Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany has laid the cornerstone of its new Center for High-Efficiency Solar Cells, which is financed by a total of €32.6m from the federal government and the state ...
Tags: solar cells, photovoltaics market
A 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
After a very strong second quarter of 2010, the photovoltaics market is on track to deliver more than 15 GW of installations in 2010 - more than double the 2009 figure and up slightly on the consensus figure arrived at earlier this year. ...
Tags: photovoltaics market, supply, demand
The factory in Mesa, Arizona, had never been intended to house the manufacture of a gemstone. Ahead of the photovoltaics industry’s 2011-2012 meltdown, First Solar had built it with the aim of producing 280 MW worth of solar panels ...
Tags: Arizona, photovoltaics industry, Alchemy Turns Sapphire
Solar Junction Corp (SJC) of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes what are reckoned to be the highest-efficiency commercially available multi-junction solar cells for terrestrial concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) applications, has announced plans ...
The new pv magazine Latinoamérica is the first publication to impart comprehensive information on the entire Latin American photovoltaics market. Solarpraxis AG's new media platform shares news and important background information on ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The US witnessed a major increase in deployments of large-scale solar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2012, according to a new report. Produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) industry group awhich opposed the ...
Tags: US, photovoltaics market, the Solar Energy
Solar shake-up to spawn technology roadmap 16 Jul 2012 Current cycle of consolidation is playing an essential role in filtering out uncompetitive technologies,says analyst. PECVD equipment supplier trends A new report from the ...
Tags: Solar shake-up, roadmap, equipment vendors, The Solarbuzz report
Value of leading infrared laser optics manufacturer slips 15%on weaker-than-expected guidance for the forthcoming year. II-VI stock drops 15% More than$150 million was wiped off of the value of the US-based optics company II-VI,after ...
Tags: II-VI, optics, infrared laser, optical components