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Last week, Duke Energy Renewables and Solar Energy International (SEI) announced a partnership to provide a scholarship fund for Americans who have experienced recent job displacement due to COVID-19. The scholarship fund will award $10,000 in solar training tuition fees for SEI training to selected students to support professional development and eventual entry into the solar energy workforce. Focused on supporting communities economically affected by COVID-19, the company’s scholarships aim to empower soon-to-be solar energy experts with the necessary training to quickly join a growing and secure solar workforce. To date, there is more than 62.5 GW of solar capacity connected to the grid in the U.S. alone. The hybrid thermo-photovoltaic leading Company Those looking to apply for scholarship funding must be interested in moving toward a vocation in renewable energy in the U.S. and should demonstrate a financial need. Selected candidates will be awarded tuition funds t...

The Chinese manufacturer has debuted two models in the new bifacial, double-glass series to join the scramble for a slice of the 500 W-plus market and to stake its claim to have the 182mm, M10 wafer adopted as the industry standard. Chinese solar wafer and panel manufacturer  Longi Solar  today launched its latest ultra-high power product: the  Hi-MO5  PV module. The company has opted to base the product on the 182mm 2  M10 wafer which it aims to make the  industry standard . There are two models of the new bifacial panel, with Longi claiming power output of  540 W  from the 72-cell product and 495 W from the 66-cell offering. The manufacturer said the panels were made with its innovative ‘smart welding’ technique to secure interconnection between cells, improving efficiency 0.3% compared to standard multiple-busbar products and reducing cell tensile force 20%. The double-glass, framed Hi-MO5 is strong enough for any terrain and cl...