Learn how solar is manufactured right here in the USA with a long time CEO of a US (Minnesota) and Canada (Ontario) solar manufacturer. Heliene Solar started up in 2010 and is still growing, especially with the Inflation Reduction Act climate. In this podcast Martin Pochtaruk takes us down an assembly line so you can learn from start to finish how a modern solar module is made.

 

Here are some of the terms we cover:

 

Encapsulant

An encapsulated mosquito in a solar cell (a Jurassic Park event)

Electroluminescent

Microcracks

Busbars

Lamination

Half-cells

Junction boxes

Potting

Multi-arm robot

Silicon cement

High voltage testing (1500V)

Flash testing

Current voltage curve

1.5AM

STC

Factory temperature

PID (Potential Induced Degradation)

PERC (Passive Emitter Rear Contact)<

TOPCon = 3 processes on top of a PERC cell

N-type

P-type

Heterojunction

Polysilicon

Ingot

Wafer

Cell

China

Ontario Canada Feed-in-tariff (FIT)

Sarnia Ontario

Sault Ste Marie

Solar modules are like windows

 

Check out: www.heliene.com

 

To learn more about how solar is manufactured, and everything else about solar and storage, go to www.solarSEAN.com