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 the first two blocks of its Luz del Norte ...
Policy directives from the Chinese government continue to drive the country’s demand for photovoltaic (PV) systems. China’s National Energy Agency has recently increased the national PV installation target and expects an ...
Tags: PV Systems, Solar Cell
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser operating at output power of 4.5 W, which is 1.5 times higher than that of the conventional one even at 60ºC, the maximum operating ...
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Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan has developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser with light output power of 4.5W (continuous wave). Even at 60oC (the maximum operating temperature for lasers in general), this is 1.5 times higher than the 3W ...
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The world's biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC) says that its subsidiary TSMC Solar Ltd - which was founded in 2009 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic modules - will cease ...
In the recent, China, India and the U.S. unveiled ambitious solar installation targets up to 100GW. China targets to install a total of 100GW of solar by 2020, India sets an 100GW goal by 2022, while Hilary Clinton, a candidate of ...
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In the emerging photovoltaic technology sector, the energy conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells have has improved incredibly quickly, from just 2% in 2006 to over 20.1% in 2015, according to IDTechEx Research's report 'The Rise ...
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The share of total global solar photovoltaic (PV) production capacity taken by conventional crystalline silicon (x-Si) solar technologies is forecasted to decline further, from 84.7% in 2014 to 78.4% by 2019, as they approach their ...
At the ITF USA 2015 (Imec Technology Forum) in San Francisco on 13 July, nano-electronics research center Imec of Leuven, Belgium has reported a record 11.3% aperture-area efficiency and 11.9% active-area efficiency for its perovskite ...
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Earlier in May, American electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. made a splash in the energy sector when it revealed a new type of lithium battery packs for home and enterprise applications. Tesla touted its new line of energy storage systems, ...
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Soitec of Bernin, France has announced a new step in its SmartCell project by raising the record for concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) module solar energy conversion efficiency from 36.7% (announced in July 2014) to 38.9% Previously (last ...
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp is launching the ML562G84 638nm-wavelength red laser diode (LD), offering what is claimed to be record output power (under pulsed operation) of 2.5W for a 638nm projector light source. The record ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) module conversion efficiency to 18.6% aperture efficiency for a full-size module, as measured and certified by the US Department of ...
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Richard Eden, senior analyst (Power Semiconductors) at market research firm IHS Technology, attended the recent PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2015 tradeshow in Nuremberg, Germany (19-21 May), and in a Research Note has ...
Tags: GaN SiC, Power electronics
At Intersolar Europe 2015 in Munich, Germany (10-12 June), nano-electronics research center Imec of Leuven, Belgium has announced a thin-film perovskite photovoltaic (PV) module with a solar energy power conversion efficiency of 8% measured ...