to...
In just half a month, three major fires have engulfed rooftops in three different countries. Recently, three seemingly unrelated fires—one in a domestic chemical plant, one in a cold chain warehouse across the ocean, and one in a European residential building—all pointed to rooftop photovoltaic (PV) modules. With summer approaching, a peak fire season, rooftop PV fires are evolving fro...
