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India to Overtake Japan as The World's Third Largest Solar Market in 2017, Expects Energytrend

Mar 21, 2017

The global solar market has yet to show signs of turnaround after going through the turbulent 2016. The latest Gold Member Solar Report by EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, forecasts that the global PV demand for 2017 will total just ...

Tags: solar market, PV

Solar Frontier Modules Chosen for Enilso Solar Projects Iin Mexico

May 10, 2016

Solar Frontier Americas, the US subsidiary of Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that the firm's solar modules have been ...

Tags: solar module, PV

k-Space Launches Emissometer for MOCVD Wafer Carrier Characterization

Feb 14, 2016

k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies thin-film metrology tools for the semiconductor, compound semiconductor and solar markets) has launched the kSA Emissometer. The ex-situ tool provides metal-organic chemical vapor ...

Tags: k-Space, Emissometer, semiconductor

SOI Wafer Maker Soitec Refutes Sigen's Patent Infringement Complaint to ITC

Dec 11, 2015

Soitec of Bernin, near Grenoble, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, says that it is defending its rights in an investigation by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) instituted on 18 ...

Tags: Soitec, SOI, Engineered substrates

Indium Corp's New EZ-Pour Gallium Trichloride Simplifies Room-Temperature Processes

Nov 18, 2015

Materials manufacturer Indium Corp of Clinton, NY, USA (which supplies to the electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, thermal management and solar markets) says that its new EZ-Pour gallium trichloride (GaCl3) simplifies the use of gallium ...

Tags: Indium Corp, Gallium Trichloride, electronics, semiconductor

Solar Shake-out to Trigger CIGS Casualties

Nov 5, 2015

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 ...

Tags: Solar, CIGS, concentrating photovoltaics

India Emerges as Key PV Market

Nov 5, 2015

Analysts at the consultancy company IHS are predicting a 25 per cent rise in global demand for photovoltaics in 2015, with the emergence of the Indian market set to contribute strongly for the first time. “While 2014 remained a ...

Tags: PV Market, solar panels, solar PV

k-Space Introduces KSA Scanning Pyro Tool for MOCVD Epiwafer Production

Sep 17, 2015

k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies thin-film metrology tools for the semiconductor, compound semiconductor and solar markets) has introduced its kSA Scanning Pyro in-situ tool, which is designed to measure temperature ...

Tags: k-Space Associates, MOCVD, Scanning Pyro

Solar Firms Search for Light at The End of Tunnel

Aug 25, 2015

Companies opt to relocate plants to Southeast Asia to cut labor costs, reports Lyu Chang. The label of "made in China", which was synonymous with the global solar industry, is in danger of fading out as a growing number of firms move ...

Tags: solar industry, silicon cells, solar panel

Solar Frontier Europe GmbH of Munich Has Opened an Office in London

Jul 6, 2015

Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that its subsidiary Solar Frontier Europe GmbH of Munich, Germany has opened an office in London, ...

Tags: Solar Frontier, copper indium selenium, solar modules

K-Space Witnesses Q1 Sales up 34% Annually

Apr 7, 2015

k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies thin-film metrology tools for the semiconductor, compound semiconductor and solar markets) has reported revenue for its patented kSA BandiT wafer and film temperature monitoring ...

Tags: k-Space, Electronic Materials, Electrical

TSMC Solar Lans O Be The Exclusive Provider of Its Copper Indium CIGS Solar Modules

Mar 5, 2014

TSMC Solar Ltd of Taichung, Taiwan, which was founded in May 2009 as a subsidiary of the world’s biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC), has agreed for specialty PV distributor Centrosolar ...

Tags: Solar Modules, Electrical

According to IHS Four Countries Accounted for Two-Thirds of Worldwide PV Demand in 2013

Jan 23, 2014

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 ...

Tags: Solar Markets, Strong Footprint

The Impact of Any Potential Changes on The US PV Industry Is Expected to Be Negligible

Jan 7, 2014

Despite efforts from some US states to re-evaluate their net-energy metering (NEM) policies, the impact of any potential changes on the US photovoltaics (PV) industry is expected to be negligible in 2014, according to IHS. "States ...

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Worldwide PV Installations Are Set to Rise by Double Digits in 2014

Jan 7, 2014

After two years of a punishing downturn, the global solar industry is on the rebound, said Ash Sharma, senior research director for solar at IHS. "Worldwide PV installations are set to rise by double digits in 2014, solar manufacturing ...

Tags: Solar Market, solar industry

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