Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes consumer and off-grid products integrated with flexible, lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), has partnered with ...
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Alan Bartlett and Sons has commissioned the construction of the largest privately owned, roof mounted solar panel installation for self-use in the UK. The company acquired its Chatteris site in 1968, which has since been developed into a ...
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ABB has agreed to acquire US-based power firm Power-One in a deal valued at $1,028m. Swiss firm ABB is bidding to strengthen its position as a supplier of solar inverters used in photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems. "Solar PV is ...
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The 24th China Glass Expo (China Glass Expo 2013), organized by the Chinese Ceramic Society (CCS), will take place at China International Exhibition Center (CIEC) from May 24-27, 2013. China Glass Expo 2013 will meet the needs of Chinese ...
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Hanwha SolarOne, a global provider of total photovoltaic (PV) solar solutions has supplied modules for two new ground-mounted PV installations in the UK. The Germany-based EPC company ib vogt GmbH was responsible for the realization of ...
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Hanwha SolarOne Co. Ltd, a top-10 photovoltaic manufacturer of high-quality solar modules, has announced the global launch of its new generation modules — the HSL Series. Compared to previous generation modules, these offer a ...
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Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited, the UK's largest solar energy developer has completed and commissioned over 133 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the first quarter of 2013. The 133 MWp involved developing ...
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The issue of the extraction and storage of renewable energies is of interest to scientists and politicians worldwide. For this reason, Messe Düsseldorf has begun to export the successful Energy Storage Düsseldorf concept and to ...
Cree and Delta Energy Systems claim a breakthrough in power density, efficiency and weight of photovoltaic (PV) inverter design. The latest Delta solar inverters use SiC power mosfets from Cree. “The SiC mosfets from Cree were ...
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Delta Energy Systems, a subsidiary of Delta Electronics Group (one of the world's largest providers of power management solutions), has launched a new generation of solar photovoltaic (PV) power inverters that use silicon carbide (SiC) ...
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Boeing Company subsidiary Spectrolab Inc of Sylmar, CA, USA has introduced 150mm-diameter germanium wafers into production (50mm larger than its prior 100mm wafers). The 50% increase in wafer diameter allows more than 2.5 times more gallium ...
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In June, Harvard's Clean Energy Project (CEP) plans to release to solar power developers a list of the top 20,000 organic compounds that could be used to make cheap, printable photovoltaic cells (PVCs). The list, culled from about seven ...
At the SNEC’s International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition (SNEC PV Power EXPO 2013) in Shanghai, China (13-16 May), Singulus Technolgies AG of Kahl am Main, Germany outlined how it is able to provide all ...
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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, says that Fry’s Electronics Inc, of ...
Conventional polyvinyl butyral (PVB) in laminated safety glass blocks out almost all ultraviolet (UV) radiation up to a wavelength of about 400 nanometres (nm). In other words, the penetration of UV-A light is almost entirely prevented by ...