Damage to a relay contact after cyclic current loading. A better understanding of inverter reliability will help boost performance and reduce costs. Image: Fraunhofer IMWS. Inverters are critical to ...

The Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC) released its 2024 PV Module Index report, evaluating the reliability, quality, and performance of solar panels. Solar modules are put through a variety of ...

The vulnerability of PERC modules to LID and LeTID is well known and among the reasons the industry is moving towards N-type technology, which tends to be less affected by the two phenomena. TUV Nord ...

JinkoSolar draws attention after module verification highlights solar equipment resilience, utility-scale power supply ...

California-based PVEL, an independent test lab for the downstream solar industry, said this week that it has made several upgrades and expansions to its extended reliability and performance tests for ...

If you’re looking to investigate the benefits of GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductors, you’re in luck: GaN Systems has debuted four new integrated power-module evaluation kits. The module kits ...

As global energy demand surges—driven by AI-hungry data centers, advanced manufacturing, and electrified transportation—researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have unveiled a ...