Mark Osborne

Market research firm IHS has disclosed the top 10 PV inverter suppliers for 2013, which highlights the continuing market share gains by Asian-based suppliers at the expense of European rivals.

Panasonic Corporation has achieved a record conversion efficiency of 25.6% on a commercial sized (143.7 cm²) monocrystalline-based ‘HIT’ solar cell.

Sungrow Power Supply Co is supplying 20kW PV string inverters for several PV power plants in Turkey with a total of 2MW.

Perovskite thin-film solar cells could be closer to commercialisation than expected after Oxford Photovoltaics (Oxford PV) made a critical appointment of a veteran leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing technologist as its Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Chris Case.

Dubai-based investment company Adenium Energy Capital is to co-develop a 10MW PV power plant in Jordan.

Hanergy Solar’s German-based subsidiary, Solibro has achieved a conversion efficiency of 20.5%, which have been verified by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Major PV inverter manufacturer, Sungrow Power Supply, has said its 1MW ‘SG1000TS’ central inverter has passed TÜV Rheinland certification for harsh environment testing.

Major PV energy provider (PVEP) SunEdison has secured a 660MW solar cell supply agreement with Korean-based cell producer, Shinsung Solar Energy.

The PV inverter market continues to evolve with changing preferences and acceptance of Chinese producers products increasing, according to the latest survey of purchasers from market research firm, IHS.

Thin-film producer, Solar Frontier has produced a CIS solar cell with a record conversion efficiency of 20.9% at the Atsugi Research Center, Japan in collaboration with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).