ITRI,Taiwan makers win SEMI certification for solar cell testing industry standard Nuying Huang,Taipei;Adam Hwang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 4 October 2012]Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute(ITRI)and several ...
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PV Book-to-bill ratio of just 0.33 measured in second quarter of 2012,with SEMI seeing no near-term recovery. Heading south:the global PV equipment market The market for photovoltaics manufacturing equipment continued to decline in ...
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Semprius CPV module factory ready to roll 18 Sep 2012 Site in Henderson,North Carolina,will reach production run-rate of 6 MW by the middle of next year. Micro-transfer printing Semprius,the developer of high-efficiency concentrated ...
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US developer Silevo ramps high volume production;IEC and UL validation of Triex™technology Silevo,Inc.a solar cell innovator and photovoltaic solar module manufacturer,says it has achieved greater than 21 percent conversion ...
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Neo Solar August revenues up on month,down on year Nuying Huang,Taipei;Adam Hwang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 6 September 2012]Neo Solar Power,a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells,had revenues of NT$1.072 billion(US$35.8 ...
Manz AG of Reutlingen,Germany,which supplies integrated production lines for crystalline silicon solar cells and thin-film solar modules(as well as lines flat-panel displays),says its integrated production line for CIGS thin-film solar ...
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Graphic:Current density versus voltage for CZTS PV cell. In partnership with Tokyo-based Solar Frontier(the world's largest manufacturer of copper indium selenium thin-film photovoltaic solar modules),Tokyo Ohka Kogyo(TOK)and DelSolar(a ...
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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 ...
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Centrotherm photovoltaics AG of Blaubeuren,Germany,which provides equipment and turnkey production lines for manufacturing both crystalline silicon solar cells and copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)thin-film solar modules,has applied to ...
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Cadmium telluride(CdTe)thin-film photovoltaic(PV)module maker Abound Solar of Loveland,CO,USA says that it intends to file a petition for protection under US Bankruptcy Code in Delaware this week.Suspension of operations will impact about ...
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Solar shake-out claims Abound amid GE worries 03 Jul 2012 After$370 million in investment–partly through a DOE loan guarantee–the thin-film CdTe module maker files for bankruptcy. 20kW installation Abound Solar has become ...
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High-concentrating photovoltaics(HCPV)-a decades-old technology to tap more of the sun's energy than other solar methods-is poised to finally hit its stride,with a compound annual growth rate(CAGR)of 31%until 2017,according to Lux ...
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Chemicals giant files complaint in Oregon court accusing companies of infringing patent awarded earlier this year. Who's shooting at SolarWorld? DuPont,the chemicals company that supplies a huge proportion of the conductive paste ...
Investors burned as Konarka enters liquidation 07 Jun 2012 Organic PV company demonstrates that$200?million and a Nobel prize are no guarantee of commercial success. Roll-to-roll production Konarka Technologies,the heavily financed ...
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Hanergy to buy CIGS PV manufacturer Solibro 06 Jun 2012 Chinese renewable energy company to acquire the industry-leading thin-film PV unit belonging to embattled Q-Cells. Solibro's"Q.SMART"CIGS modules Q-Cells,the major German ...
Tags: Hanergy, Q-Cells, CIGS PV manufacturer, Solibro