As part of the 11th International Laser Marketplace – the bi-annual industry conference staged at LASER World of Photonics in Munich – Dr Kunihiko Washio, CEO of Paradigm Laser Research (Tokyo, Japan) gave a presentation on the ...
The share of total global solar photovoltaic (PV) production capacity taken by conventional crystalline silicon (x-Si) solar technologies is forecasted to decline further, from 84.7% in 2014 to 78.4% by 2019, as they approach their ...
NanoFlex Power Corp of Scottsdale, AZ, USA, which develops photovoltaic technologies and intellectual property, has signed an extension to its agreement with the University of Southern California (USC) and its subcontractor University of ...
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SoloPower Systems of Portland, OR, USA, which designs, manufactures and deploys copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) flexible thin-film solar technology, is collaborating with the US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) - an ...
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Photovoltaic technology is increasingly being recognised as a likely major contributor to the world's future energy needs. Lasers are playing an increasingly important role in the design and fabrication of high efficiency solar cells. ...
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Due to their rapid improvements in a short amount of time, perovskite solar cells have become one of today's most promising up-and-coming photovoltaic technologies. Currently, the record efficiency for a perovskite solar cell is 15% and ...
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The leader in Building Integrated Photovoltaic and the European specialist in aluminum solutions join forces to enable a more sustainable building. Onyx Solar, leader in photovoltaic glass, and Reynaers, his new partner dedicated to the ...
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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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Partners Khaled Juffali Company (KJC), a Saudi Arabian investment company, and concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar system maker Soitec of Bernin, France, say that the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), a global petroleum and ...
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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), and Saudi Arabian investment company Khaled Juffali Company ...
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Organizers of Invest in Photonics 2012, a two-day international convention on photonics venture capital (VC) investment, said that participation at last month’s event increased “despite a tough investment decade in ...
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Less than a year after acquiring it Sony Electronics Inc in December 2011,Soitec of Bernin,France has opened its North American concentrator photovoltaic(CPV)module manufacturing facility in San Diego after completing on schedule an ...
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Southern Company today announced the acquisition of the company's first solar installation in North Carolina-the 2.5-megawatt(MW)Granville Solar Facility-by subsidiary Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy.The project represents the ...
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