Martin Pochtaruk CEO of Heliene Solar Manufacturer in US and Canada

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