Nowadays it is a trend to use films based on polyolefins as encapsulants in PV Panels because of their advantages in front of the use of traditional EVA. Market offers different brands and grades of polyolefins (PO), which leads us to ask ourselves which of those to...
How much Energy can be saved by blocking the IR Sunlight radiation?
It is known that when sweating inside a vehicle or at home during Summer time, a large part of the heat that "beats us" comes from the strong sun radiation that goes through the windows of the vehicle or the house. "Magically" the heat has the capacity to get inside...
How to block the IR wavelength range of the Sunlight Radiation for the e-glass, Security, and BRG window structures?
The heat that comes from the Sun radiation Talking about the sense of comfort inside vehicles and houses, it is well known that temperatures between 20º-25ºC make us feel moreor less comfortable. Above 25ºC our feeling of discomfort raises up. Some of the heat that we...
A Wish Without Solid Ground: A Photovoltaic Module made with low UV Cut-Off EVA
Some dreams are the "engines" of the future. But of course not all dreams work that way and end up being realities. In most of the cases they end to be .... "castles in the air". That is normally due to the fact that moving a dream into a reality it is not an easy...
Polyolefin (PO) Encapsulants: To Crosslink or not to Crosslink, That is the Question
The famous Shakespeare sentence “To be or not to be, that is the question” recalls us that we should continuously deal between, either suffering the problems as they come from the “outrageous Fortune” or “taking arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end with...
The Emperor’s New Clothes: The PV Manufacturer’s New PID Free Encapsulants
The self-deception is the base of “the Emperor’s New Clothes” story. Sometimes it is difficult to realize that something is not real. It requires that someone comes up with something new to help us to see the reality. Yes, maybe it is the time for the PV people to...
BIPV: Is it Possible to Laminate Solar Cells Between Glass in Autoclaves?
This is an interesting question if you know how fragile the silicon cells are. The silicon cells are normally squared pieces of 16 x 16 cm2 with thickness between 180 or 200 microns that need to be handled very carefully. Otherwise they are easily broken down. If you...
New Photovoltaic Encapsulants Avoiding Modules Yellowing
They have known the harmful effects of the UV radiation on organic compounds. The same way, the UV radiation affects also the chemical stability of the organic polymeric materials. In any case the level of harm depends on the specific energy sensitivity of the organic...
PID free Encapsulant for Photovoltaic Modules Construction
Our New NovoSolar®PLX+ Encapsulant Grade, manufactured to improve your PV modules performance and life. Moreover it warranties that your modules will be Potential Induced Degradation (PID) free. We have developed and manufacture this photovoltaic...