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DUNMORE Announces New DUN-SOLAR™ Photovoltaic Backsheets

July 12, 2018 Anand Gupta

New UL Listed DUN-SOLAR™ backsheets for photovoltaic applications with long term UV exposure and wide temperature ranges are now available from DUNMORE. BRISTOL, PA: DUNMORE is proud to announce its expanded portfolio of UL listed backsheets for photovoltaic applications. The DUN-SOLAR™ products are designed and manufactured for solar applications where robust characteristics are needed, such […]

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Taiwan’s Solar Companies Cut Work Days and Production to Prepare for Market Downturn

July 7, 2018 Anand Gupta

The latest changes in China’s solar policies and feed-in tariff scheme have severely impacted the operations of photovoltaic (PV) product manufacturers located in Taiwan. Following the announcement by the island’s PV cell supplier Motech Industries Inc. to temporarily shut down its solar wafer production plant in Tainan’s Southern Taiwan Science Park, another local wafer supplier […]

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Orb Energy to double manufacturing capacity of solar photovoltaic panels

July 6, 2018 Anand Gupta

In talks to raise $55 m in equity and debt BENGALURU: To meet the growing demand from small and medium businesses (SMEs) for its rooftop solar systems, Bengaluru-headquartered Orb Energy plans to double its manufacturing capacity of photovoltaic panels from 60 MW to 120 MW at an investment of ₹20 crore. The capacity expansion is […]

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Alta Devices raises its GaAs single-junction solar cell efficiency world record to 28.9%

July 4, 2018 Anand Gupta

The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has certified that Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA (a subsidiary of Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd of Beijing, China since 2014) has raised its own world record for gallium arsenide (GaAs) single-junction solar cell energy conversion efficiency from 28.8% to 28.9%. “Alta Devices goal is to […]

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Alta Devices Breaks Solar Energy Efficiency Record

July 2, 2018 Anand Gupta

SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Alta Devices has today announced that its most recent single junction solar cell has been certified by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) as being 28.9% efficient. This certification confirms that Alta has set a new record and continues to hold the world record efficiency for this type of solar cell. This breakthrough, combined […]

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Breakthrough high efficiency amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon thin film tandem solar cell patent by Solar-Tectic allowed by the US Patent Office (USPTO)

June 29, 2018 Anand Gupta

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y.: Solar-Tectic LLC (“ST”) announced today that a breakthrough patent application for an amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon thin film tandem solar cell patent was allowed by the US Patent Office (USPTO). The patent, Ser. No. 15/266,720 titled “Amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon thin film tandem solar cell” is part of a “Tandem Series” of high efficiency […]

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SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES receives contract for development of new CIGS production system from CNBM

June 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

Kahl am Main: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES) has signed a new contract for the development of the next generation of manufacturing equipment with its long-standing customer Avancis, Germany, a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Building Materials (CNBM). SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES has been working with Avancis since 2008 on the development and optimization of the […]

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REC Group Begins New Era with the Launch of the world’s first n-Type Mono Solar Panel with Twin Design

June 25, 2018 Anand Gupta

Intersolar Europe; Munich, Germany: REC Group, the leading European brand for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, yesterday launched its brand-new N-Peak high-performance solar panel at Intersolar Europe in Munich. The new panel breaks fresh ground for REC and the industry: this is the first solar panel to combine n-type mono half-cut cells with a twin-panel design, and […]

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Solar energy technology leader Midsummer goes public

June 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

Share issue 5x oversubscribed Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish solar energy technology company Midsummer has done an initial public offering (IPO) and its shares is today listed on Nasdaq First North Stockholm. As part of the IPO, the company issued new shares valued at SEK100m [$11.5m; EUR9.8m] and the share offer was oversubscribed by 400 percent. Midsummer […]

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China’s Jinko to produce solar panels in Florida by fourth quarter despite tariffs

June 20, 2018 Anand Gupta

NEW YORK: Chinese manufacturer JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd expects to start manufacturing solar panels at a new factory in Jacksonville, Florida, by the fourth quarter, and production will not be affected by the latest round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese products, a company executive said on Tuesday. The administration of President Donald Trump on Monday […]

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