Japan's Sharp Corp has achieved what is claimed to be record solar cell conversion efficiency(for research-level non-concentrator solar cells)of 37.7%using a triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor solar cell(in which three ...
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Jobs lost despite booming PV shipments in the US 01 Oct 2012 Total PV module shipments in the US grew 43%in 2011 but employment fell by 10%,states a Department of Energy report.US PV module shipments versus price declines. A new report ...
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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 ...
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Optical networking and associated semiconductor technology company JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported its first-quarter 2013 (ended 29 September 2012). Non-GAAP net revenue was $420.9m and net income was $35.0m ($0.15 per share). ...
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Soitec of Bernin, France has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) covering the electricity generated at the Touwsrivier concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar power plant that it is to build in South Africa. Soitec says that the ...
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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 ...
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Brolis Semiconductors Ltd of Vilnius, Lithuania is to launch a new facility on 5 December 2012. Established by brothers Augustinas Vizbaras, Kristijonas Vizbaras and Dominykas Vizbaras in 2011, the firm specializes in mid-infrared type-I ...
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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 ...
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Magna International subsidiary Cosma International is planning to open a new manufacturing plant in Phoenix, Arizona, US, to expand its manufacturing presence in the renewable energy market. The new plant which will be named Cosma Power ...
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Australian clean technology innovator,BluGlass Limited announced today that it is now producing n-type gallium nitride(GaN)films with demonstrated industry equivalent performance properties using its breakthrough low temperature Remote ...
Brolis Semiconductors Ltd of Vilnius, Lithuania says it has received shipment of a Veeco GEN200 Edge molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) production system from Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA. The system will be installed at Brolis' ...
Three latest green technology innovations from Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have been chosen to receive 2012 R&D 100 Awards from R&D Magazine. The institute has its three latest award-winning innovations: ...
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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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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath,Germany has announced a repeat order from AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH of Heilbronn,Germany for two more metal-organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)systems,to be dedicated to growing ...
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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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