The PV module integrates AI-powered diagnostics, rapid shutdown, self-cleaning, self-cooling and lifecycle data management functions. The company said the module can improve plant safety, monitoring capabilities and energy yield, with initial deployment planned in its own solar projects.
Sungrow Renewables, a division of Chinese inverter and storage system manufacturer Sungrow, has launched its first solar module at on June 1 at its 2026 smart technology conference in Shanghai.
Dubbed Pulson, the new product is described as a smart PV module designed to function as an active terminal within photovoltaic power plants rather than as a passive power-generating component.
The panel is based on what Sungrow Renewables calls a “5S” architecture comprising self-diagnosis, self-rapid shutdown (RSD), self-cleaning, self-cooling and self-logging functions. It also integrates power electronics, advanced materials and artificial intelligence algorithms to improve safety, energy yield and lifecycle management in PV plants.
According to Sungrow Renewables, the self-diagnosis function relies on a module control box with embedded chips that collect voltage, current, temperature and other operating data from individual modules. Moreover, AI-based analysis enables module-level fault detection and localization, allowing operators to move beyond plant-level monitoring.
