Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, says it has delivered a specially designed lightweight version of its record-breaking solar module to the Nuon Solar Team to help ...
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has raised its own world record for mass-produced photovoltaic module efficiency from 33.9% (announced in January 2012) to 35.5% ...
Tags: Solar Modules
REEL Solar Inc (RSI) of San Jose, CA, USA has announced a new record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic module size, achieving a 1.5 square meter module. Conventional cadmium telluride (CdTe) modules measure 0.72 square meters, a ...
Tags: Solar Modules, Electrical
PacWest Equities Inc has acquired DayStar Technologies Inc's line of CIG Solar Technology, in a deal analysts have valued in excess of $55m. PacWest specializes in working with under-performing organisations and bringing together the ...
Tags: DayStar CIGS, Electrical, Electronics
DayStar Technologies Inc (DSTI) of Kelowna, BC, Canada, which was founded in California in 1998 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, says that it is negotiating the potential sale of its CIGS solar ...
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
Technology applied to photovoltaic systems is making great strides ahead achieving noteworthy performance levels versus the recent past. For example traditional panels will be replaced by photovoltaic facades making large architectural ...
Tags: Construction, glass
Taiwan-based ODM Inventec has obtained PV(photovoltaic)module orders from a Japan-based client and has begun shipments,according to company chairman Richard Lee. While Inventec has been an ICT product supplier for the client,the client ...
SAINT-GOBAIN SOLAR,one of the leading players on PV solar market,sets out to enter UK market.Launched in 2011,the framed module SG Solar Suneka receives the internationally recognised MCS certificate. SAINT-GOBAIN SOLAR panels are thus ...
Tags: G Solar Suneka, PV Module, MCS Certification
Sphelar Power Corpsssoration has successfully prototyped,with the Industrial Technology Center of Fukui Prefecture,an energy-harvesting textile where spherical solar cells(Sphelar cells)are interweaved. This result was delivered from an ...
It is expected that the US demand for fluoropolymers will grow by 5.3% annually to reach $2.4bn (€1.9bn) by 2016, with total volume of 198m pounds (89.8m kilos), according to Freedonia, a market analyst firm. The popular product ...
Tags: industrial processing, chemical processing, fluoropolymers
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA has been selected for a US Air Force (USAF) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase 2 award to demonstrate a next-generation photovoltaic product that builds on its flexible ...
Tags: Ascent Solar, USAF SBIR award, CIGS, thin-film photovoltaic module
The Ministry of Economic Affairs(MOEA)announced yesterday(Nov.28)that the government will aim to increase photovoltaic power generation by 130 MW in 2013,30MW higher than the goal for 2012,but the purchasing rate will drop ...
Tags: MOEA, photovoltaic power generation, renewable energy, overseas markets
U.S. demand for fluoropolymers is forecast to increase 5.3% annually to $2.4 billion in 2016, with volume totaling 198 million pounds. Advances will be spurred by an improving economic outlook, which will drive industrial output and boost ...
Tags: fluoropolymers, Polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE, polyvinyl fluoride, PVF
2October 2012 Calyxo launches lightweight system for fast assembly of PV modules without frames on trapezoidal sheet roofs Cadmium telluride(CdTe)-based thin-film photovoltaic module maker Calyxo GmbH of ...
Tags: PV module, CdTe, trapezoidal sheet roofs