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Fraunhofer ISE Lays Cornerstone for Center for High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Oct 10, 2017

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

Flisom Launches Lightweight Flexible CIGS Solar Panels

Sep 25, 2017

At a roll-out event for customers and partners in Zurich, Flisom AG of Niederhasli, Switzerland – which has the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) as a technology partner – showcased its ...

Tags: Solar Panels, PV

CSEM, NREL and EPFL Raise Silicon-Based Multi-Junction Solar Cell Efficiency Record

Aug 30, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology CSEM (Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique) and EPFL (école Polytechnique ...

Tags: Solar Cell, Microtechnology

Sol Voltaics Raises $21.3m to Commercialize 50% Efficiency-Boosting GaAs Nanowire PV Technology

Jul 7, 2017

Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which is developing nanomaterials technology for enhancing solar cell efficiency, has closed a record funding round of $21.3m (reckoned to be the largest finance raise for a European solar technology company ...

Tags: solar cell, PV

China 13th Five-Year Plan Goal

Jan 31, 2017

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) officially released the full articles of the 13th Five-Year Plan, regulating the energy development roadmap and action plan from 2016 to 2020. For solar PV, the basic ...

Tags: low-carbon energy, solar PV

Multi-Junction Si Solar Cell Efficiency Exceeds

Nov 12, 2016

Silicon-based solar cells dominates today’s solar energy industry, while this technology has difficulty in bringing the conversion efficiency beyond 23% for commercialized solar cells in mass production. In order to break the ...

Tags: Solar Cell, solar energy

MIT and Masdar Develop Photovoltaic 'step Cell'

Sep 9, 2016

A team of researchers at the USA's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates has developed a new solar photovoltaic 'step cell' that combines two ...

Tags: MIT, step cell, Masdar

First Solar Shifts Malaysian Production Capacity to Series 5 CdTe PV Module Assembly

Jul 7, 2016

First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – is reallocating production capacity ...

Tags: PV Module, thin-film

Solar Cell Makers Change PV Silver Paste Suppliers

Mar 11, 2016

China-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have kept changing suppliers of PV silver paste in order to find the best materials for their production, according to PV industry sources in Taiwan. Japan-based maker Dowa Hightech, the ...

Tags: PV industry, crystalline silicon

Solar Frontier's CIS PV Panels Installed Environmentally Friendly Transport Ship

Feb 14, 2016

Tokyo-based Solar Frontier says that its CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar panels have been installed by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line, one of Japan's largest shipping companies) on its newest ...

Tags: PV Panels, solar panels

PV Silver Paste Makers Hike Prices by About 10%

Feb 3, 2016

Due to a shortage in global supply of silver powder arising from an accident at Japan-based Dowa Hightech's factory in early January 2016, some PV silver paste maker have increased quotes by about 10% and others may follow suit after the ...

Tags: silver powder, solar cell

PV Module Makers to Cut Orders for Solar Cells

Jan 14, 2016

First-tier China-based PV module makers, viewing that cost for crystalline silicon solar cells has risen but they are unable to hike PV module prices, plan to reduce orders released to Taiwan- and China-based solar cell makers, according to ...

Tags: PV Module, Solar Cells

China PV Module Makers Eyeing India Market

Dec 9, 2015

China makers whose PV modules may not be able to meet the government's procurement requirement are looking to ship their products to India, which has set a target PV installation of 12GWp for 2016, according to industry sources. ...

Tags: PV Module, PV Installation, PV Power

Idle Solar Cell Equipment to Be in High Demand

Dec 5, 2015

Viewing that demand for crystalline silicon solar cells has been increasing, Taiwan- and China-based solar cell makers are expected to try their best to expand production capacities as soon as possible and consequently currently idle ...

Tags: Solar Cell, Crystalline Silicon

7.73GWp PV Systems Installed in China in 1H15

Aug 25, 2015

A total of 7.73GWp in PV power-generating and distributed systems was installed in China in first-half 2015, with cumulative capacity reaching 35.7GWp, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). China ...

Tags: silicon wafer, PV module

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