The US Department of Energy's (DoE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in collaboration with Washington State University (WSU) and the University of Tennessee, has improved the maximum voltage available from a cadmium telluride ...
Tags: Solar Cells, vacuum-seal
Midsummer AB of Järfälla, Sweden, a supplier of turnkey production lines for manufacturing flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar cells, has received a multi-million dollar order for its ...
Tags: solar energy parks, Midsummer
k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies instrumentation and software for surface science and thin-film technology applications) says that it is supplying thin-film metrology tools to the photovoltaic industry in an effort ...
Tags: Thin-Film Metrology Tools, Solar Panel Production, Electrical
Neo Solar Power’s (NSP) N-type bifacial monocrystalline cell, recognized for its high efficiency, was launched at the PV Taiwan 2014 exhibition in Taipei last week. Taiwan is a key player in the manufacturing of high-efficiency solar ...
Tags: mono cell, solar energy
Midsummer AB of Järfälla, Sweden, a supplier of equipment for manufacturing flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells, has increased the energy conversion efficiency of its cells from 15% to 16.2% ...
Tags: PV Cell, flexible copper
BYD announces its performance report today. Its annual revenue in 2012 was 46,732,000,000 yuan, decreasing by 4.29 year on year. Net profits which belong to shareholders is 81,002,000 yuan, decreasing by 94.15%. The report shows that ...
Tags: BYD, Net Profits, China's auto market
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech plans to introduce P-type mono-crystalline solar cells with an efficiency of 20% in first-half 2013, according to Wen-Whe Pan, company president and COO. Pan added that initial mass production capacity ...
Tags: Gintech, solar cell, Gintech Energy, solar cell market
The average price of solar cells with efficiency in the range of 16.2-16.6% was US$0.3/watt in November, according to solar makers, but the price has recently decreased to US$0.25-0.3/watt. Demand has been coming from emerging solar markets ...
The latest rumors regarding a possible merger between Taiwan-based solar cell makers Motech and Neo Solar Power (NSP) have been denied by both firms. In addition, rumors regarding Gintech meeting up with TSMC to discuss possible cooperation ...
Tags: Motech, Neo Solar Power, rumor
The global inventory of solar modules is estimated at 6-8GW currently, but modules which meet market-required energy conversion rates and bank-designated brands for lending are only 4.5GW or 56-75%, according to president Pan Wen-whe of ...
Tags: Industry Trends, solar
Three years ago, with much fanfare, Canadian upstart Arise Technologies Corp. opened the doors of a brand-new solar cell manufacturing plant in Bischofswerda, Germany. With financial support from the German government, the operation was to ...
Tags: solar