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Maxeon starts Patent Infringement lawsuit against Hanwha Q CELLS
USA Intellectual property Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd, a prominent company in solar innovation, announced on 22 April that it had initiated a patent infringement lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas against Hanwha Q CELLS, alleging their infringement of Maxeon patents relating to TOPCon (tunnel oxide passivated contact) solar cell technology. Maxeon’s position in solar technology is the result of nearly 40 years of research and development and over half a billion dollars of
investment since 2007, which it says have led to major advances in solar cell and panel efficiency, performance, and cost. The company has a global patent portfolio of over 1650 granted patents and more than 330 pending patent applications protecting the innovations underpinning its IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact), Shingled Hypercell, and TOPCon technologies.
“In November 2023, Maxeon initiated a TOPCon patent infringement investigation in the
Record for Si solar cell efficiency China Solar energy
On 7 May Longi Green Energy Technology Co announced that the company has broken another world record for silicon solar cell efficiency only 4 months after it last set such a record. As certified by Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin, new silicon hetero-junction back-contact (HBC) solar cells designed by Longi have achieved an efficiency of 27.30 % under laboratory conditions. The new record was announced at a celebratory event where Longi also unveiled a new product, the Hi-MO 9 silicon solar module featuring a conversion efficiency of up to 24.43 %. The announcement represented the 17th time that the company has set a world-record in solar cell efficiency since April 2021, firmly establishing it as a leader in crystalline silicon photovoltaics – the company is now the world-record holder both for efficiency in crystalline silicon solar cells and for efficiency in crystalline silicon-perovskite cells – and in
The Hi-MO 9 module
On the same day, 7 May, Longi launched its new, flagship Hi-MO 9 module. This is a solar module with capabilities of up to 660 W, based on 2nd generation hybrid passivated back contact (HPBC) cell technology and the TaiRay wafer, a silicon wafer launched by Lonki in March this year. The Hi-MO 9 module exhibits a conversion efficiency up to 24.43%, and is designed to excel in a range of tough environments, including mountain and desert locations. The panels will be produced at the company’s Jiaxing Production Base which has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a ‘Global Lighthouse Factory’, a group of factories that have been judged to be accelerating the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies in manufacturing.
CIP and Uniper in H2 partnership
Europe Hydrogen economy Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, through its Energy Transition Fund, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Uniper to strengthen collaboration on bringing green hydrogen from CIP’s HØST PtX Esbjerg project to Germany.
The partnership is expected to drive collaboration on the production, transport, and marketing of green hydrogen from the project, located on the Danish west coast, to Germany. It is expected that HØST will by 2028 be connected to the German hydrogen backbone via a new pipeline from Denmark to Germany to be developed by the Danish transmission system operator Energinet in co-operation with Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services.
In partnership, CIP and Uniper undertake to deliver up to 140 000 tons of green hydrogen annually to customers in Germany. Uniper intends to take green hydrogen from HØST into its green gas portfolio and supply the industry’s needs with varying flexibility profiles and with different contract lengths. Holger Kreetz, COO of Uniper, said: “We see great potential in this collaboration. HØST fits our strategic target of achieving at least 1 GW installed electrolyser capacity by 2030 and our other electrolyser developments in Germany such as Green Wilhelmshaven. Uniper’s diversified hydrogen portfolio consists of various supply sources to guarantee competitive and secure supplies in line with customer needs.”
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United States, and this lawsuit against Hanwha Q CELLS, along with recent similar actions against Canadian Solar, Inc. and REC Solar Holdings AS, are results of that investigation,” said Marc Robinson, Maxeon’s Associate General Counsel. “Maxeon has the responsibility to protect the leadership position it has earned from its substantial R&D investments and will continue to enforce its patent rights against those who are attempting to sell infringing products in the USA and its other markets.”
David Smith, 29 February 1936 –
November it announced that it had set a world record in the efficiency of crystalline silicon- perovskite tandem solar cells of 33.9%.
21 April 2024 We are sorry to report the death of David Smith, founder and launch editor of Modern Power Systems. He was 88. A chartered engineer he was a long time member of the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was also a keen advocate of nuclear power, as reflected in his long held membership of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers and the British Nuclear Energy Society (BNES), now merged to form the Nuclear Institute. He was a development engineer with
Edwards High Vacuum and then with Elliott Automation, moving into technical journalism in 1964 when he joined Engineering News. He became editor of Nuclear Engineering International in 1966, and in 1977 was launch editor of International Power Generation. The first issue of Modern Power Systems, with David at the helm, was published in January 1981. It replaced a publication called Energy International, with the aim of achieving a sharper focus on the electricity sector. In David’s words at the time, the idea behind MPS was to communicate “new developments in the electricity supply industry across the world, between both advanced industrial societies and developing communities, between operators of the largest fossil, nuclear and hydropower plants through to the smallest reciprocating engine and renewable energy systems.” As managing editor of MPS until late 1997, and subsequently consultant editor, David proved extremely successful in achieving this mission. He brought to bear his insightful analysis and commentary, meticulous attention to detail, creativity and strong track record as an innovator (which included the launch of Power Economics as well as MPS and IPG) – but always with a smattering of dry humour.
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