Solar Builder readers submitted their coolest, most innovative and noteworthy solar projects of the last 12 months, and after combing through another record amount of submissions, we’ve narrowed the field to these 2020 Project of the Year nominees! This year the field is divided into FIVE categories: Residential (single-family, multi-family)Read More

JA Solar, a manufacturer solar photovoltaic products, announced that the power output of its high-efficiency solar modules under standard testing conditions has set a new industry record, reaching above 525 W. Highly powerful PV modules in this range are designed to further reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) andRead More

RWE announced it has achieved commercial operation on its West of the Pecos solar project, located in Reeves County, Texas, approximately 75 miles southwest of Midland-Odessa. West of the Pecos is a 100 megawatt (MWac) solar plant located on more than 700 acres leased from Texas Pacific Land Trust andRead More

JA Solar Holdings Co. says the output power of its 60-cell PV modules assembled by mono-Si PERC cells has exceeded now 325 W. The actual output power clocked in at 326.67 W as measured and certified by TUV SUD. Buy that measure, this sets a new world record for 60-cellRead More

TUV SUD, a quality, safety and sustainability solutions provider that specializes in testing, inspection, auditing, certification, training, and knowledge services, issued a lab qualification of Customers’ Testing Facilities (CTF) to JA Solar Holdings Co. The CTF lab qualification is widely viewed by the PV industry as the recognition for theRead More

JA Solar Holdings Co., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, announced that its entire portfolio of PV modules has passed the 96-hour Potential Induced Degradation (PID) resistance test under the conditions of 85-degrees Celsius and 85 percent relative humidity (double 85) at -1,000V of system voltage biasRead More

JA Solar Holdings Co. just launched its high-performance 400 MW PV solar cell manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia. The facility, which is JA Solar’s first manufacturing facility outside of China, is equipped to produce high-efficiency multi-crystalline solar cells for use in PV power generation. These cells will primarily be usedRead More

JA Solar Holdings Co., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, announced the availability of a new line of easy-to-install Spice Solar frame solar modules. JA Solar modules with Spice frames install faster than ordinary modules with fewer parts, saving rooftop installers time and money onRead More

A 70-MW Moree Solar Farm (MSF) in Australia has begun to install the batches of solar modules provided by JA Solar since June. As MSF’s exclusive supplier, JA Solar will keep delivering JAP6-315 and JAP6-310 modules to meet all demand of 70-MW modules. Early this year, MSF was acknowledged byRead More

Recently, as the installation of solar electricity generation grows at an unprecedented pace world-widely and the performance of PV products improves steadily, the demand for PV modules of high quality and reliability that can operate in the harsh environment without rapid degradation has greatly increased. To meet the demand, JA SolarRead More