The future of solar module design will be heavier, not lighter. With hail and extreme weather events increasing, module manufacturers are expected to shift toward thicker glass to improve impact ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Rooftop solar has become one of the fastest-growing clean ...

First Solar, Inc. FSLR focuses primarily on the design, production and sale of advanced thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic modules. It is one of the largest global manufacturers of ...

The FS7 Module Rail Project, for Valmont Solar, addresses a critical challenge of designing a mounting rail compatible with First Solar’s Series 7 (FS7) frameless solar panel. Our task has been to ...

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) today announced that its Series 6 Plus and Series 7 TR1 products are the world’s first photovoltaic (PV) solar modules to achieve the ...

Geronimo Power's Dodson Creek Solar Project in Ohio has entered commercial operations using First Solar's Series 7 modules.

Rosendin, an electrical contracting company, announced that its Renewable Energy Group (RREG) will demonstrate its new autonomous robotic solution for solar module installation on April 17 in West ...

If you've ever looked at your energy bills and thought, "Why am I paying all this money when there's literally free energy beaming down from the sky?", well, you've got a point. While solar panels ...

Researchers at Australia's UNSW have developed the world's first comprehensive map of ultraviolet radiation for solar modules ...