Weekly Update (May. 6)

Astronergy news this week

1. The first solar party of Astronergy World Tour 2023 kicks off

The first solar party of Astronergy World Tour 2023 held in Sydney, Australia on May 3rd, saw a customized PV module ASTRO N n-type TOPCon product launch for the Australian market and sharing of flowing fabulous views about new PV market trends and frontier PV tech from senior professionals.

During the May 3rd?event, Astronergy launched its new customized product for Australia’s residential, commercial and industrial distributed power generations -- 440W ASTRO N5s TOPCon module.

Bram Hoex, UNSW professor and one of the main contributors to TOPCon tech, gave his opinions that the n-type cell has significantly higher power and higher efficiency, and the newly launched ASTRO N TOPCon product could have a higher yield for end users due to its better performance.

2. Astronergy to show at the Solar Show MENA 2023 in Egypt

Only 3 days left! Solar Show MENA 2023 is to be on.

Astronergy will take its ASTRO N n-type TOPCon PV modules attend the event in Egypt.

A final reminder of our booth: #Hall 4, #D22

The Astronergy team is ready to welcome and receive guests at the show. Click and register for visiting: https://lnkd.in/dfDb3cB

PV market news this week

1.?Chile?has 231 MW of storage under construction, PV capacity tops 8.2 GW

As of the end of March, Chile had 4,748 MW of PV projects under construction, 19,832 MW of solar projects approved, and another 4,660 MW under review.

2.?Australia’s cumulative installed PV capacity tops 29.7 GW

The state of the Australian PV market has been detailed in the IEA’s PVPS Annual Report 2022 which reveals that a cumulative 29.7 GW of PV and at least 3.36 million rooftop solar systems have been installed in Australia.

3.?Germany,?Netherlands?and?Sweden?have lowest cost of capital for utility scale PV

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released new data on the cost of capital for solar PV, onshore and offshore wind in the period between 2020 and 2021. Results show that Germany and the Netherlands have the lowest cost of capital in Europe at 2.2%, while the United States, China, India, and Australia show values of 5.4%, 3.9%, 7.1%, and 4.6%, respectively.

Eye on PV tech development

The first attempt to build UV-stable perovskite solar cells that harvest energy from ‘black lights’

A UK research group has fabricated perovskite solar cells that can harvest energy from near-ultraviolet (UV-A) indoor LED lights. The devices achieved an efficiency of 26.19%, an open-circuit voltage of 0.90V, a short-circuit current of 1.42 mA/cm2, and a fill factor of 77.56%, resulting in a maximum power output of 991.21 μW/cm2.