The World Smart Energy Week 2013 was held in Tokyo, Japan from February 27 to March 1. Firms participated in the exhibition showcased new technologies and equipment for power generation, storage, and smart control, mainly for the rooftop ...
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If LED lighting is fully adopted in Taiwan, the country can reduce its electricity consumption by 12.78%, an equivalent to the combined capacity of two of its existing nuclear power plants, according to industry observers. The observers ...
China-based solar firm Trina Solar has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012. Trina Solar stated that solar module shipments were approximately 415MW for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to ...
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The European Commission recently verified that imported solar modules from China will need to be registered. Some solar firms expect the registration process to begin in March and suspect that the registration means there may be a ...
The effect of the US anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against China-made solar cells has been questioned especially when China-based solar firms are now able to buy solar cells from non-China regions and continue to assemble the ...
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Flisom AG of Duebendorf, Zurich, which was spun off from the Laboratory of Solid State Physics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) in 2005 to develop technologies for industrial roll-to-roll manufacturing of ...
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The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) recently appealed to the US Department of Commerce that China-based firms may assemble solar modules with solar cells produced outside of China for the US market. This is likely to ...
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Due to rising demand for rooftop solar PV systems, 250W solar modules with 60 solar cells are expected to become the mainstream. Demand for rooftop solar PV systems in Europe and Japan is expected to grow because government subsidies have ...
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Solar wafer and cell makers in Greater China plan to increase capacity utilization rates to full after the Lunar New Year holidays and hope product prices will increase as well. Solar firms believe that solar module price trends will show ...
In mid-January, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules -reached a basic agreement with the Development Bank of Japan Inc (DBJ) to establish a joint ...
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TSMC Solar Ltd, which was founded in May 2009 as a subsidiary of the world’s biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC), has announced confirmation by both TUV SUD and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) ...
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Solar design and installation firm Solar Alternatives of New Orleans and Stion Corp in nearby Hattiesburg, MS, which makes nanostructure-based CIGSSe (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film photovoltaic panels, have teamed up ...
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TSMC Solar, the solar subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has announced that by using in-house equipment, the firm's monolithic CIGS solar modules have achieved a conversion efficiency of 15.1%. According to ...
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Canadian Solar Inc. has announced its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has signed a 10MW AC supply agreement with Algonquin Power Co., to provide modules for a utility-scale solar power project in Cornwall, Ont. Construction is ...
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Anglesey Council's planning and orders committee have approved plans for the 70 acre development in Bodorgan, which could generate electricity for up to 4,500 homes. Developers Bodorgan Environment Management Ltd will install 3,200 solar ...
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