Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that its C2M, 1200V, 80mΩ silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs have been selected by Japan's Sanix Inc, to be designed into their new 9.9kW three-phase solar inverters for use in the construction of ...
Tags: Cree SiC MOSFET, Solar Inverters, Solar, Electrical, Electronics
Evonik has invested in its German operations with new large-scale industrial plants, capacity expansions, and new research centers. The company plans to invest some two billion Euros of the extensive investment program it has developed as ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction, Decoration
China-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer makers, considering that China government's temporary ban on polysilicon imports through export processing zones to block evasion of anti-dumping and anti-subsidization taxes is likely to ...
The China government is likely to raise the target total capacity for PV systems installed around China in 2014 from 13GWp to 15GWp, consisting of 11GWp for ground-mounted PV power-generating stations and 4GWp for distributed (mostly ...
China- and Taiwan-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer makers, in view of growing demand for PV systems in the China market, plan to increase quotes from US$0.88-0.89/wafer in August to US$0.90-0.92, and from US$0.90 to US$0.92-0.94, ...
Tags: Silicon Wafer, PV
China-based solar-grade monocrystalline silicon wafer maker Comtec Solar Systems has revealed it started trial production at its factory in Malaysia in June 2014 and will expand the factory's annual production capacity from 300MWp currently ...
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Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments from the leading China companies increased 26% on quarter in the second quarter of 2014, compared to the previous quarter when they shipped 5.2GW of solar modules. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of all ...
Tags: PV Module, Solar Module
Chinese building materials and glass manufacturer CNBM (China National Building Materials Group Corp) has completed its acquisition (announced on 22 April) of Avancis GmbH of Torgau, Germany, which manufactures copper indium gallium ...
Tags: building materials, glass
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers generally saw orders increase in August, according to industry sources in Taiwan. The sequential increases resulted from the makers reducing quotes to US$0.33/W for polycrystalline models ...
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of China have inked five MoUs in different sectors, including textiles and machines for garment industry, to promote and help the ...
Lextar Electronics Corp of Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan (a vertically integrated manufacturer of high-brightness LED epitaxy, chips and packages, as well as smart lighting products) and LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of ...
Tags: Cree, Taiwanese LED Maker Lextar, Electrical
PHILADELPHIA --The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Angela Whittaker of Cumberland County High School & Middle School in Cumberland, Va. with the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE). "Angela ...
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Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA, which designs and provides gallium nitride (GaN)-based power conversion devices and modules for power supplies and adapters, motor drives, solar inverters and electric vehicles, is ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, the world's biggest thin-film solar module manufacturer and one of the largest developers of utility-scale solar projects worldwide (with a global project pipeline of more than 2500MW), has announced its ...
Tags: First Solar, First PV Project, Electrical
BOSTON – A 15-year old student from Nashua N.H. was a recently awarded a “President’s Environmental Youth Award” (PEYA), given jointly by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and EPA. The Nashua ...
Tags: PEYA, student, Service, Certification