Market research by the SPECTARIS industry association confirms"unbridled"growth of home-grown industry. Swarovski Optic by Mike Hatcher in Frankfurt,Germany The 1000 or so companies that make up Germany's photonics industry increased ...
Less than two weeks after its official groundbreaking ceremony,MidAmerican Solar of Phoenix,AZ(a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables LLC)and cadmium telluride(CdTe)thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ have marked ...
Tags: MidAmerican Solar, First Solar, PV, AZ, CdTe, solar panel, solar
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,has entered into a three-way strategic joint ...
Nanosolar Inc of San Jose,CA,USA,which makes thin-film photovoltaic cells and panels based on depositing copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)and nanoparticle inks on flexible aluminum foil substrates(using roll-to-roll solar cell ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride(CdTe)as well as providing engineering,procurement and construction(EPC)services,has announced completion of the 50MW(AC)Silver ...
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Axuntek Solar Energy Co Ltd of Pingtung City,Taiwan has announced its new IEC-certified copper indium gallium(di)selenide(CIGS)thin film solar cell modules,which use DuPont PV5400 series ionomer encapsulant. Picture:Axuntek's new ...
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Lexington-based QD Vision,Inc.,a spinoff of MIT,has developed Quantum LightTM Optic and the lamp is termed a quantum LED(QLED),to produce both lamps and downlighting fixtures that emulate the warm colors of an incandescent bulb but provide ...
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Thin-film solar firms expand operations into solar PV systems Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 16 May 2012]Thin-film solar products have been marginalized since the price of mainstream silicon-based solar products has ...
A polymer discovered at Georgia Tech could allow air-stable electrodes to be used in OLED displays. At the moment,efficient OLED displays need to have low'work function'metals as internal electrodes,which are all reactive metals like ...
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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,has been named a development partner of Bye ...
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There is room for Foxconn to cooperate with Sharp in solar,say Taiwan makers Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Tuesday 15 May 2012]Industry sources in Taiwan have noted that that there is a chance for Foxconn and Sharp,who have ...
Arburg has developed a hydraulic compression moulding machine designed to for a 0.5mm -thick optical application. The machine and application was debuted in Shanghai at Chinaplas 2012. To mould the light guide panels, a thin optical panel ...
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DelSolar debuts on TSE Patty Wang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 10 May 2012]DelSolar,the solar subsidiary of Delta Electronics,debuted on Taiwan Stock Exchange(TSE)with IPO of NT$14.7(US$0.50)on May 9,2012. Despite the continuous ...
Tags: Delsolar, solar cells, nuclear power plants, mono-crystalline
>. Soltecture,the Berlin-based developer of thin-film solar modules formerly known as Sulfurcell,is the latest German photovoltaics company to go bust in the ongoing industry shake-out. Prompted by the wider problems of manufacturing ...
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LayTec AG of Berlin,Germany(which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes,focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications)has announced its last call for those wishing to attend the firm's in-situ seminar ...
Tags: LayTec AG of Berlin, inSitu Monitoring, 16th International Conference