Yale University and University of Illinois Urbana in the USA have improved the efficiency of gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) solar cells on silicon (Si) by reducing threading dislocation densities (TDDs) [Kevin Nay Yaung et al, Appl. ...
Tags: GaAsP solar cells, GaAsP, MBE, MOCVD
A grand ceremony was held at the Beijing Convention Center on August 18, 2016 to celebrate the partnership between BYD Company Ltd. and the Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group Ltd., and launch the world’s first pure ...
The European Commission (EC) keeps conducting investigations on certain Chinese PV imports to the EU, and announced to withdraw five more Chinese PV makers from the Minimum Import Price (MIP) agreement, or the "price undertaking." Ningbo ...
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Stion Energy Services (SES) - the turn-key project development arm of Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes CIGS (copper indium gallium selenium) photovoltaic modules – says that a 722kW solar array using frameless modules ...
EpiGaN nv of Hasselt, near Antwerp, Belgium, which supplies commercial-grade 150mm- and 200mm-diameter gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) epitaxial wafers for 600V high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) power semiconductors, has been ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – says that its New Delhi-based ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – says that its 11MWAC Rancho Seco ...
Tags: First Solar, Thin-film photovoltaic, CdTe
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA says that it has sales bookings of 121MWDC of thin-film modules which will be used in utility-based community solar installations in the USA. ...
Tags: Cadmium telluride, PV Module
Taiwan’s new government, which is led by President Tsai, aims to cumulatively install 20GW of PV capacity by 2025. Bureau of Energy (BOE), under Ministry of Economic Affairs, announced the “Two-year PV Accelerating ...
Tags: PV capacity, PV projects
Nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur diselenide) thin-film solar module maker Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA says that its solar panels are being used in a new solar electric array that is powering the Avon Central ...
Tags: solar panels, Stion Partners
Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab Inc of Sylmar, CA, USA, which manufactures multi-junction solar cells and panels for concentrated photovoltaic and spacecraft power systems, says that it has begun manufacturing a higher-efficiency space solar ...
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At an opening ceremony attended by representatives of Nagasaki Prefecture, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – and Chopro, a local ...
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In a ceremony in Nagoya, Japan on 8 August, Gerald Stringfellow, who is a Distinguished Professor in the University of Utah's departments of materials science & engineering and electrical & computer engineering (and dean of the College of ...
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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has revealed his second part of his self-titled masterplan, which intends to take the automaker to the next level. Musk in his official Tesla blog started by reminding about this first Master Plan where he ...
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IXYS Corp of Milpitas, CA, USA and Leiden, The Netherlands, which provides power semiconductors and mixed-signal ICs for power conversion and motor control applications, has announced availability of its IXFN50N120SK and IXFN70N120SK 1200V ...