Researchers from Japan's Ibaraki University and the University of Shiga Prefecture have developed a novel deterioration diagnosis device for PV modules that can reportedly inspect a string of cells ...

Scientists in Indonesia have investigated early operational defects in a 24.9 MW solar PV system in Sumatra and have identified hotspot formation as the dominant defect. They also detected 282 cases ...

Catastrophic-type glass breakage in PV modules. Image: Valentin, D. et al. 2022, “Failure investigation of a solar tracker due to wind-induced torsional galloping”. In recent years PV modules have ...

Photovoltaic (PV) modules constitute a critical component in the global renewable energy landscape. However, their long‐term performance is often compromised by degradation phenomena that stem from ...

Is maximizing power per string the only right answer? If we imagine the development of the photovoltaic (PV) industry in terms of both scale and quality as a single curve, then from the first ...