First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, has set a new record for CdTe solar cell ...
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If LED lighting is fully adopted in Taiwan, the country can reduce its electricity consumption by 12.78%, an equivalent to the combined capacity of two of its existing nuclear power plants, according to industry observers. The observers ...
The effect of the US anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against China-made solar cells has been questioned especially when China-based solar firms are now able to buy solar cells from non-China regions and continue to assemble the ...
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Researchers in Spain have grown high-indium-content indium gallium nitride (InGaN) directly on silicon (Si) substrates [Praveen Kumar et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p035501, 2013]. The work was carried out at Universidad ...
Tags: InGaN, silicon, Optoelectronics, Microtechnology
On 22 February, of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which manufacturers compound semiconductor-based systems for fiber-optic and solar power applications, was awarded a $7,364,902 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (funding announcement FA8650-13-C-5501) ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which manufacturers compound semiconductor-based systems for fiber-optic and solar power applications, says that its solar panels are powering the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite that ...
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Falling solar cell prices have been marginalizing concentrated solar power (CSP) products for years. But after the adoption of thermal energy storage (TES) using molten salt (which can increase the capacity factor of CSP) and using ...
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Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce its consolidated results for the first nine months of its 2013 fiscal year. The company’s consolidated net sales for the period ended December 31, 2012, amounted to ¥474.4 billion (US$5.9 ...
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Organic electronics has already hit the market in smartphone displays and holds great promise for future applications like flexible electroluminescent foils (a potential replacement for conventional light bulbs) or solar cells that convert ...
EPFL’s Institute of Microengineering(IMT) has achieved a 10.7% efficiency single-junction microcrystalline silicon solar cell, surpassing the previous world record of 10.1% held by the Japanese company Kaneka Corporation since 1998, ...
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CertainTeed Corporation is proud to announce the introduction of Apollo® II, a next generation solar roofing system featuring integrated photovoltaic (PV) panels which combine greater efficiency and improved aesthetics with easier ...
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DayStar Technologies Inc (DSTI) of Kelowna, BC, Canada, which was founded in California in 1998 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, says that it is negotiating the potential sale of its CIGS solar ...
DayStar Technologies Inc (DSTI), founded in California in 1998 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, says that its board of directors has approved the acquisition of a 20% equity ownership in ...
Flisom AG of Duebendorf, Zurich, which was spun off from the Laboratory of Solid State Physics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) in 2005 to develop technologies for industrial roll-to-roll manufacturing of ...
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LT8705 from Linear Technology operates over 2.8 to 80V input range and can produce a 1.3 to 80V at up to 250W, with up to 98% efficiency. The topology is four switch (external n-fets), single inductor; and over 1kW can be delivered by ...
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