First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has acquired Solar Chile, a Santiago-based solar development company in which Fundación Chile was an early ...
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In joint research with Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - has ...
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For the second time the Intercontinental Hotel Beichen in Beijing played host to the Intersolar China Conference, a valuable platform for the Asian solar markets of the future, from December 11-13, 2012. 69 speakers from around the world ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic(PV)modules based on cadmium telluride(CdTe),has appointed Tim Rebhorn as senior vice president,Project Development.He reports to First Solar CEO Jim Hughes and will ...
Intermolecular (IMI) and First Solar announced they have entered into a two-year collaboration and licensing agreement focused on further increases to the conversion efficiency of First Solar's cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell ...
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January 7, 2013 - Steve Douglas, senior technical code specialist for Toronto-based QPS Evaluation Services Inc., has been named the 2012–2013 international president of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors ...
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Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has announced reference designs for what it claims are the world’s lightest and highest-energy-density flexible military charging mats. Alta fabricates single-junction gallium arsenide (GaAs) ...
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Organizers of Invest in Photonics 2012, a two-day international convention on photonics venture capital (VC) investment, said that participation at last month’s event increased “despite a tough investment decade in ...
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December 31, 2012 - JCM Capital Ltd. (JCM) has sold an 850kW portfolio of Ontario rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) projects—originated, developed and financed to commercial operation by the financial company—to BrightRoof Solar ...
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IDG News Service-Nokia is testing a new solar charging accessory in Nigeria and Kenya,as the company hopes to make it easier for people without regular access to electricity to use their phones,it said in a blog post on Friday. The ...
China Sunergy Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of solar cells and modules, today announced that the company has set up a new manufacturing facility in Istanbul, Turkey with local partner Seul Energy Investment Corp., a solar system provider, solar ...
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Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh, NC, USA, which provides crystalline gallium nitride (GaN), aluminium nitride (AlN) and aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) materials and related products and services, says that it has demonstrated a 10-inch ...
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The Japan government is likely to reduce the feed-in tariff (FIT) rate for solar PV system installations from JPY42 (US$0.50)/kWh currently to either JPY36/kWh or JPY32/kWh in March or July 2013, according to Taiwan-based makers. The total ...
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Joseph Armstrong Ph.D., chief technology officer of Ascent Solar Technologies Inc (ASTI) of Thornton, CO, USA, has joined the Strategic Advisory Council of Bye Aerospace Inc. Ascent Solar makes lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules ...
In early June,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 ...