The weak solar market has been delaying technological improvements for solar firms. Despite the fact that N-type mono-crystalline high efficiency product may achieve a breakthrough that P-type mono- and multi-crystalline solar product ...
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Japan-based solar cell maker Kaneka reportedly plans to move technology for heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) solar cells to Taiwan, helping Taiwan-based firms to begin mass production. Kaneka is said to be discussing ...
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Our bright, shiny technology future is getting a bright, shiny new fuel cell to go with it. Yale University engineers have developed a process to create micro fuel cells made of glass. The tiny gizmos hold the potential ...
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Japan-based Kyocera obtained a 3-busbar solar cell patent in Japan in September 2012. Some other Japan-based solar firms have been asking Taiwan-based solar cell OEM firms to change products to 2-busbar solar cells. This means products need ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by aerospace,defense and commercial ...
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 ...
Cynora today unveiled a new flexible OLED prototype,demonstrating yet again the huge potential of OLED technology.One key aspect that sets organic light-emitting diodes(OLEDs)apart from conventional LEDs,is that they are two-dimensional ...
At its Troisdorf location,Kuraray Europe GmbH is investing some EUR 20 million in a new production line for TROSIFOL films and a new warehouse.The construction of this fifth production line in Troisdorf will increase capacity in the ...
Tags: automotive film, Kuraray Europe, TROSIFOL, PVB film
Taiwan-based Walsin Lihwa Holdings announced on December 5, 2012 that the firm is about to be sued by its partner, Germany-based Solarion AG, for violating a technology cooperation contract between the two. The announcement also noted that ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says it has achieved several key technology transfer milestones representing significant progress in its commercial relationship with Solar Junction of San Jose, CA, USA, ...
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The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, MI, USA has expanded the availability of its DOW POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle, a residential roofing system that protects a home (like a standard shingle) but also contains embedded thin-film copper indium ...
Tags: Dow Chemical, POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle, residential roofing system, CIGS
Japan's Sharp Corp has achieved what is claimed to be record solar cell conversion efficiency(for research-level non-concentrator solar cells)of 37.7%using a triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor solar cell(in which three ...
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The US International Trade Commission(ITC)announced the result of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against China-based solar firms on November 7,2012.China-made solar cells will be subject to 14.78-15.97%anti-subsidy tariffs ...
Tags: ITC, China based solar firms, anti-subsidy tariffs, solar cells