UV degradation was among the three most common test failures from Kiwa PVEL’s module testing this year. Image: Kiwa PVEL. As the year comes to a close, there is no doubt that this was the year of ...

‘We’re seeing that manufacturers have tried to remove materials, remove costs from those modules, to cut their losses, and that presents reliability risks,’ says Tristan Erion-Lorico. Image: Kiwa PVEL ...

The new module can reportedly achieve a power conversion efficiency of up to 24.8% and a bifaciality factor of over 85%.

Researchers at SUPSI found that six Swiss PV systems installed in the late 1980s and early 1990s show exceptionally low degradation rates of just 0.16% to 0.24% per year after more than 30 years of ...