In a round-robin test, Germany‘s Fraunhofer ISE CalLab PV Modules compared its results with three other leading international measurement labs for photovoltaic (PV) modules: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the USA, the ...
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Modern power transistors based on gallium nitride (GaN) enable power electronic switches to operate at much higher switching frequencies compared with those based on silicon (Si). Advantages include increased power density per volume and ...
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany, concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France, micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti in Grenoble, France and the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin ...
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VDE Americas (a subsidiary of Germany's VDE Testing and Certification Institute) and First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, ...
The designer the radical Lexus LF-NX concept accepts that his creation will have to be tamed down when it takes the leap from show car to production car but suggests the major design message will remain intact. While not yet officially ...
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, Nobel Laureate, professor and president of the St. Petersburg Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Viacheslav M. Andreev, professor and head of the laboratory of the A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute in St. ...
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The Einstein Award for 2013 from solar module maker SolarWorld AG of Bonn Germany has been awarded to professor Eicke R. Weber, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) Freiburg, Germany (the largest solar energy ...
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Japan's Sharp Corp has used a concentrator triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaic cell to achieve a solar energy conversion efficiency of 44.4%, exceeding the record of 43.5% for concentrating conversion efficiency set in ...
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Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Germany (the largest solar energy research institute in Europe) has joined forces with EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography ...
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In an industry project with concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar system maker Soitec of Bernin, France, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Germany is developing a new generation of multi-junction solar cells ...
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Thirteen popular home and small office routers contain security problems that could allow a hacker to snoop or modify network traffic, according to new research. Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), a security consultancy based in ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – is acquiring TetraSun of ...
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Stealth Acoustics,a producer of invisible speaker technologies for custom installation and commercial applications, announced today full release shipping of StingRay?, the world's first, completely sealed, outdoor speaker, which sets a new ...
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Following the announcement of a truly international line up of speakers for Showlight 2013, the organisers report that exhibiting companies represent more countries than ever before. With the event taking place in the Czech Republic, it ...
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Audac has appointed Audiologic as the exclusive distributor for the Audac brand in the UK market. The official agreement for the complete Audac product range was confirmed at the ISE show 2013. Mark Asselberghs, export manager for Audac ...
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