Vincent Shaw

1 week ago | pv-magazine.com | Vincent Shaw

From ESS NewsAmid growing global scrutiny over the safety of energy storage systems, Hithium has successfully conducted the world’s first open-door extreme fire test, establishing a precedent for safety validation in the sector. The test offers a high-stakes technical model to inform future product safety standards. The subject of the test was Hithium’s self-developed ∞Block 5MWh liquid-cooled battery storage system.

2 weeks ago | pv-magazine.com | Vincent Shaw

Chinese solar module manufacturer Longi has unveiled this week at the SNEC 2025 tradeshow in Shanghai, China, a new solar module relying on its proprietary hybrid interdigitated back contact (HIBC) crystalline silicon solar cell based on a full-size silicon wafer, which achieved in mid-April a . The company said the new 2,382 mm x 1,134 mm module has an efficiency of 25.9% and a power output of 700 W, with the power density being 259 W/m2. The temperature coefficient is -0.24%/C.

2 weeks ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | Vincent Shaw

From ESS NewsChinese inverter and BESS supplier Sungrow has unveiled its next-generation PowerTitan 3.0 energy storage platform. It features the industry’s first mass-producible 684 Ah cell and an all-liquid-cooled silicon carbide (SiC) power conversion system. The single platform supports multiple configurations, enabling broad, global application versatility. All functional modules are standardised and can be flexibly deployed based on specific scenario needs without requiring redesign.

2 weeks ago | pv-magazine.com | Vincent Shaw

From ESS NewsChinese inverter and BESS supplier Sungrow has unveiled its next-generation PowerTitan 3.0 storage platform. It features the industry’s first mass-producible 684 Ah cell and an all-liquid-cooled silicon carbide (SiC) power conversion system. The single platform supports multiple configurations, enabling broad, global application versatility. All functional modules are standardized and can be flexibly deployed based on specific scenario needs without requiring redesign.

2 weeks ago | pv-magazine.com | Vincent Shaw

Hainan Drinda New Energy Technology has signed a strategic cooperation agreement through its Hong Kong subsidiary JTPV with Turkish solar company Schmid Pekintas Energy to build a 5 GW n-type solar cell manufacturing facility in Turkey, starting with a 2 GW first phase. Drinda said Turkey currently hosts 15 GW of module capacity – ranking first in Europe. But it has less than 2 GW of solar cell capacity, creating a structural bottleneck that depends on imports.