Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has signed a framework agreement ...
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The US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) - an industry-led collaboration headquartered at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the State University of New York (SUNY) in Albany, NY - has released the first ...
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FX Networks, owner and operator of a national network in New Zealand, has selected Infinera Corp's DTN-X platform for its nationwide network. Infinera, of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, is a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical ...
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The UK's University of Manchester has used band engineering on indium phosphide (InP) to create indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistors (pHEMTs) with reduced gate current leakage and high breakdown ...
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Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), says it has surpassed one billion hours of ...
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Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), says that its 500 gigabit per second (Gb/s) PIC ...
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On 19 June at the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 39) in Tampa, FL, scientist Myles Steiner at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) reported record energy conversion efficiency of ...
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Covering a roof or a facade with standard solar cells to generate electricity will change a building’s original appearance—and not always for the better (this idea to coat buildings with graphene kicks the problem up another ...
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Japan's Sharp Corp has used a concentrator triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaic cell to achieve a solar energy conversion efficiency of 44.4%, exceeding the record of 43.5% for concentrating conversion efficiency set in ...
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According to the International Energy Agency’s ‘2011 World Energy Outlook’, every day, as the sun sets around the world, 1.3 billion people without electricity either live in darkness or expose their families to the ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, a maker of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, which it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has signed an agreement with a private ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - says that its latest champion module from its flagship gigawatt-scale Kunitomi Plant in Miyazaki, Japan, has ...
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NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems, has announced the first shipments ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has re-started production at its Miyazaki No.2 Plant. The plant at Kiyotakecho in Miyazaki, Japan (which ...
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Specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada has entered into a full and final settlement agreement with Florinvest SA, Heresford Ltd, Metals Corp SCRL and S.R.I.W. SA, which are all former shareholders ...
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