China-based concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module maker Suncore Photovoltaic Technology Co Ltd, which is owned by Xiamen-based San'an Optoelectronics Co Ltd (the largest LED maker in China), has acquired the assets of Israel-based ...
Tags: CPV, Electrical, Electronics
As one of four winners in the first round of Sunidarity initiative awards (in December 2012), Paris-based Fondation Énergies pour le Monde (Energy for the World Foundation) has just finished installing a concentrator photovoltaic ...
Tags: CPV System
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, says it has delivered a specially designed lightweight version of its record-breaking solar module to the Nuon Solar Team to help ...
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has raised its own world record for mass-produced photovoltaic module efficiency from 33.9% (announced in January 2012) to 35.5% ...
Tags: Solar Modules
In a round-robin test, Germany‘s Fraunhofer ISE CalLab PV Modules compared its results with three other leading international measurement labs for photovoltaic (PV) modules: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the USA, the ...
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PV production grows despite 'crisis-led' drop in investment 02 Oct 2013 Market report published by European Commission's Joint Research Centre. On the up: Cumulative PV installations from 2000 to 2013. Global production of photovoltaic ...
Tags: PV Production, LED
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will be releasing a new energy policy, according to LED industry sources. Starting from Nov. 2013, bids for China streetlight construction projects will be divided into three ...
Tags: LED Manufacturers, Street Light
Global PV production capacity is not expected to significantly increase in the near future and therefore there will not be any large PV capital expenditure before 2015, according to senior marketing manager Wesley Skinner for Applied ...
Tags: PV Capital, Lighting
Regular inspections have been conducted on the number four reactor at Japan's Oi nuclear power plant. However, delayed inspections has once again led to Japan's "zero nuclear power" status. Since nuclear power is still the major source of ...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Triples PV Market
China's Ministry of Finance announced on Sunday that it will offer tax breaks to manufacturers of solar power products, in the country's latest effort to encourage the use of the green energy. From Oct. 1, 2013 to Dec. 31, 2015, vendors ...
Tags: Solar Power Products, PV Products
After years of breakaway growth, China's solar industry is poised for a big shakeout, with consolidation and failing firms. However, the changes are not going to change the Asian giant's global dominance over the resurgent sector anytime ...
Tags: Solar Industry, Solar Module
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, says that construction has started on ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
After years of breakaway growth, China's solar industry is poised for a big shakeout, with consolidation and failing firms. However, the changes are not going to change the Asian giant's global dominance over the resurgent sector anytime ...
Tags: Solar Industry, Looming Shakeout
Cargill has teamed up with TEVA Energy to install a solar energy system at a meat processing facility in Fresno, California. The company has added solar energy at the facility to pre-heat water used throughout the plant for food safety ...
Tags: Cargill, Solar Thermal System
Modern power transistors based on gallium nitride (GaN) enable power electronic switches to operate at much higher switching frequencies compared with those based on silicon (Si). Advantages include increased power density per volume and ...
Tags: Fraunhofer ISE, Electrical, Electronics