China was the largest solar market in the world in 2013, besting a hotly contested field that included Japan, the US and Germany, and China-based manufacturer Yingli Green Energy was also the globe's foremost supplier of solar modules for ...
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In December, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – formed a strategic EPC (engineering, procurement & construction) alliance with fellow ...
In December, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – announced that it is to construct a CIS solar module manufacturing plant on a ...
Vikram Solar is developing a solar module with 100 per cent domestic raw materials. This endeavour would surpass the domestic content requirements laid down by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar ...
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What is Low Iron Float Tempered Glass? Low iron float glass also named Ultra-clear glass. It is made by matured technical operation norm. It looks just like colorless crystal with higher transmittance. Compare to common float glass, it ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA says that its cadmium telluride thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules will power four solar energy plants in France, with a combined capacity of 48MW. Developed and owned by independent renewable energy ...
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Solarion AG of Leipzig, Germany has begun the series production of its flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, the first of which is a flexible solar foil directly laminated onto 0.7mm rolled ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has announced its ...
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TOKYO, Nov 25, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. FSLR -0.38% today announced that it has started construction of a solar project in Kitakyushu-shi, Japan. Generation capacity of the project is 1.4MWDC, and it will start operating ...
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Beijing-based Hanergy Holding Group Ltd – which is claimed to be the world’s biggest thin-film photovoltaic (PV) firm - says that, through its subsidiary Hanergy Investment Ltd, it has further acquired from the market a total of ...
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Massive oversupply and downward price pressure have created the misconception that the solar industry suffered from industry-wide commoditization. But not all solar modules are created equal, and profit margins can rise to double-digits for ...
ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has raised its energy conversion efficiency record for thin-film ...
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Trina Solar Limited has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Anesco to supply modules with a total generation capacity of 50MW for use in projects across the UK in Q3 and Q4 2013. This a continuation of a long-standing ...
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With the UK's commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050, it stands to reason that renewable energy systems will increasingly feature in our built environment. Solar power is one of several technologies that will ...
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Foxconn Electronics has obtained Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification for frames for PV systems and the company indicated that it currently produces such frames on an OEM basis. Since Foxconn also has experience in producing solar ...
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