First production order comes from Solar Junction–in which the UK-headquartered wafer foundry has a$5M equity stake. Semiconductor wafer featuring multi-junction cells The advanced semiconductor epiwafer foundry IQE is to ...
Tags: IQE, Wafer Maker, CPV, Sharp
Scotland-based Braveheart Investment Group plc has announced a further investment in micro light-emitting diode company mLED Ltd of Glasgow, UK. mLED’s proprietary microLED platform technology was developed over a 10 year period at ...
Tags: LED, Equity Funding, Light Pattern
Scotland-based Braveheart Investment Group plc has injected£378,000 in mLED Ltd of Glasgow,UK. The latest equity funding round comes from Braveheart's established network of private clients,the Scottish Enterprise Co-Investment Fund ...
Tags: LED, mLED, Braveheart, UK
High-concentrating photovoltaics(HCPV)-a decades-old technology to tap more of the sun's energy than other solar methods-is poised to finally hit its stride,with a compound annual growth rate(CAGR)of 31%until 2017,according to Lux ...
Tags: HCPV, Energy, Solar, Lux Research, solar cell
With nearly 200 attendees and two days of formal and informal discussion, the fourth annual DOE SSL Manufacturing R&D Workshop was held in San Jose, California. The workshop provided a unique opportunity to gain cutting-edge perspective on ...
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21 June 2012 Stion sets aperture efficiency record of 14.8%for monolithic CIGS PV module in production Stion Corp of San Jose,CA,USA,which makes nanostructure-based CIGSSe(copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide)thin-film photovoltaic ...
Tags: Stion Corp, CIGSSe, PV Module, NREL
Recognized as a compelling alternative to silicon for many RF applications,gallium nitride(GaN)technology has generated significant industry interest due to its performance advantages,but has faced significant challenges related to ...
Tags: NXP, RF applications, mainstream GaN
First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA(the world's largest thin-film photovoltaic solar module maker)has announced a collaboration and licensing agreement with Intermolecular Inc of San Jose,CA,USA aimed at accelerating the efficiency roadmap for ...
Soltecture GmbH of Berlin-Adlershof,Germany,which makes copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGSe)-based thin-film photovoltaic(PV)solar modules and supplies complete solar system construction solutions,says that it has achieved new champion ...
Tags: Soltecture, Modules, Solar, Electronics
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
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 ...
Womenswear retail group Jacques Vert, which manages over a thousand outlets in the UK, Canada and Ireland, has reduced costs, minimised discounting and improved stock management after implementing new merchandise planning and supply chain ...
Tags: Womenswear, stock management, merchandise planning software
MiaSolé of Santa Clara, CA, USA, which was founded in 2001 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic panels, says that the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) ...
Tags: MiaSole CIGS PV module, Lights, Lighting, MiaSoléof Santa Clara
Intel looks set to face its biggest challenge in the blade server market next year.The first serious microprocessor challenge to Intel's leadership position will not be from ARM-based processors,but Freescale Semiconductor which is already ...
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While LEDs are widely regarded as the star lighting technology of tomorrow, OLED - another emerging new technology - is also playing an increasingly conspicuous role in next-generation lighting. This is chiefly because both LED and OLED are ...
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