Emcore PV cells rack up 100th satellite deployment 12 Jul 2012 High-end solar cell maker says another 120 Emcore-powered satellites are already under contract. Satellite power The one-hundredth satellite to generate its primary power ...
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Soitec(Euronext),a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries,and Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science&Technology Co.,Ltd.(Silian),an established supplier ...
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First production order comes from Solar Junction–in which the UK-headquartered wafer foundry has a$5M equity stake. Semiconductor wafer featuring multi-junction cells The advanced semiconductor epiwafer foundry IQE is to ...
Tags: IQE, Wafer Maker, CPV, Sharp
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has announced its first major orders for concentrating photovoltaic(CPV)wafers from Solar Junction Corp(SJC)of San Jose,CA,USA,which manufactures III-V multi-junction solar ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes components,subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,has announced that its Soliant 1000 commercial rooftop concentrator photovoltaic(CPV)system is now available for ...
Tags: Fiber-Optic, Solar, CPV, Energy
Soitec of Bernin,France,which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator(SOI)wafers(as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division),has completed construction and grid connection for the largest ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has completed its acquisition(announced on 5 June)of the entire in-house molecular beam epitaxy(MBE)epiwafer manufacturing unit of RF Micro Devices Inc of ...
5 June 2012 CPV firm HelioVolt launches new high-performance module series HelioVolt Corp of Austin,TX,USA,which makes monolithically integrated copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)thin-film photovoltaic modules for the commercial ...
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5 June 2012 IQE acquires RFMD's MBE unit and secures seven-year wafer supply agreement Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has signed what is described as a multi-faceted agreement to acquire the entire ...
Tags: IQE, RFMD MBE, GaAs, wireless semiconductor industry
4 June 2012 Sharp develops concentrator solar cell with efficiency of 43.5% Japan's Sharp Corp has used a concentrator triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaic cell to achieve a solar energy conversion efficiency of ...
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Venture-backed developer of high-efficiency,multi-junction cells signs agreement with concentrated PV specialist SolFocus. SolFocus,the US-based company at the forefront of concentrated photovoltaics(CPV)systems that generate ...
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Solar Junction of San Jose,CA,USA,a manufacturer of III-V multi-junction solar cells based on proprietary adjustable-spectrum lattice-matched(A-SLAM)materials for concentrated photovoltaics(CPV),has announced an agreement with CPV system ...
Tags: 5MW CPV cell order, solar cell, SolFocus, investment, Solar Junction
For its fiscal second-quarter 2012(to end-March),Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes components,subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,has reported revenue of$37.8m.This is down 20%on$47.2m a year ago ...
Tags: Emcore, Photovoltaics business, Fiber Optics, Photovoltaics segment
The Hatch Solar Energy Centre’s Amonix CPV systems incorporate the world’s most efficient compound semiconductor multijunction solar cells and advanced optics to convert more sunlight into electricity than conventional solar ...
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The Hatch Solar Energy Centre’s Amonix CPV systems incorporate the world’s most efficient compound semiconductor multijunction solar cells and advanced optics to convert more sunlight into electricity than conventional solar ...
Tags: solar