The volatile solar market will rationalize extensively over the next year, with the handful of leading companies likely to have successful initial public offerings (IPOs) outweighed by several others going to the wall. Jason Eckstein, the ...
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After giving a trading update for first-half 2013 in late July, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has confirmed record revenue of £63m (up 84% from £34.3m for first-half 2012). EBITDA (earnings ...
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Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems using III-V multi-junction solar cells, says that it has achieved a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) efficiency ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that its strategic partner Solar Junction Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes III-V multi-junction solar cells for concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) based on ...
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Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems using III-V multi-junction solar cells, says that, during outdoor testing from late February to April, a module showcasing its ...
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Solar Junction of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes III-V multi-junction solar cells for concentrated photovoltaics (CPV), has signed a co-development agreement with Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale CPV solar power ...
Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems using III-V multi-junction solar cells, says that its systems can now convert more than one third of direct sunlight into electricity. In ...
Tags: Amonix CPV, concentrated photovoltaic, solar cells, CPV, NREL
Two key figures behind the emergence of concentrator photovoltaics(CPV)as a viable energy technology have won a share of the 2012 German Environmental Award. Worth€500,000,the award is presented each year by the Deutsche ...
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Semprius CPV module factory ready to roll 18 Sep 2012 Site in Henderson,North Carolina,will reach production run-rate of 6 MW by the middle of next year. Micro-transfer printing Semprius,the developer of high-efficiency concentrated ...
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The US witnessed a major increase in deployments of large-scale solar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2012, according to a new report. Produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) industry group awhich opposed the ...
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PV puts utilities and construction ‘on collision course’ 16 Aug 2012 Achieving widespread grid parity with solar electricity may set up a titanic clash between the two industry sectors. PV panel The falling cost of ...
Amonix shuts large HCPV panel factory in US 25 Jul 2012"Competition,price pressure,challenging market",cited as reasons for Las Vegas closure.Does HCPV still have good prospects? . It was reported locally that the Seal ...
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First production order comes from Solar Junction–in which the UK-headquartered wafer foundry has a$5M equity stake. Semiconductor wafer featuring multi-junction cells The advanced semiconductor epiwafer foundry IQE is to ...
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High-concentrating photovoltaics(HCPV)-a decades-old technology to tap more of the sun's energy than other solar methods-is poised to finally hit its stride,with a compound annual growth rate(CAGR)of 31%until 2017,according to Lux ...
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The Hatch Solar Energy Centre’s Amonix CPV systems incorporate the world’s most efficient compound semiconductor multijunction solar cells and advanced optics to convert more sunlight into electricity than conventional solar ...
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