OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto,Ontario,Canada,which makes high-concentration photovoltaic(HCPV)panels and solar tracker systems through its subsidiary OPEL Solar Inc and develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US ...
Tags: OPEL, POET, Solar, Electronic, Optical
The US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium(PVMC)–an industry-led partnership between international semiconductor manufacturers'research consortium SEMATECH of Albany,NY,USA and the College of Nanoscale Science and ...
Tags: CIGS, PV Roadmap, Solar, Energy
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has completed its acquisition(announced on 5 June)of the entire in-house molecular beam epitaxy(MBE)epiwafer manufacturing unit of RF Micro Devices Inc of ...
On 11 June at the LEDforum 2012 in Guangzhou,China,LayTec AG of Berlin,Germany(which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes,focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications)received the LEDinside'Aurora ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which makes photovoltaic (PV) panels and solar tracker systems through its subsidiary OPEL Solar Inc and develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US affiliate OPEL Defense ...
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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)says that LED maker Lextar Electronics Corp of Hsinchu,Taiwan has qualified its Pyro ...
Tags: LayTec, GaN LED production, Pyro 400, Germany
'Artificial photosynthesis'turns water into hydrogen 06 Jun 2012 Researchers at Spain's Jaume I University develop semiconductor'leaf'that needs only sunlight to release hydrogen from water. Water good idea:UJI makes hydrogen ...
5N Plus Inc of Montreal,Quebec,Canada,a producer of specialty metal and chemical products,has completed its'bought deal'public offering and concurrent private placement(announced on 16 May)of an aggregate of 12,903,613 units at a price ...
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton,CO,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)using flexible substrate materials,has launched a charger for the Apple iPhone 4/4S smart ...
Tags: Ascent, solar-powered charger, smart-phone market, Apple iPhone
5 June 2012 CPV firm HelioVolt launches new high-performance module series HelioVolt Corp of Austin,TX,USA,which makes monolithically integrated copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)thin-film photovoltaic modules for the commercial ...
Tags: HelioVolt, CIGS, solar modules, monolithic integration
5 June 2012 Hanergy to acquire Q.CELLS'CIGS PV subsidiary Solibro Q.CELLS SE of Bitterfeld-Wolfen,Germany,which manufactures both silicon and thin-film copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)thin-film solar photovoltaic(PV)modules,has ...
5 June 2012 IQE acquires RFMD's MBE unit and secures seven-year wafer supply agreement Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has signed what is described as a multi-faceted agreement to acquire the entire ...
Tags: IQE, RFMD MBE, GaAs, wireless semiconductor industry
4 June 2012 Sharp develops concentrator solar cell with efficiency of 43.5% Japan's Sharp Corp has used a concentrator triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaic cell to achieve a solar energy conversion efficiency of ...
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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 ...
HP claims it can build a data centre that requires no power from the grid. Data centres are notoriously power hungry from server dissipation and the air conditioning needed to keep internal temperatures down. "Research shows how the ...
Tags: Hp, data centre, grid, Net-Zero Energy Data Center