Hanwha Q CELLS has secured Intersolar Award 2018 Photovoltaics category with its Q.PEAK DUO-G5 solar module.
Having triumphed in 2017 with Hanwha Q CELLS’ innovative Q.PEAK RSF L-G4.2 steel frame module, the company saw the 120 half-cell, six busbar monocrystalline module selected by the independent Intersolar Award Jury as one of the most innovative out of 10 entries shortlisted from 51 total applications.
Q.PEAK DUO-G5 is a monocrystalline 120 half-cell solar module. Based on Q.ANTUM DUO Technology, it combines the following innovations to reach the lowest LCOE:
- Six busbar design
– 2×6-in. half cells with six busbars in parallel produce up to 3.5% power gain versus a typical full cell, four busbar module
– Six busbars in combination with half-cell technology help to lower resistive losses - Round wire interconnection
– Use of round wires instead of flat ribbons for cell interconnection reduces the effective shading on the solar cells significantly
– Benefits result in a power gain of an additional 2.0% - Improved performance and durability of half cells
– Cell interconnection with independent upper and lower module halves connected in parallel ensures an improved shading response, resulting in higher yields when the module is partially shaded
– Half-cut cells are subjected to vastly reduced mechanical stress, resulting in fewer cracks
– Halving the cell also halves the current, which lowers resistive losses in each cell and results in a 3.0% power gain against typical full cells’ interconnection - Q CELLS’ proprietary Q.ANTUM cell technology
– Rear side passivated monocrystalline solar cells for power classes up to 330 Wp
– High power density leads to low BoS costs
– Q CELLS Yield Security: Anti LeTID, Anti-LID, Anti-PID, Hot-Spot Protect, Tra.Q
Source- Hanwha Q CELLS, PR