Martin Pochtaruk CEO of Heliene Solar Manufacturer in US and Canada

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast

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