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Perovskite Solar Cells to See Commercialization in 2019-2021
Apr 15, 2016Hailed as the next generation of photovoltaic material, it is hoped that perovskite solar cells will drive adoption in new applications. While there are challenges to be overcome, perovskites offer several new opportunities for partnerships ...
Tags: Thin-film PV
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2010 PV Forecasts Converge Around 14GW
Nov 5, 2015A sharp upturn in demand has seen a number of analysts re-think their appraisal of the photovoltaics market in 2010. After the impact of the global credit crunch, which put the brakes on the rapid market expansion witnessed up until 2009, ...
Tags: Photonics Industry, cell prices
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Solar Shake-out to Trigger CIGS Casualties
Nov 5, 2015The volatile solar market will rationalize extensively over the next year, with the handful of leading companies likely to have successful initial public offerings (IPOs) outweighed by several others going to the wall. Jason Eckstein, the ...
Tags: Solar, CIGS, concentrating photovoltaics
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Solar Expansion Continues Unabated
Nov 5, 2015Escalating demand for photovoltaic (PV) products drove record-breaking additions of cell manufacturing capacity during the third quarter of 2010, while subsequent announcements suggest that the PV boom is set to continue. US-based ...
Tags: Solar, photovoltaic, First Solar
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Solar Electricity Competitive with Natural Gas by 2025
Nov 5, 2015Solar-generated electricity will become just as cheap as that produced by natural gas in most parts of the world by 2025, according to a new analyst report. Lux Research, which specializes in predicting the impact of emerging and ...
Tags: Solar Electricity, Natural Gas
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China's LED Lighting Market Ripens for Consolidation
Nov 5, 2015China’s fast-growing market for LED lighting will more than double in value to be worth $7.4 billion in 2017, according a new market study. Analysts at Lux Research believe that a virtuous cycle of falling prices, policy support ...
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Report: Silicon to Play Major Role in LED Production
Nov 5, 2015In a dramatic change from the status quo, nearly half of all gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs will be produced on silicon substrates by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new report by analysts at IHS, who forecast that the ...
Tags: LED Production, GaN LEDs, sapphire wafers
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Lux Predicts Optics Boom as LED luminaires Market Beds in
Nov 5, 2015Falling product costs will help to propel the market for LED-based luminaires to some $25 billion in 2023, up more than a factor of 12 from today’s figure of $2 billion and equivalent to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25 per ...
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3D Printing Market ‘to Quadruple to $12bn in 2025’
Nov 5, 2015Powered by a growing range of applications, 3D printing – encompassing laser additive manufacturing at the higher end – will become a mainstream production tool in many industries. Significant growth for this sector is predicted ...
Tags: 3D Printing, laser, additive
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Solar Market to Grow 75% to 65.6 Gwp in 2019
Nov 5, 2015Led by China, the solar industry will grow at a CAGR of 8.3% – from 37.5 GWp (gigawatt peak) in 2013 to 65.6 GWp in 2019 – but emerging trade disputes involving the Asian giant, as much as global policies, cast a shadow over ...
Tags: solar industry, Market, X-Si
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Cancer Diagnostics to Drive Coherence Tomography Market Growth
Nov 5, 2015The emergence of applications in cancer diagnostics, cardiology and gastroenterology will help drive the market for clinical optical imaging to $2 billion by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new market report from the ...
Tags: Cancer Diagnostics, optical technologies, ultrasound technologies
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Power Electronics Will Continue Their Domination of The Markets with an 87% Market Share
Jun 4, 2015Driven by technology innovations, silicon-based power electronics will continue their domination of the fastest-growing and largest markets, allowing silicon to maintain an 87% market share, worth $20bn by 2024, and constraining ...
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BYD to Triple Its Production of Batteries to Compete Against Tesla
Mar 17, 2015Shenzhen-based automaker BYD is planning to triple its production of batteries, in an effort to compete against Tesla. Reuters cited BYD Auto spokesman Matthew Jurjevich as saying that the Chinese automaker is planning to add 6 GW hours ...
Tags: BYD, Battery Production, Tesla
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BYD Aims to Triple Its Production of Batteries as It Takes on Tesla Motors in The Race
Mar 16, 2015Chinese automaker BYD Co, backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, aims to triple its production of batteries as it takes on Tesla Motors in the race to supply electric vehicles and boost energy storage. Shenzhen-based BYD plans ...
Tags: Chinese automaker, BYD, Tesla, Battery Factory
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GaN-on-Si Will Dominate The Gan Market for at Least The Next Decade
Jan 16, 2015Since gallium nitride (GaN) materials can create much more efficient devices for electric power conversion in devices from cell phone chargers to hybrid electric vehicles, the market for GaN discrete components will grow to $1.1bn in 2024, ...