Once considered isolated incidents, spontaneous glass breakages in solar modules are becoming more frequent, highlighting the limits of some manufacturing choices and the need for closer quality ...

According to Wood Mackenzie's poll of top-performing global solar module manufacturers for the first half of 2025, all non-Chinese companies within the top 10 remained profitable while the group ...

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 ...

‘These technologies enter the market without proper qualification,’ Gebhardt says. Image: Fraunhofer ISE This interview appears alongside others on module reliability in the latest edition of our ...

U.S.-based solar panel backsheet manufacturer Endurans Solar has attained the IEC 62788-2-1:2023 certification for its new D15T transparent backsheet product, as part of the full D15-series safety ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - India's solar module manufacturing industry is headed for consolidation over the next three to five years as overcapacity and rapid technology shifts squeeze smaller ...

Ascent Solar Technologies, a U.S. manufacturer of copper indium gallium-selenide (CIGS) thin-film PV products, announced it shipped modules for testing to an ocean technology company and a power ...

Nextracker, a solar technology platform provider, and T1 Energy, an advanced manufacturer of solar modules, announced a strategic framework agreement to use Nextracker’s patented steel module frame ...

Meyer Burger, the beleaguered Swiss solar panel manufacturer that filed bankruptcy earlier this year, announced today that it will not attempt to restart after failing to find an investor. The ...

Abstract: Every year Kiwa PVEL’s Photovoltaic (PV) Module Reliability Scorecard highlights the technical advancements and limitations of commercially available solar modules. Modules included in the ...

JA Solar, one of the world’s largest solar manufacturers, has introduced its latest innovation—DesertBlue, a high-efficiency PV module engineered to perform reliably in extreme desert environments.