BrightSpot is presenting/exhibiting at the 2023 IEEE PVSC Conference
BrightSpot will be at PVSC50 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 12-15, at trade show booth #13. CTO Andrew Gabor will be presenting his paper on “Detection and Impact of Cracks Hidden Near Interconnect Wires in Silicon Solar Cells”, on June 12 in Ballroom B at 1:45pm.
BrightSpot Automation signs CRADA with NREL
BOULDER, Colo.—BrightSpot Automation recently signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) with funding assistance from West Gate, a DOE Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program sponsored by the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office. Under the CRADA, BrightSpot will work with NREL researchers on UV […]
BrightSpot is exhibiting at Intersolar North America
BrightSpot will be exhibiting at Intersolar North America, February 14-18th at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Come see us in booth 1918 to discuss your testing needs. Please contact us (sales@brightspotautomation.com ) ahead of time if you would like to schedule a meeting or training on Electroluminescence and UV Fluorescence equipment operation or […]
BrightSpot is presenting at the 2022 IEEE PVSC Conference
BrightSpot will be at PVSC49 in Philadelphia, June 6-9, at trade show booth #14. CTO Andrew Gabor will also be presenting on Electroluminescence Analysis and Grading of Hail Damaged Solar Panels Thursday June 9th at 2 PM, Talk #441.
BrightSpot Automation installs CellSpot-EL/PL system for Perovskite stability investigations at University of Colorado, Boulder
BrightSpot Automation CellSpot at CU Boulder BrightSpot Automation today announced that it has installed a CellSpot-EL/PL system at the University of Colorado, Boulder in the laboratory of Prof. Mike McGehee. BrightSpot staff worked closely with graduate student Isaac Gould on the customization of the tool for application to Perovskite solar cells, including changes in photoluminescence illumination […]
BrightSpot is presenting at the NREL PV Reliability Workshop
BrightSpot CTO, Andrew Gabor, is presenting at the NREL PV Reliability Workshop on Feb 22 on the topic of “UV Fluorescence Testing of Residential and Ground-Mount Solar Panels.” Co-authors include the University of Central Florida, Southern Company, PVEL, and Solen Energy.
BrightSpot will have a booth at Intersolar – CA
BrightSpot Automation will be attending Intersolar in Long Beach, CA from Jan 13-15. Come visit us in booth 2113 and register to win a UVF Flashlight Kit! Please contact us ahead of time if you would like to schedule a meeting or training on Electroluminescence and UV Fluorescence equipment operation or analysis of EL and […]
BrightSpot is presenting at the 2021 IEEE PVSC Conference
BrightSpot CTO, Andrew Gabor, is presenting today on UV Fluorescence testing of Residential PV systems using the BrightSpot polemount UV Flash Camera system. Most of the systems tested had heavy levels of cell cracking and many had hotspots. Other problems such as finger corrosion/delamination, junction box seal failure, and soiling were also detected. See our Publications webpage for the full […]
Philip Knodle has joined BrightSpot Automation
Phil Knodle has joined BrightSpot Automation as Principal Software Engineer. He will further develop the IMPEL software for our Electroluminescence and Photoluminescence inspection systems, including the introduction of machine learning based defect detection. He will also work on product development of our new line of high-throughput UV Fluorescence imaging systems. Previously Phil contributed to the life sciences at TissueVision where he developed and […]
BrightSpot is presenting at the NREL PV Reliability Workshop
“Do those short solar cells cracks that I can barely see in EL really matter? “ BrightSpot CTO Andrew Gabor and Duncan Harwood of D2 Solar will be presenting during poster session A at the NREL PV Reliability Workshop this Monday morning February 22nd. If you are attending please stop by and learn the answer and […]