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Amtech Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2019 Results

February 8, 2019 Anand Gupta

TEMPE, Ariz.: Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), a manufacturer of capital equipment, including thermal processing and wafer handling automation, and related consumables used in fabricating semiconductor devices, light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon power chips and solar cells, today reported results for its first quarter ended December 31, 2018. First Quarter Fiscal 2019 Financial and […]

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Solar Frontier Achieves World Record Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency of 23.35%

January 23, 2019 Anand Gupta

Tokyo: Solar Frontier K.K., the world’s largest provider of CIS solar energy solutions, has set a new world record for thin-film solar cell efficiency. In joint research with the National Research and Development Agency’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan, Solar Frontier achieved 23.35% conversion efficiency on a 1cm² cell using […]

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DNV GL transfers ownership of pioneering solar reliability test lab to PVEL management team

January 7, 2019 Anand Gupta

DNV GL and PVEL will continue to offer full services portfolio to the global solar industry BERKELEY, CA, US: Effective January 1, 2019, the management of DNV GL and PV Evolution Labs (“PVEL”) have jointly decided that PVEL will become a separate legal entity under the ownership of PVEL’s experienced leadership team. In the new […]

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CSA Group Publishes New Bi-national Standard for Photovoltaic Module Testing

December 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

ALBUQUERQUE, NM: As a leading standards development organization and testing & certification provider, CSA Group is pleased to announce that CSA/ANSI C450, an industry-developed guideline for extended photovoltaic (PV) module testing, is now a bi-national standard. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) published the standard on November 19, 2018. “Developed by consensus through a standards development organization, CSA/ANSI […]

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Yingli Green Energy Announces Amendment to Supply Agreements with Wacker Chemie AG

December 19, 2018 Anand Gupta

BAODING, China: Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (OTC Pink: YGEHY) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), one of the world’s leading solar panel manufacturers, today announced that it has entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to all existing supply agreements between the Company and Wacker Chemie AG (“Wacker”) of Germany (the “Pre-Amendment Agreements”). Under the terms of the Amendment, […]

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Daqo New Energy’s New Phase 3B Facility Reaches Full Production Capacity Ahead of Schedule

December 19, 2018 Anand Gupta

SHIHEZI, China: Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) (“Daqo New Energy”, the “Company” or “we”), a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry, today announced that its new Phase 3B polysilicon production facility had reached full production capacity ahead of schedule. With the addition of Phase 3B, the Company’s total production capacity has expanded to 30,000 MT. […]

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Hanwha Q CELLS surpasses 10 GW of Q.ANTUM solar cell production – first time ever for any PERC technology

December 17, 2018 Anand Gupta

− Hanwha Q CELLS passed the 10 GW production mark for its proprietary Q.ANTUM solar cell technology − The Company will end 2018 having produced more than 2.5 billion individual Q.ANTUM cells since commencing commercialization in 2012 − Hanwha Q CELLS CTO Dr. Daniel Jeong remarked: “Hanwha Q CELLS’ Q.ANTUM technology has been a real […]

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USW and IBEW Launch Organizing Drive at Tesla’s Buffalo Solar Factory

December 14, 2018 Anand Gupta

BUFFALO, N.Y.: The United Steelworkers (USW) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) announced today that workers at Tesla’s solar panel factory in Buffalo, N.Y., will hold a union organizing drive. In 2013, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the solar manufacturing investment as part of his “Buffalo Billion” initiative at the Riverbend site. The announcement promised high-tech manufacturing jobs that […]

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Meyer Burger awarded first large-scale contract for 600 MW Heterojunction and SmartWire technologies for CHF 74 million

December 14, 2018 Anand Gupta

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) signed a major strategic contract for its Heterojunction (HJT) and SmartWire Connection Technology (SWCT™). A leading non-Chinese solar company has ordered core equipment for a 600 MW Heterojunction and SWCT™ integrated production line. With this order, the customer has chosen today’s most advanced industrialized PV manufacturing platform […]

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