Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based solar module giant, said on March 11, 2013, that it has signed a forbearance agreement with the holders of more than 60% of the firm's 3% convertible notes. The forbearance agreement between Suntech and ...
Tags: Suntech, Lighting, solar module
Through the acquisition of Scheuten’s stake in “Moustier4”, AGC Glass Europe has acquired the total share capital of the joint venture that constitutes the Belgium-based float production line located in the AGC Moustier ...
Tags: AGC Glass Europe, float production line, Scheuten Glass
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and the Chemical Materials Evaluation and Research Base (CEREBA) say they have evaluated molecules within a sealed organic light-emitting diode ...
FlexTech Alliance announced the completion of a development project with Etched in Time, Inc. (EITI), for a plasma etch system that is compatible with a wide array of roll-to-roll equipment. The result of the project is a tool that can be ...
Tags: LED lighting, solar panels, LED
The solar cell glass market showed 6.8% de-growth in 2012 over last year. While the entire PV module production increased by about 5GW, the selling price of glass for solar cells declined by about 20%, causing market shrinkage. ...
Tags: solar cell glass, PV module production, 2012
Specialty metal and chemical product producer 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada has decided to close its indium antimonide (InSb) manufacturing operations in Trail, British Columbia over the next few months, laying off the 75 staff ...
Tags: 5N Plus, metal and chemical product, InSb manufacturing operations
New production plant for special TROSIFOL automotive glazing films to be ready for operation at the end of 2013 At its Troisdorf location, Kuraray Europe GmbH is investing some EUR 20 million in a new production line for TROSIFOL films ...
Tags: Kuraray, T-Park, New Construction Project
The necessity of having nuclear power plants has been under debate recently in Taiwan. Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Gigastorage has suggested four ways that the government can take to address the country's energy issues: increase solar ...
Tags: Gigastorage, Taiwan Government, Solar Installation Limit
Photovoltaic glass, also known as solar photovoltaic glass or ultra clear photovoltaic glass, is mainly applied to solar PV power generation and solar PV components. Currently, ultra-clear patterned glass used for crystalline silicon solar ...
Due to the expectation that Japan will lower its solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) in April and the US punitive tariffs' impacts on China-made solar products, some tier-one Taiwan-based solar cell makers have seen orders rising. The Japan solar ...
Tags: FIT, solar products, solar cell makers
Solar firms in Greater China hoped to increase quotes before the Lunar New Year holidays, but a delay in China announcing its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe results has deterred the industry from raising prices for fear of losing ...
Tags: Solar firms, China, solar cells
Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA says that the first implementation of its new-generation dual-junction solar cell technology (augmenting its single-junction technology) has set an energy conversion efficiency record of 30.8% for ...
Tags: dual junction solar cell, energy conversion, solar cell technology
The World Smart Energy Week 2013 was held in Tokyo, Japan from February 27 to March 1. Firms participated in the exhibition showcased new technologies and equipment for power generation, storage, and smart control, mainly for the rooftop ...
Tags: World Smart Energy Week 2013, solar PV systems, PV Expo 2013
The EU has opened an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese-manufactured glass for solar panels, broadening a trade fight with Beijing over renewable energy. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, opened the probe in response ...
Tags: Solar-Panel Glass
Solar Junction of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes III-V multi-junction solar cells for concentrated photovoltaics (CPV), has signed a co-development agreement with Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale CPV solar power ...