Bernin-based Soitec (which makes engineered substrates and CPV systems) and Grenoble-based micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of France, together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE of Freiburg, Germany, have ...
Tags: Solar Cell, Electrical
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has seen its overall capacity utilization drop from about 50% in October to below 50% in November and the utilization is expected to further slip in December, according to the company. However, ...
Tags: Capacity Utilization, Lights
In stand D31 at LuxLive (the UK's biggest lighting show) at ExCel London (19-20 November), Plessey of Plymouth, UK is presenting the results of its partnership with Litecool Ltd of Sheffield, UK (which manufactures heat management solutions ...
Tags: LED lighting products, LED diodes
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has introduced the Propel Power gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system, which incorporates single-wafer ...
Solar PV manufacturers are switching over to higher efficiency monocrystalline cells to increase power output, but for solar energy systems, overall module output is key. “In order to balance costs and the power efficiency of solar ...
Tags: Solar Systems, PV
Due to inventory adjustments at lighting makers and weak demand for TV backlighting applications, LED chip makers are expected to suffer significant on-quarter decreases in shipments in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to LED supply ...
Tags: LED Chip, LED Epitaxial Wafer, LED
Rudolph Technologies Inc of Flanders, NJ, USA, which provides defect inspection, packaging lithography, process control metrology and data analysis systems and software, has received multi-system orders from several customers for its latest ...
China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker San'an Optoelectronics, due to subsidies of CNY1.0 billion (US$163 million) offered and orders worth CNY3.0 billion arranged from the government of Xiamen City, southeastern China, will set up ...
Tags: LED epitaxial wafer, chip maker, Lights
Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) plans to expand its annual production capacity for monocrystalline silicon solar cells by 350MWp from 500MWp currently to 850MWp in 2015 and is likely to set ...
III-nitride epitaxial material supplier EpiGaN nv of Hasselt, Belgium has been named in the 2014 Global Cleantech 100's Ones to Watch list, produced by San Francisco-based Cleantech Group (whose mission is to connect corporates to ...
UK-based Plessey has announced the realization of high-volume, large-die LED performance based on its gallium nitride on silicon MaGIC (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) high-brightness LED (HBLED) technology. The large die benefits from ...
Tags: LED Technology, LEDs
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT of Aachen, Germany has worked with RWTH Aachen University’s Institute of Physics (IA) to develop an analysis technology that, for the first time it is claimed, allows the structural ...
Tags: LED light, Laser system
The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) said recently it would accelerate the development of renewable energy projects, emphasizing the importance of producing energy locally to ensure energy security. Thus far, the Philippine DOE has ...
Tags: Solar Module, PV
For third-quarter 2014, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8m (at the bottom of the $8-12m ...
Tags: 2-Inch Sapphire, Electronics
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, is exhibiting at the Electronica 2014 trade fair in Munich, Germany ...
Tags: GaN Systems, semiconductors