PV Cells and Modules
Machine Vision: Setting standards in solar inspection
21 February 2011POSTED IN Applications Features
A 50 kilometre ride from the Dresden Airport brings you the photovoltaic valley of Saxony. German photovoltaic giant SolarWorld has set up a series of production facilities around the city of Freiberg, covering the whole production chain from wafer to cell to module production, and even recycling.
DuPont Encapsulant Materials for Thin-Film Solar Modules
21 February 2011POSTED IN New Products
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions announced the introduction of DuPont PV5400 series thin ionomer-based encapsulant sheets designed to protect sensitive thin film solar modules while offering manufacturers new ways to cut costs, increase throughput speed and deliver more power over the life of each unit.
US DOE Loan Guarantee to SoloPower for Thin Film PV Factory
18 February 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
SoloPower, a San Jose, California-based manufacturer of flexible thin film solar cells and modules, announced today that it has received a conditional commitment from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office for a $197 million loan guarantee.
groSolar Sells Residential Division to SolarCity
17 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
groSolar today announced the expansion of its solar distribution and large-scale commercial solar business, positioning the company for future growth. To facilitate this, groSolar announced today that it has sold its residential division to SolarCity.
Asia Electronics Companies Diving into PV Market
17 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
Asian electronics giants continue to enter the growing photovoltaics (PV) market, transferring their expertise from other cost-driven fields. IMS Research predicts that Asia’s share of PV cell production will reach nearly 85% by the end of 2011.
Laser World of Photonics' Focus on Manufacturing Photovoltaics
17 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
Photovoltaics manufacturing is one of the growth markets addressed at Laser World of Photonics and the World of Photonics Congress, held in Munich, Germany 22-26 May 2011, at Messe München.
Calculating Solar Technology Costs Beyond Dollars per Watt
16 February 2011POSTED IN Research
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in partnership with an analyst at Gartner, Inc. have developed a new approach to calculate the lifetime cost for a solar-generated energy system.
DuPont Introduces Solamet PV Metallisation Paste for Solar Cells
16 February 2011POSTED IN New Products
DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) has introduced DuPont Solamet PV701 photovoltaic (PV) metallisation paste as its newest generation of Metal Wrap Through (MWT) technology for back-side interconnected silicon solar cells. DuPont Solamet PV metallisations are part of a portfolio of products represented by DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DPVS).
Sulfurcell CIGSe Thin-Film Solar Module Certified at 12.6% Efficiency
16 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Sulfurcell, maker of sulfur-based copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS)/selenium-based CIGSe thin-film solar modules, today announced that TÜV Rheinland, which certifies product safety and quality, confirmed the 12.6% efficiency of Sulfurcell's 94 watt (W) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules. The high efficiency module will begin shipping to customers as soon as the third quarter of 2011.
Q-Cells CIGS Solar Cells Achieve Peak Performance
16 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
In a test field in Alice Springs, run by the renowned Australian "Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Centre” (DKASC) the Q-Cells solar module Q.SMART (CIGS thin-film technology and a prototype of the Q-Cells solar modules Q.PRO and Q.BASE (polysilicon technology) achieved peak performances under extreme climate conditions.
Solar-Powered LED Lamp
16 February 2011POSTED IN New Products
Greendix is offering an ordinary desk lamp that is powered by a small solar panel.
Greendix’s solar LED lamp incorporates a leaf-shaped solar panel providing 14% plus efficiency. The lamp includes a built-in 1800mA NiMH battery and six 1.2W high-brightness LEDs.
HyperSolar to Fabricate Solar Concentrator
16 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology that magnifies the power of the sun to significantly increase the power output of solar cells, today announced that it has successfully completed a prototype design of its innovative thin solar concentrator.
Amonix and NREL Collaborate on Solar Power Concentrator
16 February 2011POSTED IN Research
The Amonix 7700 Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) Solar Power Generators are being tested for reliability and performance at the SolarTAC facility in Aurora, Colo. Credit: Dennis SchroederAmonix and NREL are jointly developing a solar power concentrator that generates electricity at prices competitive with natural gas.
Production Begins at Solar Frontier CIS Module Plant
16 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Solar Frontier announced today that it has started commercial production on schedule at its gigawatt-scale Kunitomi factory, the world’s largest CIS thin-film solar module production plant, located in Miyazaki, Japan.
Printed Electronics Research
15 February 2011POSTED IN Research
DuPont Microcircuit Materials, part of DuPont Electronics and Communications, is collaborating with Holst Centre, an independent open-innovation R&D centre set up by imec and TNO, focused on printed electronics.
Sunvalley Promoting Tianwei TW-TF Series Thin-Film Solar Panels
15 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Sunvalley Solar, Inc., a solar power technology and solar systems integration company, announces the promotion of its most advanced and efficient TW-TF series thin-film solar photovoltaic modules to the US market.
Spire PV Manufacturing Equipment to Bangladesh
15 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing capital equipment and turn-key manufacturing lines to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced today it has supplied a solar module manufacturing line along with systems technology to Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy, Ltd., Bangladesh.
Advanced N-Type Solar Cell Using Boron Implantation
15 February 2011POSTED IN Research
Suniva, Inc. and Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates are collaborating on ion implantation of boron in the manufacture of solar cells, which will enable Suniva to use fewer processing steps in the mass production of its next generation n-type cell product, ARTisun Star.
Solyndra Solar Powers Food Facility in France
15 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for large commercial rooftops, today announced that Nazca, a Platinum Solyndra Solution Provider, has completed a 1.2MW solar system installation on the rooftop of a food conditioning facility in Cavaillon, in the South of France.
Solar Junction CPV Solar Cell Achieves 41.4% Efficiency
15 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Solar Junction, a developer of high efficiency multi-junction cells for the concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) market, today announced another leap forward in cell efficiency.
