LONGi has launched a brand new photo voltaic panel designed for sturdiness and reliability in hail and windstorms. The Hello-MO 5 Ice-Protect module is a dual-glass bifacial panel that makes use of thicker top-glass than conventional modules.
Not like commonplace bifacial dual-glass PV modules that sometimes use 2-mm of heat-strengthened entrance and rear glass, LONGi’s new Ice-Protect module makes use of toughened security glass expertise, the identical materials that protects cellular phone screens from breakage, with a 3.2-mm built-in prime layer of tempered glass. This new design allows the Ice-Protect module to resist as much as 55-mm hailstones (roughly the scale of a billiard ball) placing at a pace of 33.9 meters per second, in comparison with a conventional dual-glass module that will fail after influence from better than 25-mm to 35-mm hailstones (roughly the scale of 1 / 4 to a half greenback) placing at a decrease pace. Moreover, in distinction to the IEC commonplace of 25-mm hailstone at 23 meters per second, the Ice-Protect module can stand up to as much as roughly 17-times the influence power, the corporate claims. In accordance with third-party testing, the Ice-Protect modules confirmed no visible defects and nearly no energy degradation after influence from a 55-mm hailstone.
“Because the local weather disaster causes extra excessive climate patterns, like excessive winds and hail, we want innovation to assist harden our crucial infrastructure towards these threats,” mentioned Grace Solar, Head of Advertising and Communication Group, LONGi North America. “Over the previous few years, we’ve seen how delicate our power grid and legacy energy stations have been to excessive climate, and only in the near past we noticed the substantial influence of hail on photo voltaic in Texas. That’s why LONGi is main the way in which with its Ice-Protect module that’s particularly designed to guard grid stability and asset worth.”
With its body being the primary load-bearing part, the brand new Ice-Shied module is strengthened with 6005-T6 high-strength anodized aluminum alloy materials that gives a yield power of as much as 3,600-Pa wind masses, which is the same as 171.33 mph winds, with mainstream trackers. Hailstorms are sometimes accompanied by winds at and even above 120 mph (53.6 meters per second). Assured within the reliability and sturdiness of its new Ice-Protect module, LONGi is providing a 12-year product and 30-year energy guarantee.
Along with the module’s improved reliability, the brand new Ice-Protect module maintains the Hello-MO 5 module benefits of a 2.2% energy technology enhance and 0.9% BOS price discount in comparison with aggressive bifacial clear backsheet modules.
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