Taiwan-based solar firm Tainergy has recently seen orders for solar modules increase from Japan and Indonesia. In particular, the modules have been supplied to the public sector in Indonesia, showing growth in the Southeast Asia market. ...
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) flat glass business announced that it can now manufacture heat-strengthened glass in thicknesses of less than 3 millimeters, which makes it among the first major glass manufacturers in North America to offer ...
Tags: heat-strengthened glass, PPG Industries, solar application
Tokyo-based subsidiary Solar Frontier – the world's largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has been selected by Aikawa Press Industry Co Ltd to supply modules for the ...
Tags: Solar Frontier CIS, solar modules, thin-film photovoltaic, CIS
Average pricing in October for crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar modules declined in nearly all worldwide regions because of weak demand in Germany, according to IHS. The average price per watt for c-Si solar modules declined in a range of ...
Tags: crystalline silicon, weak demand, solar modules, c-Si
AGC Glass Company North America announced it will cease production of photovoltaic cover glass in the North American market and indefinitely close its Kingsport, Tenn., manufacturing facility, effective November 7. AGNA cited the sluggish ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), will supply 2 megawatts (MW) of advanced thin-film solar modules to one of Zhenfa New Energy Science & Technology ...
Tags: First Solar CdTe, energy, solar projects, solar modules, renewable energy
Overcapacity, a decline in pricing as well as slowing growth in key worldwide markets will serve to keep the global market for solar modules depressed for the rest of the year, with recovery not expected until well in the second half of ...
Tags: solar module prices, signs of recovery, IHS
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, is to supply solar modules for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's (PWR's) $2.3m award from the Environmental Security Technology ...
Tags: Semprius, CPV, Triple-junction solar cells, Semprius Inc
November 30, 2012 - Silfab Ontario Inc. and Heliene Inc. announced they have commenced an operational arrangement, under which the two will start a commercial cooperation—working jointly as one—to serve larger developers in ...
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November 30, 2012 - Silfab Ontario Inc. and Heliene Inc. announced they have commenced an operational arrangement, under which the two will start a commercial cooperation—working jointly as one—to serve larger developers in ...
Tags: Silfab Ontario, operational arrangement, commercial cooperation, power
Japanese energy business Showa Shell Sekiyu and its Tokyo-based subsidiary Solar Frontier – the world’s largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – are cooperating on a ...
Tags: Solar Frontier, CIS, Showa Shell Sekiyu
Canadian Solar today said it has provided its CS6P-P solar modules for a a 540kW solar power plant at Izmir Airport, the first project under the new Turkish solar energy legislation, YEK, for solar power plants under 500kW. This is the ...
Tags: market view, Solar Power
Taipei, Oct.30, 2012 (CENS)--Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corp., a major synthetic fiber manufacturer in Taiwan, will invest NT$12 billion (US$400 million) within three years to build a plant in CTSP (Central Taiwan Science Park), which will ...
Tags: LCD backlight modules, synthetic fiber, solar module substrates
Even today some 3 to 4% of the glass produced worldwide is used in the solar industry. With average annual growth rates of 20% to 25% this proportion is set to rise consistently. Despite price dumping and excess capacities the prospects for ...
Tags: industry trends, Solar Glass
Royal DSM announced that it is increasing the installed manufacturing capacity for KhepriCoat anti-reflective coating. The additional capacity is expected to be on stream by the end of 2012 at the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands. ...
Tags: DSM, KhepriCoat anti-reflective coating, IP protected product