Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA says that it will invest about $100m in Japan to develop solar power plants. The firm aims to partner with Japanese companies to develop, ...
Tags: PV Power Plants, Electronics
China's central energy authority has proposed to build more photovoltaic power stations in 2014 than originally planned as solar panel producers struggle before dwindling export orders. The capacity of new PV power stations to be built in ...
China's central energy authority has proposed to build more photovoltaic (PV) power stations in 2014 than originally planned as solar panel producers struggle before dwindling export orders. The capacity of new PV power stations to be ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, PV power
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has completed and handed over a 13MWDC photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The facility, ...
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Taiwan-based PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials on October 25 began construction of a ground-mounted PV power-generating station with an annual capacity of 17MWp in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with completion ...
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Global markets boasted 51,000MW of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation capacity installed in 2012, and while some variable generation markets may slow or stall, there is no doubt that wind and solar markets will continue to ...
China has introduced measures to curb photovoltaic overcapacity while seeking to expand domestic deman. China has put forth new rules to tackle overcapacity in its solar power industry. A document released by the Ministry of Industry and ...
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany, concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France, micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti in Grenoble, France and the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin ...
Tags: Fraunhofer ISE Leti Soitec CPV Helmholtz, Electrical, Electronics
Advanced test instrumentation has helped a UK-based solar PV specialist to significantly improve the electricity supply on two off-grid Hebridean Islands. Renewables specialist Wind & Sun Ltd. has recently completed two new innovative ...
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VDE Americas (a subsidiary of Germany's VDE Testing and Certification Institute) and First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, and BELECTRIC Holding GmbH are to undertake a joint ...
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China announced policies on Friday to ramp up support for renewable energy projects, in a bid to curb air pollution. The National Development and Reform Commission issued new subsidy standards for distributed solar power generation ...
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Giga Solar Materials, a Taiwan-based PV conductive paste maker, on August 29 announced the investment of JPY5.0 billion (US$51.0 million) to establish a ground-mounted PV power-generating station with an annual capacity of 17MWp in ...
China-based makers will produce 80,000 tons of polysilicon and 23GWp of crystalline silicon PV modules in 2013, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). China imported 39,000 tons of polysilicon in ...
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China-based makers will produce 80,000 tons of polysilicon and 23GWp of crystalline silicon PV modules in 2013, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). China imported 39,000 tons of polysilicon in ...
Tags: Polysilicon, PV Modules