Module Basics
Structure, types and key parameters of PV modules
Articles
- From 182+X to 2382×1134: Why Did Module Sizes End Up Converging "by Tacit Agreement"?Width fixed at 1,134 mm, length settling around 2,382 mm: the convergence of mainstream module formats was not an arbitrary industry convention but the optimum set by three hard boundaries: the 40-foot high-cube container, mounting structures and mechanical loads, and the cutting of silicon ingots. We work through all three, and explain why a mere "initiative" was enough to bring the whole industry to the same point.