Demand for polysilicon used in solar and semiconductor applications is expected to rise to 282,000 metric tons in 2014, up 25% on year. According to Solarbuzz, the growth in demand for polysilicon is being driven by the rapid increase in ...
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In the presence of guests from Germany and South Africa(including politicians,business and technical partners),Photovoltaic Technology Intellectual Property(Pty)Ltd(PTiP)-a spin-off from the University of Johannesburg-has officially ...
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Government incentives help focus efforts on power plant development Chinese solar panel makers are looking to invest in solar power farms to boost earnings after a drop in panel prices due to oversupply. Hit hard by trade disputes as ...
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China was the largest solar market in the world in 2013, besting a hotly contested field that included Japan, the US and Germany, and China-based manufacturer Yingli Green Energy was also the globe's foremost supplier of solar modules for ...
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In December, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – formed a strategic EPC (engineering, procurement & construction) alliance with fellow ...
In December, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – announced that it is to construct a CIS solar module manufacturing plant on a ...
Vikram Solar is developing a solar module with 100 per cent domestic raw materials. This endeavour would surpass the domestic content requirements laid down by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar ...
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Seeing difficulties achieving further growth in the notebook business, Inventec is planning to switch its focus to the cloud computing and solar industries for 2014-2016, according to company chairman Richard Lee. As most ODMs are ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA says that its cadmium telluride thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules will power four solar energy plants in France, with a combined capacity of 48MW. Developed and owned by independent renewable energy ...
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TOKYO, Nov 25, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. FSLR -0.38% today announced that it has started construction of a solar project in Kitakyushu-shi, Japan. Generation capacity of the project is 1.4MWDC, and it will start operating ...
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FLIR thermal imaging is increasingly playing an important part in ensuring maximum energy yield from solar panels. It is involved throughout the life cycle of the product from its design, manufacture and quality assurance procedures ...
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Asahi Glass to exit Solar Glass Business? China is starting to dominate all parts of the crystalline solar (NYSEARCA:TAN) supply chain. The country earlier used to dominate the solar module manufacturing but is now extending this ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has launched its ...
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Global market revenues for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters will drop by 9% in 2013, due to rapid price declines for commercial and utility-scale inverters and intense cost pressure in mature markets such as Germany and Italy, according to ...
Energy services provider MidAmerican Solar of Phoenix, AZ (a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables LLC) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA say that the five millionth solar ...
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