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 ...
VisIC Technologies Ltd of Rehovot, Israel, a fabless developer of power conversion devices based on gallium nitride (GaN) metail-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MISHEMTs) founded in 2010, has unveiled what it ...
Tags: GaN-on-Si, power transistor
In a talk and a tutorial at CLEO 2015 (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics) in San Jose, CA, USA (10-15 May), a team led by Paul Crump from FBH (Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut fur Hoechstfrequenztechnik) of Berlin, Germany ...
Tags: Diode lasers, FBH
Soitec of Bernin, near Grenoble, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, has announced a definitive agreement to sell its solar system business - including all technology assets and ...
Tags: Soitec, Core Semiconductor
DuPont has introduced Solamet PV76x-series front-side PV silver paste specifically for use in PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) crystalline silicon solar cells, according to DuPont Taiwan. Taiwan-based maker Solartech Energy has ...
Tags: DuPont, Perc Solar Cells
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will expand annual production capacity for solar-grade crystalline silicon ingots and wafers from 900MWp and 850MWp respectively in 2014 to 1.1GWp and 1GWp respectively in 2015, the company said at an ...
Tags: SAS, Silicon Products, Lights
Funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Invest Northern Ireland (InvestNI) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) government agencies through the US-Ireland R&D Partnership program, over €1m has been awarded for the project ...
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have been impacted by the US imposing an average 19.5% anti-dumping tariffs rate. But rooftop PV systems, especially those built with high-efficiency cells, will provide market ...
Tags: PV, solar cell, Lighting
In recent years, environmental protection has become an important issue for the Chinese government and for Chinese citizens from all walks of life, rising to the same status as economic development. According to transport development and as ...
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have lowered quotes for PERC (passivated emitter and rear cell) monocrystalline models from US$0.49/W at the beginning of 2015 to US$0.45/W currently due to lower-than-expected demand, ...
Tags: Solar Cells, Crystalline Silicon
Significantly decreased global demand has pressed Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers to lower quotes from an average level of US$0.30-0.32/W for polycrystalline silicon models in February 2015 to that of US$0.28-0.32/W ...
Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has demonstrated a 1-sun photovoltaic (PV) solar energy conversion efficiency of 15.3% using a gallium arsenide (GaAs) ...
Tags: GaAs, PV, Electronics
Some first-tier China-based PV makers reportedly plan to stop production of crystalline silicon solar cells and then focus operation on producing PV modules and undertaking PV EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) projects, Taiwan PV ...
Tags: PV Modules, PV Power
The Japan government plans to reduce feed-in tariffs for PV systems and power-generating stations with installation capacity of over 10KWp to JPY27 (US$0.23)/kWh beginning July 2015, which is expected to significantly decrease total ...
Tags: PV Module, Feed-in Tariff
As the China government has set minimum energy conversion rates for technologically leading crystalline silicon solar cell makers to obtain financial support, first-tier China-based solar cell makers including Trina Solar, JA Solar ...
Tags: Solar Cell, PV modules