PV Magazine Australia

3 days ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | Mark Hutchins

The 11th edition of the Module Reliability Scorecard, published annually by United States-headquartered PV module testing laboratory Kiwa-PVEL, has been released. The scorecard summarises the results of extended reliability testing of commercially available PV modules, designed to expose any weaknesses that may show up in the field after installation. The 2025 scorecard features results from 50 module manufacturers, a slight fall from 53 included in last year’s scorecard.

5 days ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | Emiliano Bellini

A group of researchers from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and China’s metallisation paste specialist Changzhou Fusion New Materials has identified a new failure mode in TOPCon solar modules manufactured via the so-called laser-enhanced contact optimisation (LECO) process. The process is carried out after the firing of the metallisation paste and involves scanning a laser across a crystalline silicon cell while it is under reverse bias.

1 week ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | David Carroll

The Muswellbrook Solar Farm, being developed by Swedish-headquartered renewable energy developer OX2 in partnership with the Australian arm of Japanese resources and energy company Idemitsu, has won approval from the New South Wales (NSW) Independent Planning Commission (IPC).

1 week ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | David Carroll

A giga-scale green hydrogen project planned for Western Australia has been given a major boost with the state government allocating developer Xodus Group, in partnership with Perth-based Warradarge Energy, land in the Oakajee Strategic Industrial Area near Geraldton. Xodus said the allocation paves the way for it and its partners to progress the project, formerly known as Project MercurHy, under the Warradarge Energy banner.

1 week ago | pv-magazine-australia.com | David Carroll

Having signed a deal to supply Australian transport and logistics giant Linfox with 30 heavy-duty electric trucks, Sweden-headquartered truck and bus maker Volvo Group has announced it will start production of electric trucks at its facility in Brisbane’s western suburbs. The order with Linfox comprises 29 Volvo FM Electric trucks and one FH Electric model.