Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has entered into ...
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Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has signed a distribution agreement with AnnealSys SAS of Montpellier, France, which specializes in ...
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University of Liverpool researchers propose replacing a toxic treatment step in cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell production with one that is benign, but apparently just as effective [J. D. Major et al, Nature, published online 25 June ...
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany has achieved record photovoltaic (PV) solar module efficiency of 36.7%, as measured under Concentrator Standard Testing Conditions (CSTC). This has been done by ...
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The global solar concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34.1% during 2013-2018, forecasts market research firm TechNavio. A major driver is the reduction in average installation prices of ...
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Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Motech Industries has announced that the US Department of Commerce has downward adjusted the anti-dumping tariff rate for the company from the original 44.18% to 20.86%. The department on July 25 ...
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The Taiwan Photovoltaic Industry Association (TPVIA) has dismissed speculation that the EU will launch an investigation into China-based PV module makers and their suppliers, including those from Taiwan, over allegedly illegal practice to ...
Power and automation technology group, ABB, opened its Regional Robotics Packaging Application Hub in Singapore this week. This new extension to its Robotics Application Center that was set up in 2010 will be where it pioneers robotics ...
Dow Solar, a business of The Dow Chemical Company announced that the availability of DOW POWERHOUSE Solar Shingles, an award-winning residential solar roofing system, is expanding to Delaware and Hawaii. Delaware and Hawaii are among the ...
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As the US imposition of anti-dumping tariffs on PV products imported from China and Taiwan is expected to cripple the competitiveness of makers from the two countries, a few PV makers in the US and other countries plan to expand production ...
China-based Solargiga Energy Holdings plans to adjust its current operations through increasing production of PV modules and stepping into PV system installation projects, with PV modules and PV system installation to each account for ...
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Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Motech Industries plans to begin production of high-efficiency N-type monocrystalline models in the first half of 2015, according to company president and CEO Chang Peng-heng. Motech plans to expand ...
E-Solar, a Japan-based PV module joint-venture maker established by Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer maker Eversol and Japan-based PV system installation undertaker West Holdings, is likely to expand its annual ...
Brazil's plan to auction 3.5GW of PV capacity through 2018 comes as welcome news for the global solar industry as the ambitious plan is expected to catalyze solar growth in Latin America, according to IHS. The Brazilian Electricity ...
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Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer makers have decreased quotes from US$1 before the US Department of Commerce imposed preliminary anti-subsidy tariffs on PV products imported from China in early June to US$0.96 ...
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