A new study finds that you can skip encapsulation with a plastic only sandwich for solar panels. This new tech makes solar ...

Every solar panel company makes bold claims about its panel efficiency, maximum wattage availability, temperature coefficient and other specs in optimal conditions. Anyone who does product testing ...

Lab-tested solar module performance has improved over the last year, according to data from US-based technical advisory firm Renewable Energy Test Centre (RETC). In its 2025 PV Module Index Report, ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VDE Americas and RETC, part of the VDE Group, today introduced the Hail Resiliency Curve (HRC) Test, a groundbreaking test protocol designed to evaluate solar panel ...

Hail durability testing saw a decline in ‘high achiever’ results from 70% to 27% between 2025 and 2026. Image: Marian Heinkel, RETC. Damp heat testing of solar PV modules yielded 11% “red flag results ...

Independent third-party testing measured more than 4 kWh of usable solar energy delivered post-conversion to the vehicle’s ...

Its electrical efficiency rose to around 11.1%, compared with 8.1% for the conventional panel.

Italian solar PV equipment manufacturer Ecoprogetti announced that its Ecosun Nova EL testing platform has been installed in the perovskite solar cell and module pilot line of French research ...

Solar energy systems are built to provide decades of reliable energy production, but hidden issues can silently reduce performance until small failures become large failures, costly repairs, and even ...

SunHydrogen has achieved solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiencies above 10% with its 100 cm² modules in tests at Sparc ...

Will solar panels work well in your location? Solar panel efficiency depends on several factors, including temperature.