For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2012(to end-September),Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which manufacturers compound semiconductor-based systems for fiber-optic and solar power applications,has reported revenue of$47.5m,down 8.9%on the prior ...
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At the new copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) facility of the Solliance collaboration platform in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the first CIGS solar cells have been fabricated, demonstrating solar energy conversion efficiency of ...
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The US International Trade Commission(ITC)announced the result of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against China-based solar firms on November 7,2012.China-made solar cells will be subject to 14.78-15.97%anti-subsidy tariffs ...
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Isofoton today announced it has obtained solar photovoltaic cells with 19.5% efficiency, over half a point more than its highest efficiency rates previously obtained through conventional manufacturing technologies. Isofoton has increased ...
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The solar industry has been in a market downturn but solar cell conductive paste makers continue to see better profits. Taiwan-based Giga Solar, a silver, silver aluminum, and aluminum conductive paste maker, reported gross margin for ...
Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems using III-V multi-junction solar cells, says that its systems can now convert more than one third of direct sunlight into electricity. In ...
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World record organic solar cell efficiency is the claim of joint research between Belgian lab IMEC and Brussels-based chemicals firm Solvay. 5.5%is the actual claim,from a complete solar module based on an inverted bulk heterojunction ...
Cost savings, technology focus and inventory control were key takeaways from JA Solar’s third quarter 2011 conference call, held this week. In line with piers, rapid price declines and weaker than expected demand impacting revenue and ...
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