TSMC Solar Ltd, which was founded in May 2009 as a subsidiary of the world’s biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC), has announced confirmation by both TUV SUD and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) ...
Tags: TSMC Solar, TUV SUD, UL, photovoltaic module
Solar design and installation firm Solar Alternatives of New Orleans and Stion Corp in nearby Hattiesburg, MS, which makes nanostructure-based CIGSSe (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film photovoltaic panels, have teamed up ...
Tags: Solar design, Solar Alternatives, Stion Corp, CIGSSe, Super Bowl
QuickerTek of Wichita, KS, USA, which provides power/solar products, antennas and RF products for Apple devices, has launched a 62 Watt version of its Solar Juicz solar power charger (e.g. for MacBook Pro, Retina display and MacBook Air). ...
Tags: QuickerTek, solar products, RF products, CIGS technology
XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and ‘CIGSolar’ manufacturing processes, has begun processing CIS films with ...
Tags: solar cell, CIGSolar TFPV solar cell, solar
Led by Ayodhya N. Tiwari, a team of researchers in the Laboratory for Thin Film and Photovoltaics at Empa (the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) has raised the energy conversion efficiency record for copper ...
Tags: solar cells, solar electricity, solar
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, has announced the retail debut of its ...
Tags: Ascent Solar, EnerPlex CIGS, photovoltaic modules, lighting
Beijing-based Hanergy Holding Group Ltd (claimed to be China's largest privately owned renewable energy firm) has finalized its acquisition of MiaSole of Santa Clara, CA, USA, which was founded in 2001 to make copper indium gallium ...
Tags: Hanergy, China, CIGS, MiaSole, PV solar panels
Joseph Armstrong Ph.D., chief technology officer of Ascent Solar Technologies Inc (ASTI) of Thornton, CO, USA, has joined the Strategic Advisory Council of Bye Aerospace Inc. Ascent Solar makes lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules ...
Pioneer PV Solutions, a thin-film copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) microsolar company, has officially launched its operations. The firm will provide high-quality, off-the-shelf, compact solar solutions for rechargeable and DC power ...
Tags: PV Solutions, PV, solar solutions, copper indium gallium
Lux Research’s ‘Module Cost Structure Update: Path to Profitability’ report says that the solar industry is reeling from overcapacity and supply outstrips demand by two to one. The industry needs to drive costs lower in ...
XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and ‘CIGSolar’ manufacturing processes, says it recently completed assembly ...
Tags: XsunX, CIGS, hybrid copper indium gallium, solar cell evaporation system
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, has appointed Robert Roche as vice ...
At the new copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) facility of the Solliance collaboration platform in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the first CIGS solar cells have been fabricated, demonstrating solar energy conversion efficiency of ...
Tags: CIGS, solar cells, Solliance
Global Solar Energy Inc of Tucson, AZ, USA, which makes flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic cells and modules, has implemented cost-cutting measures as it continues to progress the previously announced ...
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After filing for Chapter 11-type insolvency protection in July,centrotherm photovoltaics AG of Blaubeuren,Germany,which provides equipment and turnkey production lines for manufacturing both crystalline silicon solar cells and copper indium ...